- Food waste
Why should we reduce food waste?
The stats about how much food we waste are everywhere, but less talked about is how food waste that ends up on landfill emits methane and contributes to climate change.
By Becky Marshall - 23rd May 2019
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- Food waste
Supermarket buying promotes waste – but there's hope
Food waste is a complex issue and one that can leave you feeling hopeless. But that doesn’t mean it can be ignored, writes Emily Muddeman.
By Emily Muddeman - 15th May 2019
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
Five recipes to reduce food waste
Use up stale bread, carrot tops and others odds and ends with these top five recipes to cut food waste.
By Becky Marshall - 13th March 2019
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- Food waste
How to store food and cut waste
Choosing how to store your leftovers can actually preserve food for longer and cut down on waste, as Becky Marshall finds out.
By Becky Marshall - 27th February 2019
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- Plastic
- Food waste
Waste strategy is a failed Christmas present
The new Waste Resources Strategy paints a fantasy circular economy while avoiding the real issue of how we can use less plastic, writes environment journalist Lucy Siegle
By Lucy Siegle - 19th December 2018
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- Food waste
Surplus food brings community together
A volunteer-run group in Exeter takes surplus fruit and veg and serves a free three-course veggie meal to socially-isolated or elderly people in the city.
By Nina Pullman - 6th December 2018
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
- Plastic
Five steps to an ethical Christmas
Christmas is that time of year when it’s tempting to throw all ethical intentions to the wind in place of decadent decorations, thoughtful gifts for loved ones and any kind of food that takes your…
By Nina Pullman - 3rd December 2018
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- Politics
- Food waste
Gove unveils new £15m fund for food waste
A new £15 million government fund will help tackle food waste and redistribute the equivalent of 250 million meals to those in need, environment minister Michael Gove has
By Nina Pullman - 3rd October 2018
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
Five seasonal recipes for August
As the heat of the summer lingers, make the most of the seasonal veg and enjoying some Mediterranean inspired meals.
By Emily Muddeman - 16th August 2018
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- News from the farm
- Organics
Booming success for Riverford suppliers
Next week's annual BOOM awards will pick the very best organic products - we highlight some of Riverford's suppliers who are among this year's finalists.
By Emily Muddeman - 18th June 2019
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- Environment & ethics
UK’s first land-based prawn farm opens
The farm is a step forward in sustainable production of one of the world’s most popular seafoods by reducing food miles and environmental contamination.
By Nina Pullman - 18th June 2019
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- News from the farm
A perfect start
Sitting in the warm and dry, listening to the thunder and watching the pounding rain outside being sucked into the parched soil, brings on a feeling of intense contentment – made all the better by…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 13th June 2019
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- News from the farm
Employee ownership, one year on
When I first asked our staff about employee ownership in 2003, with the suggestion that it could be financed by them forgoing their annual profit share for 20 years, they told me where I could stick…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 6th June 2019
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- Meat
- Farming
From sheep to street food
What happens to a farmer who can't send his lambs to slaughter? In the second instalment of our mini meat series, Wicked Leeks meets the livestock farmer who sent his sheep to sanctuary and switched…
By Nina Pullman - 31st May 2019
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- Farming
- Soil
Soil, clover and the wealth of organic
In his book, Given Half a Chance, Edward Davey met the late organic legend Peter Melchett for a tour of his organic farm in Norfolk.
By Edward Davey - 31st May 2019
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