- Plastic
How to live plastic free
At the beginning of 2018, our family set a bullish goal to reduce our plastic use at home by 80 per cent. Here's how we did it, writes Sophie Tait.
By Sophie Tait - 28th March 2019
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- Packaging
- Plastic
What is home compostable packaging?
Thanks to the plastic revolution, a raft of new environmentally-friendly materials are being used in packaging. But what does home compostable mean and how does it work?
By Nina Pullman - 21st March 2019
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- Food waste
How to store food and cut waste
Choosing how to store your leftovers can actually preserve food for longer and cut down on waste, as Becky Marshall finds out.
By Becky Marshall - 27th February 2019
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- Plastic
Microplastics 'ubiquitous' in sea mammal study
A new study found microplastic particles in each of the 50 sea mammals it examined and called for more research into effects of chronic exposure
By Nina Pullman - 1st February 2019
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- Plastic
- Food waste
Waste strategy is a failed Christmas present
The new Waste Resources Strategy paints a fantasy circular economy while avoiding the real issue of how we can use less plastic, writes environment journalist Lucy Siegle
By Lucy Siegle - 19th December 2018
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- Plastic
- Politics
Gove announces plans to simplify recycling
The government's new Waste and Resources Strategy outlines plans for a simpler recycling system and new rules that would see companies pay disposal costs.
By Nina Pullman - 18th December 2018
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- Packaging
Food scraps could make plastic alternative
Food scraps could be turned into a plastic alternative thanks to £60 million of new government funding earmarked for research into sustainable packaging.
By Nina Pullman - 18th December 2018
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- Plastic
Our oceans can't wait, we need to reduce plastic
On any given week, I could start this piece with a new worrying story or study about the pervasive nature of plastic pollution in our living world, writes Elena Polisano of Greenpeace.
By Elena Polisano - 12th December 2018
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
- Plastic
Five steps to an ethical Christmas
Christmas is that time of year when it’s tempting to throw all ethical intentions to the wind in place of decadent decorations, thoughtful gifts for loved ones and any kind of food that takes your…
By Nina Pullman - 3rd December 2018
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- News from the farm
A perfect start
Sitting in the warm and dry, listening to the thunder and watching the pounding rain outside being sucked into the parched soil, brings on a feeling of intense contentment – made all the better by…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 13th June 2019
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- News from the farm
Employee ownership, one year on
When I first asked our staff about employee ownership in 2003, with the suggestion that it could be financed by them forgoing their annual profit share for 20 years, they told me where I could stick…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 6th June 2019
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- Meat
- Farming
From sheep to street food
What happens to a farmer who can't send his lambs to slaughter? In the second instalment of our mini meat series, Wicked Leeks meets the livestock farmer who sent his sheep to sanctuary and switched…
By Nina Pullman - 31st May 2019
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- Farming
- Soil
Soil, clover and the wealth of organic
In his book, Given Half a Chance, Edward Davey met the late organic legend Peter Melchett for a tour of his organic farm in Norfolk.
By Edward Davey - 31st May 2019
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- Organics
Ellis: The taste of organic
Ellis wonders why more people don't talk about the benefits to wildlife and humans from organic fruit and vegetables, grown without artificial chemicals.
By Ellis - 31st May 2019
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- Farming
- Eating & drinking
Bigger than the plate
A new exhibition at London’s V&A museum is exploring how communities and organisations are radically re-inventing how we grow, distribute and experience food.
By Nina Pullman - 31st May 2019
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