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The commercial loss of one of our biggest crops will be catastrophic to the bank balance and the morale of the team who has tended them, but there is little point in harvesting them if they disappoint in the kitchen.
Essentially what I’ve learnt is that, if we really want to tackle climate change and work toward a more ecological future, there needs to be a fundamental shift in how we relate to each other, writes Farmerama co-founder Abby Rose.
We encourage beneficial insects to come in from outside, with judicious planting of attractive plants like fennel, which appeal to aphid-eating insects such as hoverflies and lacewings.
Perhaps 35 years of experience should have tempered my belief that this will be the year when everything will work out.
Long-revered for its health benefits, watercress is still grown and harvested in the same chalk streams as it was by the Victorians, finds food historian Sam Bilton.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
Find out more about Wicked Leeks and our publisher, organic veg box company Riverford.