- Cartoon
- Biodiversity
- Organics
Ellis: On bats and cowpats
Ellis hears about the unusual link between bats and cowpats from organic cows, telling a wider story of ecosystem health.
By Ellis - 17th May 2021
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Cartoon
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- Cartoon
- Food waste
Ellis: Small steps to zero waste
Ellis charts the different stages to zero waste in the kitchen and finds little chance for leftovers.
By Ellis - 25th February 2021
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- Cartoon
- Eating & drinking
Ellis: Tech at the table
Ellis sums up the mood for families and friends apart after weeks of lockdown who still find solace in sharing food.
By Ellis - 18th February 2021
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- Climate change
- Politics
- Cartoon
What Joe Biden’s election means for the environment
With climate firmly on the agenda for the new President-Elect, environmentalists have welcomed a new era for green action.
By Jack Thompson - 12th November 2020
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- Cartoon
- Mental health
- Nature
Ellis: Working from home
Ellis notes how lockdown conditions have varied with some feeling more at home than others.
By Ellis - 13th October 2020
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- Ethical business
- Fashion & beauty
- Cartoon
Climate of Crisis: Politics of fashion
A renewed culture of make-do-and-mend prompted by Covid-19 can help us reject the fast fashion industry and its exploitive supply chain, writes Lucy Siegle.
By Lucy Siegle - 14th April 2020
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- Plastic
- Packaging
- Cartoon
Climate of Crisis: The plastic comeback
In the first of a new mini series navigating climate and Covid-19, journalist Lucy Siegle explores an eco-identity crisis and how plastic is staging a reputational comeback.
By Lucy Siegle - 26th March 2020
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- Cartoon
- Health
Ellis: Kindness not corona
Ellis is heartened to hear of the wave of kindness in communities to help the most vulnerable or those in self isolation for coronavirus.
By Ellis - 19th March 2020
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- Cartoon
- Dairy
- Plant-based
Ellis: The rise of the (plant) milkman
Ellis wonders if the new trend for plant milks might bring new opportunities for the traditional and enterprising milk man.
By Ellis - 17th February 2020
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Latest articles
- Politics
- Environment & ethics
- Farming
Trade deals risk sustainable food future, warns Dimbleby
Author of the National Food Strategy Henry Dimbleby has said he is “very worried” that new trade deals jeopardise the chance for a sustainable food transformation in the UK.
By Nina Pullman - 22nd October 2021
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- Food waste
- Climate change
- Eating & drinking
Roots to Fruits: Scare yourself into eating pumpkin
This Halloween Louise Gray is making sure her pumpkin is for eating, not just carving
By Louise Gray - 21st October 2021
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- Meat
- Climate change
- Health
Brits are eating 17 per cent less meat
New data suggests Brits are eating less red but more white meat, despite campaigns seeking to inform around soy in poultry feed linked to deforestation.
By Nina Pullman - 21st October 2021
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- Recipes
- Eating & drinking
Best pumpkin recipes for Halloween
Make your own Halloween-themed seasonal feast with these recipes for pumpkin fritters, spiced curry or warming salads, or try madeleines with pumpkin custard and cinnamon meringue.
By Emily Muddeman - 21st October 2021
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Last tomatoes mark the end of summer
This week in the polytunnels, we’ve finished picking the very last cherry tomatoes, which means I can no longer pretend to myself that it’s still summer.
By Ed Scott - 21st October 2021
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- Farming
- Climate change
- Fashion & beauty
Watch: A hemp revival
Wrongly associated with the effects of marijuana, hemp is a highly sustainable crop that can be used for food, textiles or building materials. We find out more.
By Wicked Leeks - 15th October 2021
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