- Fish
- Environment & ethics
Overfishing set to continue
EU ministers have ignored advice and set unsustainable fish quotas for several stocks in 2020, missing a deadline to end overfishing.
By Nina Pullman - 19th December 2019
1
Fish
-
- Fish
- Environment & ethics
What is sustainable fish?
There are many different concepts of what is ‘sustainable’ when it comes to fish. Wicked Leeks talked to Paul from south west fish supplier Fish for Thought to find out more.
By Christian Kay - 2nd October 2019
0
- Fish
- Environment & ethics
Where’s the catch?
With a third of the world's commercial fish stocks overfished, the question of sustainable fish is becoming an evermore more complicated net to untangle.
By Nina Pullman - 20th February 2019
4
- Plastic
- Fish
Microplastics 'ubiquitous' in sea mammal study
A new study found microplastic particles in each of the 50 sea mammals it examined and called for more research into effects of chronic exposure
By Nina Pullman - 1st February 2019
1
Latest posts
- Cartoon
- Farming
- Climate change
Ellis: 'It's called rewilding'
Ellis spots the debate around rewilding as a climate solution and tool to restore nature and wonders whether every little might help.
By Ellis - 24th January 2020
0
- Farming
- Climate change
- Organics
Trees and diet lead new climate report
Cutting beef and dairy consumption by a fifth and increasing tree cover are among new recommendations by the government's Climate Change Committee in a report on land use.
By Nina Pullman - 23rd January 2020
0
- News from the farm
- Environment & ethics
Helping farmers grow their own future
By training families to farm sustainably, the new Send a Cow and Tusk campaign hopes to alleviate hunting pressures on Uganda's Murchison Falls national park.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 23rd January 2020
0
- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
Best recipes for Burns Night
This Scottish feast is the perfect way to banish the winter blues – with haggis, neeps and tatties, and other hearty Scottish dishes washed down with a dram or two.
By Becky Marshall - 23rd January 2020
0
- Farming
- Food waste
Small but perfectly farmed
An obsessive attention to waste, absolute efficiency and micro supply chains – could a Marie Kondo-approach to farming hold the key to sustainability?
By Anna Turns - 22nd January 2020
0
- Environment & ethics
- Animal welfare
Levison Wood backs Living with Wildlife campaign
New appeal from Send a Cow and Tusk, and matched by government funding, will fund training in sustainable farming to replace poaching in Uganda.
By Nina Pullman - 20th January 2020
0