- Climate change
- Farming
- Biodiversity
From desert to diversity
Meet the farmer transforming bare fields into a food forest with an antidote to desertification in Spain and beyond.
By Anna Turns - 27th April 2020
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Biodiversity
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- News from the farm
- Biodiversity
- Farming
Spring brings busy bees and new faces
The warm weather has brought spring on with a vengeance, and already a host of insects are emerging from winter dormancy.
By Ed Scott - 22nd April 2020
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- Climate change
- Biodiversity
Climate change threatens bee populations
Bees are facing higher rates of extinction due to unusually high temperatures as new study focuses on climate change impact on vital pollinators.
By Nina Pullman - 13th February 2020
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- Biodiversity
- Farming
State of Nature report reveals wildlife declines
Over 40 per cent of wildlife species have declined, major report finds, while organic growers and conservation programmes provide biodiversity hotbeds.
By Nina Pullman - 4th October 2019
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- Environment & ethics
- Farming
- Climate change
A 'radical' roadmap to sustainable food
A major new report has outlined how food and farming can radically move away from producing and selling cheap food that degrades environment and causes ill health.
By Nina Pullman - 17th July 2019
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- Biodiversity
- Climate change
Judi Dench turns attention to rainforests
A new documentary with world-famous actor highlights the wealth of diversity and threats to the tropical island of Borneo with tickets available to a Q&A and premiere film screening.
By Nina Pullman - 30th May 2019
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- Biodiversity
One million species face extinction threat
World’s largest ever biodiversity study issues stark warning and need for transformative change while locally-owned land and organic farming offer hope.
By Nina Pullman - 7th May 2019
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- Climate change
- Organics
- Biodiversity
Organic climate report is ‘naïve’, says Riverford founder
Guy Singh-Watson has hit back against a new study that claims organic food has a higher climate impact than its conventional counterpart.
By Nina Pullman - 18th December 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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