- Fish
- Farming
- Environment & ethics
UK-grown ethical prawns reach households
Scottish sustainable prawn farm begins deliveries to households after piloting closed-loop low waste system with local restaurants.
By Nina Pullman - 20th July 2020
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- 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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Latest articles
- Diversity
- Environment & ethics
Wanted: Female leaders
For International Women’s Day, social advocate and environmentalist Jennie Stephens tells Anna Turns why diverse leadership can unlock social and climate justice.
By Anna Turns - 7th March 2021
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- Ethical business
- Climate change
- Biodiversity
UK banks linked to deforestation, report finds
Barclays, HSBC and NatWest are among UK banks found to be linked to deforestation in Brazil as spotlight on unethical finance grows.
By Jack Thompson - 4th March 2021
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- Food waste
- Technology
Best apps to help you cut food waste
From community food sharing or family meal planning to buying a ‘Magic Bag’ of leftover food from your favourite café – read our round-up of the best food waste apps and resources.
By Becky Blench - 4th March 2021
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- News from the farm
- Ethical business
'When we whistle, you jump'
As we became employee owned and I renounced control, protection of suppliers was written into our founding documents; last month, this was crystalised into a new Supplier Charter.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 4th March 2021
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- Food waste
- Climate change
Confessions of a kitchen bin
Environmental journalist Anna Turns weighed her household waste after a week before setting a mission to reduce it with the help of tips and tricks from food waste experts.
By Anna Turns - 2nd March 2021
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- Biodiversity
- Climate change
- Environment & ethics
Caterpillars and tackling the biodiversity crisis
A caterpillar spotted while gleaning a field for leftover crops sparked a conversation around the connection between species, writes Chantelle Norton.
By Chantelle Norton - 2nd March 2021
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