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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The much-promoted Eat-Lancet report fails on nutritional grounds and has a vested interest in switching us to plant-based eating, writes food journalist Joanna Blythman
By Joanna Blythman - 29th January 2019
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A tax on meat could help reduce carbon emissions linked to agriculture and encourage a move to more sustainably-produced and higher welfare livestock as well as better diets.
By Nina Pullman - 8th January 2019
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I left our farm in the Vendée region of western France this morning to the sight of our pickers disappearing into a massive, head-high crop of sweetcorn.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 18th July 2019
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One of the clear messages we received was that soil is difficult to communicate, awkward to relate to, hard to sell, writes Ellen Fay of the Sustainable Soils Alliance.
By Ellen Fay - 17th July 2019
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Over 200 guests enjoyed a pop-up feast extravaganza with underground cooking, seed-potting and more at Riverford’s Hampshire farm.
By Nina Pullman - 17th July 2019
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A major new report has outlined how food and farming can radically move away from producing and selling cheap food that degrades environment and causes ill health.
By Nina Pullman - 17th July 2019
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Perennial crops reduce cultivation of soil, increase carbon sequestration and can improve resilience of farming systems. So what’s holding them back? Nick Easen investigates.
By Nick Easen - 16th July 2019
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Since collecting hazelnuts, dropped like gifts from heaven onto my shed roof with no effort on my part, the idea of growing nuts commercially took root and refuses to leave.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 11th July 2019
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