Fertiliser is in the news this week, but it’s a broad area that includes anything from sewage sludge to green manure. We find out more for Your Questions Answered.
By Wicked Leeks - 22nd September 2021
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Treated sewage waste is often applied on farmland as a fertiliser. While contamination issues have brought controversy to the practice, is a small-scale, localised approach the answer?
By Hugh Thomas - 22nd September 2021
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New IPCC report focuses on regional differences in how people will see climate change with new data pinpointing timeline to act to avoid critical thresholds for agriculture and health.
By Nina Pullman - 9th August 2021
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There is a tacit assumption that food must be cheap, despite acknowledging that were we to include health, environmental and subsidy costs, the real cost of food is double what we pay at the till.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 28th July 2021
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As the summer holidays approach, Anna Turns tries a new green cooking book with her daughter and finds a wealth of education and creativity.
By Anna Turns - 19th July 2021
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Social media gives rise to ‘wellness’ gurus and pseudo-doctors who can lead you down a path full of food myths and fake science, so why do so many fall for them? Asks Emily Muddeman.
By Emily Muddeman - 16th July 2021
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Shifting diets will help enable farming that protects nature and tackles climate change, while also addressing diet ill health and food insecurity, says much-anticipated National Food Strategy.
By Nina Pullman - 15th July 2021
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Food in Community is pushing for a radical departure from the giving of food aid by joining the call for a cash-first system.
By David Markson - 23rd June 2021
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In her powerful new book compiling the mounting evidence on the risk of glyphosate, academic Stephanie Seneff unveils how the chemical is a major factor in biodiversity loss, and declining overall…
By Stephanie Seneff - 9th June 2021
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This year, for the first time, I am not soothed by Keats’ words. His complacency feels out of reach in a world rocked by Covid, Brexit, and climate catastrophe, and a farming year that refuses to…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 23rd September 2021
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A traditional farmer on the outskirts of Bristol is fighting to keep her land out of the hands of housing developers.
By Nina Pullman - 23rd September 2021
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Fertiliser is in the news this week, but it’s a broad area that includes anything from sewage sludge to green manure. We find out more for Your Questions Answered.
By Wicked Leeks - 22nd September 2021
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Treated sewage waste is often applied on farmland as a fertiliser. While contamination issues have brought controversy to the practice, is a small-scale, localised approach the answer?
By Hugh Thomas - 22nd September 2021
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With historical links to so-called 'witchcraft', foraging for food is one of the few ways we can sever reliance on the established food and medical system, writes Louise Gray.
By Louise Gray - 21st September 2021
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Try homegrown quince poached in white wine for a delectable dessert, baked into a tagine or infused into vodka for a perfect gift or seasonal tipple.
By Becky Blench - 21st September 2021
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