- Meat
- Climate change
Battle of the burger
Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat are leading the way in the plant-based burger market. But which one is more sustainable? Emily Monaco investigates.
By Emily Monaco - 24th September 2019
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Amazon fires shine spotlight on soya and beef
Eating British, grass-fed or organic meat is a way of avoiding Brazilian soya and beef as deforestation fires in Amazon rainforest gain global attention, says Soil Association.
By Nina Pullman - 29th August 2019
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- Meat
- Climate change
The truth about grass-fed
Red meat and livestock has had bad publicity for their carbon emissions – but do grass-fed animals offer a environmentally-sound solution? Tom Levitt investigates for part three of Wicked Leeks' mini…
By Tom Levitt - 20th 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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- Meat
- Growers and suppliers
A meat point
In the first of our new mini meat series, Wicked Leeks meets Dartmoor organic beef producers Lloyd and Pete Mortimore to talk veganism, carbon footprints and why more people should know where their…
By Nina Pullman - 30th May 2019
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- Cartoon
- Meat
- Veganism
Ellis: The new taboo?
As the meat versus plant-based debate hots up, Ellis imagines a time in the future where perhaps smoking isn't the only social exclusion...
By Ellis - 24th May 2019
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- Health
- Meat
How plant-based diets reduce disease
At what age should I start eating a healthy diet to reduce my risk of cancer? The answer may surprise you, writes gut health specialist Dr Alan Desmond.
By Alan Desmond - 22nd May 2019
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- Meat
- Climate change
Soil Association faces ‘meat-free’ backlash
Organic certification has sparked criticism after proposals that schools should have one meat-free day to help tackle climate change as debate around meat and role of livestock gathers momentum.
By Nina Pullman - 22nd May 2019
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- Meat
A call for honest meat labelling
The truth behind a sausage or bacon pack labelled with ‘farm fresh’ and images of green fields or woodland can be quite the contrast, writes Emily Muddeman.
By Emily Muddeman - 4th March 2019
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Scientists 'morally obliged' to warn of climate suffering
'The climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than most scientists expect’, is the stark warning from 11,000 global scientists in a new report.
By Nina Pullman - 7th November 2019
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- News from the farm
- Diversity
Asking the wrong questions
Globally we produce more food than we can eat - it’s just the wrong food, in the wrong mouths.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 6th November 2019
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- Organics
- Price
Be savvy and eat organic on a budget
I’ve realised that you might need to shop around, but if you’re savvy and plan ahead, organic doesn’t have to cost much more than a usual supermarket shop.
By Alex Ryder - 6th November 2019
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
Bircher overnight oats three ways
Add figs and honey, or peanuts and chocolate, in these three tasty recipes for Bircher oats and start your day with a new organic breakfast routine.
By Nina Pullman - 6th November 2019
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- Environment & ethics
- Climate change
The offsetting delusion
Carbon offsetting has been damned for greenwash but trees and renewables play a role in long-term carbon removal alongside cuts to direct emissions.
By Nina Pullman - 6th November 2019
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- Climate change
Why climate change should unify us
Let’s have a super-eco-Brexit where environmental protections and climate action are the priority and we remain aligned to, or even exceed, the EU’s stringent environmental regulations.
By Alex Henderson - 31st October 2019
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