Prune while imagining fragrant summer evenings, turn the compost, prepare pots, and listen to the birds chatter at dusk, writes Sarah Brown in her monthly gardening column.
By Sarah Brown - 1st February 2021
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From playing music to hens and dousing seeds in hot water to brewing up potent compost: a scheme running farmer-led research is helping spread sustainable farming techniques across the UK.
By Jack Thompson - 28th January 2021
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Chef Gizzi Erskine tells Jack Thompson why her new book links recipes to regenerative farming, and why her life as TV personality is behind her.
By Jack Thompson - 19th January 2021
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New report outlines how diets can support an ecological farming system in the UK to cut carbon, restore nature and preserve farming livelihoods.
By Nina Pullman - 7th January 2021
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Owner of household dairy brand Yeo Valley, Tim Mead, talks to Wicked Leeks on risk taking, how storing carbon in soil counters methane emissions, and what he thinks of plant milks.
By Jack Thompson - 8th December 2020
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Owner of household dairy brand Yeo Valley, Tim Mead, talks to Wicked Leeks on risk taking, how storing carbon in soil counters methane emissions, and what he thinks of plant milks.
By Jack Thompson - 8th December 2020
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To mark World Soil Day, soil science legend Professor Rattan Lal speaks to Nick Easen about winning the World Food Prize 2020 and how farmers are the bridge between now and net zero.
By Nick Easen - 4th December 2020
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The Oxford Real Farming Conference is open to citizens, campaigners and farmers from across the world for talks from leading voices in organic and regenerative farming.
By Jack Thompson - 24th November 2020
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One of the UK’s first commercial lentil growers tells Nina Pullman why scaling up unusual plant protein crops isn’t a quick fix for sustainable farming.
By Nina Pullman - 19th October 2020
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Most British strawberries today are grown in coconut fibre under acres of polytunnels and the season has been extended far beyond summer, writes Louise Gray in her latest Roots to Fruits column.
By Louise Gray - 23rd July 2021
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UK fruit is at its peak of ripeness and flavour; juicy sun-warmed fruits that make for blissful eating whether enjoyed as they are or in one of these show stopping recipes.
By Becky Blench - 22nd July 2021
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Market forces have driven agriculture towards specialisation and scale; the increased yields have reduced the price of food over the last 70 years, but with catastrophic environmental costs.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 22nd July 2021
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British farmers are trialling alternatives to soya in animal feed, known to cause deforestation in the Amazon.
By Jack Thompson - 19th July 2021
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As the summer holidays approach, Anna Turns tries a new green cooking book with her daughter and finds a wealth of education and creativity.
By Anna Turns - 19th July 2021
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‘The Angry Chef’, aka Anthony Warner, tells Jack Thompson why food doesn’t have an ‘easy answer’ and why feeding the masses is a forgotten side of sustainability.
By Jack Thompson - 16th July 2021
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