- Biodiversity
- Environment & ethics
Time to act on biodiversity, reports urge
Two new reports highlight urgency of biodiversity crisis as time runs out to reverse species decline and knock-on ecosystem impacts.
By Jack Thompson - 9th February 2021
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Biodiversity
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- Biodiversity
- Organics
Brexit threatens heritage and organic seed supply
New Brexit paperwork, huge demand for local food and a surge in lockdown gardening have left small seed suppliers capping orders and facing shortages, risking long-term biodiversity in the UK.
By Nina Pullman - 5th February 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Biodiversity
Listening to the quieter voices
Indigenous people and peasant farmers have ancient systems of land management that prioritise biodiversity and protect ecosystems – now is the time to learn from them.
By Becky Blench - 25th January 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Local sourcing
- Biodiversity
Local food 'could save the world'
Local food systems can increase biodiversity, cultivate social cohesion, create jobs, and even make us happier, conference hears.
By Jack Thompson - 19th January 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Biodiversity
- Ethical business
Wicked Leeks issue 5: A force for change
With a theme of positive change and a cover interview with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the fifth issue of Wicked Leeks is out now.
By Nina Pullman - 18th January 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Biodiversity
- Diversity
‘A melting pot of change-makers’
Wicked Leeks' reporters round up the highlights from the Oxford Real Farming Conference with speakers discussing indigenous and workers’ rights and routes to sustainable food.
By Nina Pullman - 14th January 2021
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- Farming
- Biodiversity
Neonics back on the menu
Emergency approval of previously-banned neonicotinoid pesticides to help sugar beet farmers has been described as a ‘backward step’.
By Jack Thompson - 13th January 2021
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- Farming
- Climate change
- Biodiversity
Ecological farming can feed UK if diets change
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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- Biodiversity
- Climate change
- Nature
Climate change: A forager’s perspective
Early wild garlic, berries behaving oddly and unpredictable wild nut harvests: as a forager I notice the tiniest signs that our climate is changing and worry what the future holds.
By Adam Taylor - 15th December 2020
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Latest articles
- Health
- Farming
- Seeds
Breeding food for nutrition: common sense or quasi science?
The agri revolution led to a focus on crop yields above all else – but researchers are beginning to look again at nutrition in our food.
By Jack Thompson - 9th April 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Fish
Seaspiracy questions reality of ‘sustainable’ fishing
The Netflix documentary has been welcomed for spotlighting damage from large-scale fishing while its claim that no fish is sustainable is disputed.
By Nina Pullman - 8th April 2021
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- Nature
- Biodiversity
Biodiversity is about habitats not just species
More than just reefs and rainforests, habitat diversity also covers the heaths, woodlands, fens and bogs closer to home. Here's how you can help protect and visit some of the habitat restoration…
By Becky Blench - 8th April 2021
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- Plastic
- Nature
- Mental health
Charity launches biggest-ever UK beach clean
Charity Surfers Against Sewage hopes to galvanise 100,000 Brits to clean a million miles of rivers, beaches and green spaces to counter the rise in single-use plastic since the pandemic.
By Nina Pullman - 8th April 2021
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- News from the farm
- Fish
- Environment & ethics
The uncomfortable truth about fishing
I found it hard to disagree with the main conclusion of Seaspiracy: that there is almost no sustainable fishing, and the labels claiming sustainability fall a long way short of delivering it.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 8th April 2021
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- Inequality
- Farming
- Politics
What can we glean from the loss of the Commons?
The pandemic has brought a fresh perspective on the power of community and feelings of injustice: let’s channel this anger positively and build dignified food security for all, writes David Markson.
By David Markson - 6th April 2021
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