- Mental health
- Nature
How to connect with nature without a garden
From mini cornflower meadows to soothing window box herb gardens - you don't have to own a garden to benefit from access to nature and greenery.
By Becky Blench - 20th May 2021
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Mental health
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- Mental health
- Nature
Half of adults say nature boosts mental health
New research has found being close to nature improved mental health during the pandemic while inequalities persist around who has access to restorative green space.
By Becky Blench - 12th May 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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- Eating & drinking
- Local sourcing
- Mental health
Mum gave me a lifetime’s appreciation of good food
As Mother’s Day approaches, chef Kirsty Hale reflects on how her mother’s Dartmoor allotment and care-filled home-cooking inspired her recipes and approach to food.
By Kirsty Hale - 11th March 2021
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- Ethical business
- Mental health
New Year’s Honour for FoodCycle boss
The chief executive of surplus food and social isolation charity FoodCycle has been awarded an MBE for services to disadvantaged people.
By Nina Pullman - 5th January 2021
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- Mental health
- Inequality
- Ethical business
Are we due a community eating revival?
Food in Community co-founder David Markson writes about social community eating, mental health and lessons from a wartime kitchen.
By David Markson - 18th December 2020
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- Nature
- Mental health
- Organics
A natural connection
Mindfulness and sustainable food have always been at the heart of Sharpham Estate, but lockdown brought them to the fore in new ways.
By Nina Pullman - 19th October 2020
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- Cartoon
- Mental health
- Nature
Ellis: Working from home
Ellis notes how lockdown conditions have varied with some feeling more at home than others.
By Ellis - 13th October 2020
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- Eating & drinking
- Mental health
Embracing autumn
Seasonal food, star-gazing, mushroom foraging and photography - read our top tips for embracing the season of earthy flavours, flaming colours and first frosts.
By Becky Blench - 13th October 2020
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Latest articles
- The big interview
- Eating & drinking
- Local sourcing
For the love of food
Honey & Co’s Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich are the ultimate foodie travellers, telling Nina Pullman about the joy of hyper seasonal eating and how to find where the locals eat.
By Nina Pullman - 17th June 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
How to celebrate the Veg New Year
After months of eating hardy winter veg propped up by colourful additions from the continent, it’s an absolute joy to be eating fresh and local again.
By James Evans - 17th June 2021
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- News from the farm
A samphire start to summer
Every year we worry that the annual samphire will be out-competed by salt-tolerant perennials like sea purslane, but there seems to be just enough movement of the mud to keep the habitat open.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 16th June 2021
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- Plastic
- Packaging
- Ethical business
Why we need to become a refill nation
Alongside the opportunity to shop via refills, we also need to work on our own mindset. Surely the minor inconvenience of taking containers with us is a worthy price to pay to help cut plastic?
By Becky Blench - 16th June 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Ethical business
- Organics
Your questions answered
Ever wondered what rewilding actually means? Or what’s the difference between grass-fed and organic? Or perhaps you’ve heard it’s good to cut down meat but don’t know why or how?
By Wicked Leeks - 16th June 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Grow your own
- Net zero
B&Q leads on peat-free compost
Garden retailer becomes the first to commit to 100 per cent peat-free compost after attention grows on the urgent need to protect peatlands and store carbon.
By Rebecca Smithers - 15th June 2021
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