GET THE DIGITAL DIGEST

Sign up to receive the key stories in food, farming + fairness, direct to your inbox, every Friday.

Topic: Environment and ethics

News

“Our countryside is being drenched in pesticides” as typical roast dinner found to contain 100 chemicals

A damning published today by Greenpeace provides a damning indictment of our intensive food production systems

Pesticides Environment and ethics
WL Meets

WL Meets: Zoe Gilbertson who is refashioning textiles from the ground up

Agroecology Environment and ethics Ethical business Fashion and beauty
News

98% of eco claims made by Big Food, found to be “greenwashing”

Climate change Environment and ethics
News

Mackerel is no longer sustainable. So, what fish can we eat?

As Waitrose removes all fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel from its shelves, Lizzie Rivera asks whether fish can ever be a sustainable choice?

Environment and ethics Fish
Opinion

News from the farm: It seemed to work for a while, but now we need a plan

The free market will never provide the right solutions for people and planet, argues Guy Singh-Watson

The AGtivist

The AGtivist: Local residents suffer ill-effects of air pollution near intensive farm hotspots

The rise in intensive farms in the UK comes with a battery of serious health implications, finds The AGtivist

Opinion

News from the farm: The kiss of death

Riverford founder, Guy Singh-Watson, calls for policymakers to consider the troubling facts surrounding the "world's favourite herbicide", glyphosate

Receive the Digital Digest

Food, Farming, Fairness, every Friday.

Learn more

About us

Find out more about Wicked Leeks and our publisher, organic veg box company Riverford.

Learn more