- Grow your own
- Environment & ethics
- Health
How I bought no food for a year
Sustainability adventurer Rob Greenfield has just completed a year spent growing and foraging for food - here's how and why he did it.
By Rob Greenfield - 9th December 2019
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Seasonality
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- Diversity
- Environment & ethics
Why I love foraging
For me, it’s about sustainability, connecting and respecting nature and better still, free food that often costs a pretty penny in a fancy restaurant, writes Adam Taylor.
By Adam Taylor - 21st November 2019
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- Local sourcing
- Farming
Art ‘from the farm, of the farm’
Becky Marshall meets artist Wendy Howarth who created a new series of paintings using Riverford vegetables as bases for ink and the farm as inspiration.
By Becky Marshall - 14th November 2019
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- Eating & drinking
- Flexitarianism
How to cook veg on open fire
Cooking over fire is older than civilization, but it keeps returning as a food trend, always with a new quirk or re-brand - read our tips for feasting on flame-grilled flora.
By Bob Andrew - 23rd May 2019
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- Local sourcing
- News from the farm
What is the Hungry Gap?
From time to time, you might hear the term Hungry Gap. This is the hardest time of year for UK farmers: a few weeks, usually in April, May and early June, after the winter crops have ended but before…
By Ellen Warrell - 7th January 2019
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- Farming
- News from the farm
Veg growers must move with the times
My thinking is you can’t stand still, or you’ll get left behind; people’s tastes change all the time, and we need to grow new crops to reflect that.
By Andy Hayllor - 26th October 2018
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
Five seasonal recipes for August
As the heat of the summer lingers, make the most of the seasonal veg and enjoying some Mediterranean inspired meals.
By Emily Muddeman - 16th August 2018
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- Growers and suppliers
A road trip across Spain, meeting new and long-term growers
From sweet potatoes to mangoes, Spain is a key supplier of many organic fruit and vegetables. Riverford's operations director Luke King reports back from a road trip to meet some of the company's…
By Luke King - 2nd February 2018
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Latest articles
- Grow your own
- Inequality
Allotment land declines as demand surges
Study finds allotment land has fallen by 65 per cent since mid 1900s with urban deprived areas most affected, despite benefits to food security and mental health.
By Nina Pullman - 1st April 2020
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- Local sourcing
- Climate change
Covid-19 is bringing local food to the fore
Coronavirus shows us how there is a resilient local food supply chain ready and waiting in the wings with huge potential for food security, writes Marina O’Connell.
By Marina O'Connell - 1st April 2020
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- Veg Hacks
- Recipes
Veg Hacks: Salt-baked celeriac
Watch the first of the new Veg Hacks series and try salt-baked celeriac: a no fuss way of approaching this gnarly-looking vegetable.
By Bob Andrew - 30th March 2020
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
How to freeze fruit
From a segment of lemon for an emergency G&T to ready-to-go fruit compotes – here’s how to freeze what fruit.
By Bob Andrew - 30th March 2020
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
How to freeze veg
Make your own frozen mash, keep a stash of herbs or learn how to freeze each type of leafy green in these top tips for how to freeze veg.
By Bob Andrew - 30th March 2020
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Valuing what is close
If there is a silver lining to this cloud, it may be that we learn to value more what is close – be that vegetables or people.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 26th March 2020
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