- News from the farm
An uncomfortable truth
Recently we suffered the most devastating soil loss that I have seen in over 50 years of farming.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 10th September 2020
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Soil
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- Organics
- Climate change
Why organic farming can slow climate change
Using no synthetic nitrogen fertilisers and storing more carbon in healthy soils are some of the ways organic farms help mitigate climate change.
By Louisa Pharoah - 6th September 2020
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- Ethical business
- Environment & ethics
- Organics
In organic we trust
Behind the detail of the organic standards lie the simple principles that you must put back at least as much as you take.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 26th August 2020
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- Climate change
- Environment & ethics
- Food waste
Lockdown delays Earth Overshoot Day
Researchers warn our lower impact on Earth since lockdown ‘is not progress’ while youth activist musicians call for green recovery by performing Mozart at wind farm.
By Nina Pullman - 21st August 2020
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Saving our soil
If a fraction of the research that has gone into GM crops had gone into developing perennial versions of our main food crops, we could solve soil loss and enrich the environment.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 20th August 2020
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- The big interview
- Ethical business
- Health
Ethics beneath the skin
From the health of our guts to the soil we farm, beauty icon and farmer Liz Earle MBE shares her philosophy for traceability, provenance and a regenerative future.
By Anna Turns - 21st July 2020
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- The big interview
- Environment & ethics
- Organics
Back to the future
Author and food visionary Carolyn Steel published her new book Sitopia just as the Covid crisis hit, but as she tells Michael Barker, the timing could not have been more appropriate.
By Michael Barker - 14th July 2020
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- Health
- Organics
The master mineral
Magnesium is one of the most common nutrient deficiencies in diets due to poor soils, processed foods, alcohol intake and stressful lifestyles, but simple changes can turn that around.
By Emma Rushe - 17th June 2020
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- Organics
- Biodiversity
- Animal welfare
Why is organic last on the list?
The fact organic is behind food miles and plastic when it comes to ethical concerns is a worrying trend for the future of the sector, writes Riverford sales rep Jack Thompson.
By Jack Thompson - 29th May 2020
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Latest articles
- Health
- Farming
- Seeds
Breeding food for nutrition: common sense or quasi science?
The agri revolution led to a focus on crop yields above all else – but researchers are beginning to look again at nutrition in our food.
By Jack Thompson - 9th April 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Fish
Seaspiracy questions reality of ‘sustainable’ fishing
The Netflix documentary has been welcomed for spotlighting damage from large-scale fishing while its claim that no fish is sustainable is disputed.
By Nina Pullman - 8th April 2021
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- Nature
- Biodiversity
Biodiversity is about habitats not just species
More than just reefs and rainforests, habitat diversity also covers the heaths, woodlands, fens and bogs closer to home. Here's how you can help protect and visit some of the habitat restoration…
By Becky Blench - 8th April 2021
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- Plastic
- Nature
- Mental health
Charity launches biggest-ever UK beach clean
Charity Surfers Against Sewage hopes to galvanise 100,000 Brits to clean a million miles of rivers, beaches and green spaces to counter the rise in single-use plastic since the pandemic.
By Nina Pullman - 8th April 2021
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- News from the farm
- Fish
- Environment & ethics
The uncomfortable truth about fishing
I found it hard to disagree with the main conclusion of Seaspiracy: that there is almost no sustainable fishing, and the labels claiming sustainability fall a long way short of delivering it.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 8th April 2021
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- Inequality
- Farming
- Politics
What can we glean from the loss of the Commons?
The pandemic has brought a fresh perspective on the power of community and feelings of injustice: let’s channel this anger positively and build dignified food security for all, writes David Markson.
By David Markson - 6th April 2021
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