- Farming
- Local sourcing
- Inequality
A question of ownership
A scheme helping new farmers to access land is creating a network of small-scale regenerative farms and tackle the imbalance in land ownership in the UK.
By Anna Turns - 8th April 2020
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Local sourcing
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- Local sourcing
- Climate change
Covid-19 is bringing local food to the fore
Coronavirus shows us how there is a resilient local food supply chain ready and waiting in the wings with huge potential for food security, writes Marina O’Connell.
By Marina O'Connell - 1st April 2020
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- Local sourcing
- Food waste
The new face of food supply
As coronavirus leaves traditional food supply chains overloaded, farmers, suppliers and communities are helping deliver to the most vulnerable.
By David Jesudason - 25th March 2020
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- Recipes
- Eating & drinking
- Local sourcing
Make your own wild garlic salt
Wild garlic foraging is one of the joys of spring - try this simple recipe for wild garlic salt, or mix into a variety of tasty midweek dinners.
By Kirsty Hale - 24th March 2020
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- Meat
- Local sourcing
- Animal welfare
The meat of the matter
The demise of small abattoirs is jeopardising the supply of high welfare and smaller scale livestock farmers at a time of growing interest in ‘less and better’ quality meat.
By Hugh Thomas - 10th March 2020
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- Organics
- Local sourcing
Organic trees: A Christmas myth?
Organic trees remain in short supply but accepting ‘wonky trees’ could reduce the pressure on growers to produce Christmas-card perfect branches.
By Nina Pullman - 29th November 2019
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- Local sourcing
- Farming
Art ‘from the farm, of the farm’
Becky Marshall meets artist Wendy Howarth who created a new series of paintings using Riverford vegetables as bases for ink and the farm as inspiration.
By Becky Marshall - 14th November 2019
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- News from the farm
- Local sourcing
Local is not always best
There are strong arguments for growing a crop on the right soil, in the right climate. Despite 250 miles on a lorry to get home, I strongly suspect our French squash have a smaller environmental…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 16th October 2019
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- Local sourcing
- Diversity
Grains of change
A movement to relocalise bread supply chains is transforming grain from a distant commodity to a vital link between farmers, millers and bakers.
By Steph Wetherell - 10th October 2019
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Latest articles
- Ethical business
- Fairtrade
Pressure grows over KitKat Fairtrade decision
World Chocolate Day will take place among growing pressure for Nestle to reverse decision to stop buying Fairtrade cocoa and sugar.
By Nina Pullman - 7th July 2020
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- Plastic
- Packaging
- Food waste
Poland’s plastic alternative
A sustainable packaging start-up is collecting waste fruit and veg from farms and converting it into an edible packaging material using the kombucha drink fermentation technique.
By Juliette Bretan - 6th July 2020
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- Veg Hacks
- Recipes
Veg Hacks: Radish pickle
Learn how to pickle radishes in this week's Veg Hack with chef James Evans.
By James Evans - 3rd July 2020
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- Grow your own
Wise watering
Water is a precious resource – July's GYO Wicked Leeks column is all about how to use it wisely in your garden, maximise soil moisture and conserve water if you’re going away.
By Sarah Brown - 2nd July 2020
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- News from the farm
Blueberries in the blood
Even up until the 1990s, we were the only ones growing them in the UK – that was before the health benefits around antioxidants became known and it really took off.
By David Trehane - 2nd July 2020
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- Environment & ethics
- Ethical business
- News from the farm
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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