- Ethical business
- The big interview
Wicked Chats with Bevis Watts
The CEO of Triodos Bank UK on time travel, sandpits and the versatility of potatoes.
By Nina Pullman - 3rd September 2020
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- Eating & drinking
- The big interview
Wicked Chats with Valentine Warner
The chef, former TV presenter and painter on the beauty of fennel, the strength of raw fish and getting freaked out by Debbie Harry.
By Nina Pullman - 21st 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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- The big interview
- Organics
- Biodiversity
An organic way forward
Organic farmer John Pawsey tells Jack Thompson why he chose to leave conventional methods behind, the creative side of organic and the reaction of his local farming community.
By Jack Thompson - 23rd June 2020
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- The big interview
- Farming
- Health
The Great British food lie
As the government prepares to return to business as usual, Professor Tim Lang tells Nick Easen why the imbalance in UK food supply explains why it is totally unequipped for coronavirus, Brexit and…
By Nick Easen - 11th May 2020
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- The big interview
- Diversity
- Inequality
Flying high
Youth activist Mya-Rose Craig, AKA Birdgirl, on becoming the youngest person to gain an honorary degree, why the environment is a race issue, and what it was like to meet Greta Thunberg.
By Nina Pullman - 15th April 2020
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- The big interview
- Plant-based
Spicing it up
Acclaimed chef-restaurateur Romy Gill talks to Wicked Leeks about writing a homage to her mother and why she loves Ready Steady Cook.
By Nina Pullman - 13th March 2020
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- The big interview
- Ethical business
- Organics
Cereal sustainability
Alex Smith tells Wicked Leeks how finding £2 on the floor led to the world's first organic cereal brand and why changing power structures is the key to true sustainability.
By Nina Pullman - 19th February 2020
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- Biodiversity
- Environment & ethics
Campaigners gear up to protect nature
The National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts have both issued new calls to protect and restore nature via conservation efforts and designated ‘wild belt’ areas.
By Nina Pullman - 18th September 2020
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- Animal welfare
- Ethical business
- Organics
Sirloin, rib-eye or retired?
Meet the farmer selling meat from retired organic dairy cows to apply the ethical values of organic to end of life and pioneer an alternative to the short life-cycle dairy industry.
By Anna Turns - 18th September 2020
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
For the love of figs
To celebrate peak Spanish fig season, grower José Maria Agusti gives us a snapshot of how this unique fruit is grown and picked on his farm near Barcelona.
By Becky Blench - 18th September 2020
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- Ethical business
- Climate change
- Politics
Oatly faces backlash over investor choice
Sustainable oat milk brand Oatly is facing criticism and delistings over its choice of investment from Blackstone, a private equity firm with alleged links to deforestation and donations to the Trump…
By Nina Pullman - 15th September 2020
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- 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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- Eating & drinking
- Eat more veg
Know your autumn squash varieties
Marvellously bright and beautifully varied veg that herald the start of autumn - get to know the different squash varieties and how to use them.
By Wicked Leeks - 9th September 2020
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