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New documentary film Six Inches of Soil hopes to replicate the buzz around Seaspiracy and Kiss the Ground to propel an alternative to intensive food production into the mainstream.
More British farmers are considering moving to more environmental practices as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends fertiliser and feed prices soaring.
As the sun climbs, the days lengthen, and the soil warms, I find that age has done nothing to dampen the excitement I feel at the gathering, irrepressible return of life in spring.
Far from mass-produced olives and damaging harvesting processes, small-scale olive farms in Spain, Greece and Palestine are using low-intensive and organic farming to produce oil full of flavour while protecting soil and wildlife.
It’s complicated but the way we buy food and how it’s grown is just as important as what we eat.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
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