- Environment & ethics
- Local sourcing
Europe’s most sustainable cities
From Sweden’s climate ‘discos’ to food forests in the Netherlands – Anna Turns rounds up some of the best sustainable food cities in Europe.
By Anna Turns - 23rd May 2019
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Environment & ethics
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- Cartoon
- Environment & ethics
Ellis: Rounding up the truth
Ellis looks at the latest Monsanto-glyphosate lawsuit, which rested on documents that lawyers said showed the agrochemical giant pressured regulatory agencies and scientists.
By Ellis - 17th May 2019
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- Environment & ethics
Monsanto faces third glyphosate pay-out
Agrochemical giant Monsanto has been ordered to pay over $2bn to a Californian couple who used Roundup weedkiller before being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma cancer.
By Nina Pullman - 14th May 2019
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- Environment & ethics
- News from the farm
Saving the swallows
As the issue of netting bird nest rises up the agenda, Riverford co-owner Rowan Green explains how the company balances welcoming its annual migratory swallow visitors with food safety rules.
By Rowan Green - 2nd May 2019
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- Cartoon
- Environment & ethics
Ellis: Help rebuild my cathedral
As the Notre-Dame rebuild fund reaches hundreds of millions after the fire in the French capital, Ellis focuses on some of nature's own cathedrals in desperate need of their own rehabilitation.
By Ellis - 25th April 2019
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- Ethical business
- Environment & ethics
Top ethical supermarkets revealed
Unicorn, Riverford and Suma among the brands named as most ethical supermarkets in a list designed to prompt change among the multiples.
By Nina Pullman - 23rd April 2019
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- Environment & ethics
- Diversity
Sand martin scandal raises netting issue
A viral video of migratory sand martins unable to access their nest sites has raised the issue of netting on other bird habitats and led to pressure on councils and government to act.
By Nina Pullman - 9th April 2019
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- Environment & ethics
- Farming
Uncultivated: A story of wild apples
Apples rank among the most manipulated crops in the world, because not only do farmers want perfect fruit, they also assume the health of the tree depends on human intervention.
By Andy Brennan - 9th April 2019
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- Climate change
- Environment & ethics
Restore ecosystems to tackle climate change
A new campaign backed by the world’s leading environmental activists calls on governments to recognise role of ecosystems in storing carbon dioxide and averting climate disaster.
By Nina Pullman - 4th April 2019
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Latest posts
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- Meat
- Veganism
Ellis: The new taboo?
As the meat versus plant-based debate hots up, Ellis imagines a time in the future where perhaps smoking isn't the only social exclusion...
By Ellis - 24th May 2019
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- Growers and suppliers
- Flexitarianism
Feeling the pulse
Hodmedod's is pioneering the reintroduction of age-old British pulses like carlin peas and fava beans back into our kitchens and onto our farms. Wicked Leeks caught up with co-founder Josiah Meldrum…
By Nina Pullman - 24th May 2019
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- News from the farm
A life devoted to cucumbers or chaos
Having walked the fields and seen the best crops we have grown in our ten years here, my contentment almost matches the smug cacophony of croaking frogs lazing in the water.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 24th May 2019
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