- Environment & ethics
- Farming
- Local sourcing
‘Regenuary’ opens debate on ethical diets
New campaign seeks to highlight importance of where food comes from and take aim at environmental claims of Veganuary.
By Nina Pullman - 21st January 2021
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Local sourcing
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- Environment & ethics
- Local sourcing
Roots to fruits: The demise of the greengrocer
In a new regular column, author of The Ethical Carnivore Louise Gray explores her roots in the greengrocer trade and the stories behind some of the most popular fruit and veg.
By Louise Gray - 20th January 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Local sourcing
- Biodiversity
Local food 'could save the world'
Local food systems can increase biodiversity, cultivate social cohesion, create jobs, and even make us happier, conference hears.
By Jack Thompson - 19th January 2021
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- Ethical business
- Local sourcing
Shop local online this Christmas
All the tax these smaller businesses would normally generate is being siphoned away from the economy and our communities – but we can still choose to buy local online.
By Becky Blench - 19th November 2020
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- Farming
- Climate change
- Local sourcing
'Shop green to help sustainable farmers'
New survey finds surge in buying local as rugby referee Nigel Owens joins campaign to highlight how ethical shopping helps sustainable farmers.
By Nina Pullman - 16th October 2020
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- Eating & drinking
- Local sourcing
Cooking our way to a new normal
We have become a nation more adventurous in the kitchen, with a new inclination to cook more from scratch - but will our new lockdown food habits become permanent?
By Melissa Thompson - 8th October 2020
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- Recipes
- Local sourcing
Hedgerow treasures
Cobnuts, elderberries and sea buckthorn – autumn’s hedgerows are full of edible treasures if you know where to look, writes Riverford Field Kitchen head chef Lewis Glanvill.
By Lewis Glanvill - 8th October 2020
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- Local sourcing
- Grow your own
How to grow your dinner
Urban grower Claire Ratinon explores the potential of even the smallest spaces to grow food in this extract from her new book, How to Grow Your Dinner.
By Claire Ratinon - 24th August 2020
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- Local sourcing
- Grow your own
Coronavirus causes spike in demand for allotments
Councils have seen a 'significant increase' in allotment applications as The Black Farmer backs campaign for church and government to help free up more land.
By Nina Pullman - 10th August 2020
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Latest articles
- Health
- Farming
- Seeds
Breeding food for nutrition: common sense or quasi science?
The agri revolution led to a focus on crop yields above all else – but researchers are beginning to look again at nutrition in our food.
By Jack Thompson - 9th April 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Fish
Seaspiracy questions reality of ‘sustainable’ fishing
The Netflix documentary has been welcomed for spotlighting damage from large-scale fishing while its claim that no fish is sustainable is disputed.
By Nina Pullman - 8th April 2021
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- Nature
- Biodiversity
Biodiversity is about habitats not just species
More than just reefs and rainforests, habitat diversity also covers the heaths, woodlands, fens and bogs closer to home. Here's how you can help protect and visit some of the habitat restoration…
By Becky Blench - 8th April 2021
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- Plastic
- Nature
- Mental health
Charity launches biggest-ever UK beach clean
Charity Surfers Against Sewage hopes to galvanise 100,000 Brits to clean a million miles of rivers, beaches and green spaces to counter the rise in single-use plastic since the pandemic.
By Nina Pullman - 8th April 2021
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- News from the farm
- Fish
- Environment & ethics
The uncomfortable truth about fishing
I found it hard to disagree with the main conclusion of Seaspiracy: that there is almost no sustainable fishing, and the labels claiming sustainability fall a long way short of delivering it.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 8th April 2021
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- Inequality
- Farming
- Politics
What can we glean from the loss of the Commons?
The pandemic has brought a fresh perspective on the power of community and feelings of injustice: let’s channel this anger positively and build dignified food security for all, writes David Markson.
By David Markson - 6th April 2021
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