A new floating dairy farm in the Netherlands is focusing on animal welfare, taking pressure off farmland and producing food closer to cities to protect supply chains from extreme weather and climate…
By Michael Barker - 7th August 2019
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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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Why do people assume that vegans & vegetarians don't like or want to eat food that replicates meat - we shouldn't be making it harder for people to move to plant-based diets, writes Emily…
By Emily Muddeman - 16th April 2019
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Since the Veganuary campaign launched in 2014, more than 250,000 people worldwide have taken the pledge to try veganism for the month of January. 2019 has already broken records, with 14,000 people…
By Emily Muddeman - 4th January 2019
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Conservationist and broadcaster Chris Packham has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours for 2019 for services to nature conservation.
By Nina Pullman - 2nd January 2019
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Spend an hour with Mark Slade and even a hardened vegan might start to appreciate high-quality butchery as an artisan skill that cares about sourcing and animal welfare.
By Nina Pullman - 3rd December 2018
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What do you picture when you hear the words ‘free range’? Bright, spacious hen houses? Small flocks roaming on green pastures? The reality is very different.
By Riverford - 30th November 2018
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It is worth understanding the difference between free range and organic. Organic farming isn’t just about avoiding artificial chemicals; it’s a holistic ethos that encompasses a profound respect for…
By Ellen Warrell - 18th August 2018
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When Zoe Wyeth moved from London to Devon, she learnt the true meaning of seasonality and found herself looking in cookbooks and hedges instead of on supermarket shelves.
By Zoe Wyeth - 18th September 2019
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Changing the way we visualise the climate crisis is the aim of a powerful photography project telling stories in human, local, and emotional way.
By Nina Pullman - 18th September 2019
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Young people around the world are cracking open the heart of the climate crisis, speaking of a deep longing for a future they thought they had but that is disappearing with each day, writes Naomi…
By Naomi Klein - 18th September 2019
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As she prepares for the next global strike, Anna Turns finds out how to talk to those who don’t want to know about the climate crisis.
By Anna Turns - 17th September 2019
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A new mustard brand in Norwich, the bakery regenerating a local economy and a community farm enterprise are all part of a growing wave of community-owned businesses.
By Angela Youngman - 12th September 2019
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Exploring the history of agricultural practices allows us to understand the successes and failures of numerous societies, over thousands of years, write archaeobotanists Kelly Reed and Philippa Ryan.
By Kelly Reed and Philippa Ryan - 12th September 2019
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