Iceland has chosen to play ignorant about their failure to meet palm oil pledges. But conscious consumers are naturally questioning – it is an insult to them to think they wouldn’t notice, writes…
By Emily Muddeman - 11th February 2019
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We’re very pleased to be able to say that from the start of 2017, Riverford has been 100 per cent palm-oil free. For the most part, this was straightforward to achieve: we added ‘no palm oil’ to the…
By Ellen Warrell - 13th December 2017
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I left our farm in the Vendée region of western France this morning to the sight of our pickers disappearing into a massive, head-high crop of sweetcorn.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 18th July 2019
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One of the clear messages we received was that soil is difficult to communicate, awkward to relate to, hard to sell, writes Ellen Fay of the Sustainable Soils Alliance.
By Ellen Fay - 17th July 2019
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Over 200 guests enjoyed a pop-up feast extravaganza with underground cooking, seed-potting and more at Riverford’s Hampshire farm.
By Nina Pullman - 17th July 2019
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A major new report has outlined how food and farming can radically move away from producing and selling cheap food that degrades environment and causes ill health.
By Nina Pullman - 17th July 2019
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Perennial crops reduce cultivation of soil, increase carbon sequestration and can improve resilience of farming systems. So what’s holding them back? Nick Easen investigates.
By Nick Easen - 16th July 2019
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Since collecting hazelnuts, dropped like gifts from heaven onto my shed roof with no effort on my part, the idea of growing nuts commercially took root and refuses to leave.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 11th July 2019
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