- Fish
- Environment & ethics
MSC label faces scrutiny over big fishing
A report has scrutinised the proportion of small versus industrial-sized fishers certified by MSC label and sparked sustainable fish debate.
By Nina Pullman - 4th June 2020
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Making measurement count
As previously, transport is our biggest sin, and the final delivery to the door is the most carbon costly – so we are converting over 70 per cent of our vans to electric by 2023.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 1st July 2020
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- Climate change
- Politics
Mass virtual lobby calls for ‘green recovery’
Singer Ellie Goulding has helped amplify people attempting to host virtual cup of teas with their MP to quiz them on support for green post-Covid plans as part of mass online lobby.
By Nina Pullman - 30th June 2020
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- Nature
- Mental health
Nature connection in the kitchen
I found beauty in the soft leaves of the celery, intrigue in the antennae of the kohlrabi, pleasure in the veins of the Cavolo Nero, which mirrored maps of the courses of rivers, writes Lucy Jones.
By Lucy Jones - 29th June 2020
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- Recipes
- Eating & drinking
Five recipes to celebrate the Veg New Year
Each season brings its excitement and pleasures in the kitchen; spring starts with scarcity (hungry gap), then follows with abundance and variety, and what we call the 'Veg New Year'.
By Kirsty Hale - 29th June 2020
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- Farming
- Local sourcing
- Ethical business
Fibres of the future
Covid-19 has sent wool prices plummeting and the sheep industry into crisis – but a fledgling movement that connects farmers with local weavers offers hope.
By Hugh Thomas - 29th June 2020
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- Packaging
- Plastic
Did Covid-19 kill the zero waste shop?
Social distancing and the need for greater hygiene have forced zero-waste shops to rethink their whole concept. But will our trust in unpackaged items return post-Covid?
By Megan Tatum - 25th June 2020
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