- Climate change
- Farming
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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
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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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Brunch from Bahrain
Black limes and Marmite are a bit of a contradiction but, in my world, they completely make sense, writes Noor Murad.
By Noor Murad - 23rd May 2022
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- Biodiversity
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The magic of Mexico
Founder of Wahaca Thomasina Miers on why Mexican cuisine and food culture has the power to transform our food system.
By Jack Thompson - 20th May 2022
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- Fashion & beauty
- Environment & ethics
- Farming
Burgers and boots: How lab-grown moved into fashion
The leather industry produces toxic waste and is linked to deforestation - but where do the sustainable alternatives really lie?
By Becky Blench - 20th May 2022
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- Recipes
- Eat more veg
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Thomasina Miers’ meat‐free Mexican recipes
Impress friends and family with Mexican-inspired corn on the cob with chipotle butter, lime and feta and delicious twice-cooked beans.
By Jack Thompson - 19th May 2022
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- Climate change
- Environment & ethics
- Health
Erratic alcoholics or green eaters of the future?
Students care more about the impact of meat than veg and don’t really understand organic. But they're also health conscious and ready to learn, finds Anna Zuurmond in her own research study.
By Anna Zuurmond - 19th May 2022
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- Health
- Politics
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Jamie Oliver calls an Eton mess protest
Oliver is calling for others to join him and take an Eton mess dessert to Number 10 to protest a U-turn to restrict junk food promotion that was designed to help people live healthier lives.
By Nina Pullman - 19th May 2022
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