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Topic: Community

Features

The great green land grab

So-called ‘Green Lairds’ are buying up large swathes of Scotland to reach offsetting goals, threatening farming communities and perpetuating age-old problems of land ownership.

Climate change Biodiversity COP26 Community Farming Net zero
News

Melissa Hemsley and Ixta Belfrage live in conversation

Community Eating and drinking Events
News

Insect numbers fall by 60 per cent

Climate change Biodiversity Community Nature Farming
News

Community gardens gear up for national open day

Seed swaps, tours and plantings will take place across the UK this weekend as community gardens welcome visitors and celebrate urban food growing.

Biodiversity Community Grow your own Mental health
Opinion

Wicked Leeks Issue 9: Out now

We explore seasonality and hear from cover star Poppy Okotcha on the secret power of gardens, plus see our revamped Lifestyle section with art, culture, health and more.

News

Pilot aims to connect family farmers with communities

Family farmers with no succession plan can connect with communities who want to access land and produce food under a new pilot aiming to tackle food security and create a sustainable rural landscape.

Features

Hungry for change

How do we balance sustainability with food poverty when food is too cheap for farmers but too expensive for many? Jack Thompson meets three organisations facing up to the challenge.

Community highlight

'I started what I thought would be a simple barbecue pop-up last year and thought it would be easy to source everything from close by. I quickly found that it wasn't...'

Slothy Chef on “Can sustainable food feed Britain?”