- Animal welfare
- Meat
- Farming
A view from the farm
Trialling soya-free feed, adapting to Covid and protecting livelihoods have been top of the list for three organic meat producers this year.
By Jack Thompson - 15th December 2020
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Meat
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- Climate change
- Environment & ethics
Should the government tax red meat and dairy?
A nuanced carbon tax could be one component in a wider strategy but it would need to recognise the difference in farming systems.
By Jack Thompson - 18th November 2020
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- Animal welfare
- Environment & ethics
- Meat
Restaurants could sell non-labelled US meat
EXCLUSIVE: New investigation finds restaurants, hotels and pubs source significant percentage of meat from abroad and would consider US meat under new trade deal with no need to label.
By David Burrows and Nick Hughes - 30th September 2020
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- Food waste
- Meat
- Climate change
The insect solution to soy
Could feeding insects to chickens help replace soy in animal feed and cut the deforestation impact of one the most popular foods?
By Emilie Filou - 28th July 2020
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- Meat
- Climate change
Burger King debuts ‘low methane’ burger
Fast food chain has worked with universities on a trial that found feeding lemongrass to cows can reduce methane emissions by a third.
By Nina Pullman - 15th July 2020
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- Climate change
- Meat
- Local sourcing
Top tips for a low-carbon diet
Eating less tropical fruit, choosing organic grass-fed meat and buying less processed food – read sustainability expert Zac’s top tips for a low-carbon diet.
By Zac Goodall - 22nd June 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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- Meat
- Environment & ethics
- Food waste
Why meat could be the real by-product
From meat, to fur, and other useful materials – how hunting rabbits taught Adam Taylor a new respect and value of an animal’s life.
By Adam Taylor - 5th February 2020
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- Cartoon
- Meat
Ellis: Apocalypse Cow
Ellis on George Monbiot's prediction of the end of all farming as we know it and 'Apocalypse Cow'.
By Ellis - 17th January 2020
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Latest articles
- Farming
- Ethical business
- Fairtrade
Roots to Fruits: Seasonality or seasonal workers?
Most British strawberries today are grown in coconut fibre under acres of polytunnels and the season has been extended far beyond summer, writes Louise Gray in her latest Roots to Fruits column.
By Louise Gray - 23rd July 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
Celebrating the best of British summer fruit
UK fruit is at its peak of ripeness and flavour; juicy sun-warmed fruits that make for blissful eating whether enjoyed as they are or in one of these show stopping recipes.
By Becky Blench - 22nd July 2021
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Mixed farming and the National Food Strategy
Market forces have driven agriculture towards specialisation and scale; the increased yields have reduced the price of food over the last 70 years, but with catastrophic environmental costs.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 22nd July 2021
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- Climate change
- Farming
UK farmers trial soya alternatives for animal feed
British farmers are trialling alternatives to soya in animal feed, known to cause deforestation in the Amazon.
By Jack Thompson - 19th July 2021
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- Climate change
- Health
- Eating & drinking
My green kid can cook
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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- The big interview
- Inequality
- Farming
Hungry for truth
‘The Angry Chef’, aka Anthony Warner, tells Jack Thompson why food doesn’t have an ‘easy answer’ and why feeding the masses is a forgotten side of sustainability.
By Jack Thompson - 16th July 2021
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