- Environment & ethics
- Animal welfare
The other side of the table
Wicked Leeks meets animal rights activist Leah Garcés, who swapped confrontation for communication to persuade intensive chicken farmers to change.
By Nina Pullman - 15th October 2019
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Animal welfare
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- Dairy
- Animal welfare
Floating into the future
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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- 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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- Veganism
- Flexitarianism
Why shouldn’t vegans eat burgers too?
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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- Veganism
- Animal welfare
What's the point of Veganuary?
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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- Animal welfare
- Environment & ethics
Wildlife campaigner awarded CBE
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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- Growers and suppliers
- Meat
The man behind the meat
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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- Environment & ethics
- Animal welfare
- Organics
For flock's sake: what makes an ethical egg
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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- Animal welfare
Ethical eggs: organic versus free range
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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Latest articles
- Ethical business
- Fairtrade
Pressure grows over KitKat Fairtrade decision
World Chocolate Day will take place among growing pressure for Nestle to reverse decision to stop buying Fairtrade cocoa and sugar.
By Nina Pullman - 7th July 2020
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- Plastic
- Packaging
- Food waste
Poland’s plastic alternative
A sustainable packaging start-up is collecting waste fruit and veg from farms and converting it into an edible packaging material using the kombucha drink fermentation technique.
By Juliette Bretan - 6th July 2020
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- Veg Hacks
- Recipes
Veg Hacks: Radish pickle
Learn how to pickle radishes in this week's Veg Hack with chef James Evans.
By James Evans - 3rd July 2020
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- Grow your own
Wise watering
Water is a precious resource – July's GYO Wicked Leeks column is all about how to use it wisely in your garden, maximise soil moisture and conserve water if you’re going away.
By Sarah Brown - 2nd July 2020
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- News from the farm
Blueberries in the blood
Even up until the 1990s, we were the only ones growing them in the UK – that was before the health benefits around antioxidants became known and it really took off.
By David Trehane - 2nd July 2020
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- Environment & ethics
- Ethical business
- News from the farm
Making measurement count
As previously, transport is our biggest sin, and the final delivery to the door is the most carbon costly – so we are converting over 70 per cent of our vans to electric by 2023.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 1st July 2020
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