- 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
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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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- Farming
- Environment & ethics
- Mental health
Talking 'bout regeneration
Meet the farmers leading a new self-sufficient regenerative farming movement with benefits for soil, financial sustainability and mental health.
By Nina Pullman - 12th October 2020
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- Health
- Mental health
- Plant-based
Can food really help my mood?
Eating fruit, veg, fish and wholegrains is linked to lower prevalence of depression and better mental health, writes nutritionist Francesca Vuolo.
By Francesca Vuolo - 24th September 2020
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- Nature
- Mental health
Nature connection in the kitchen
I found beauty in the soft leaves of the celery, intrigue in the antennae of the kohlrabi, pleasure in the veins of the Cavolo Nero, which mirrored maps of the courses of rivers, writes Lucy Jones.
By Lucy Jones - 29th June 2020
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Latest articles
- Diversity
- Environment & ethics
Wanted: Female leaders
For International Women’s Day, social advocate and environmentalist Jennie Stephens tells Anna Turns why diverse leadership can unlock social and climate justice.
By Anna Turns - 7th March 2021
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- Ethical business
- Climate change
- Biodiversity
UK banks linked to deforestation, report finds
Barclays, HSBC and NatWest are among UK banks found to be linked to deforestation in Brazil as spotlight on unethical finance grows.
By Jack Thompson - 4th March 2021
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- Food waste
- Technology
Best apps to help you cut food waste
From community food sharing or family meal planning to buying a ‘Magic Bag’ of leftover food from your favourite café – read our round-up of the best food waste apps and resources.
By Becky Blench - 4th March 2021
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- News from the farm
- Ethical business
'When we whistle, you jump'
As we became employee owned and I renounced control, protection of suppliers was written into our founding documents; last month, this was crystalised into a new Supplier Charter.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 4th March 2021
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- Food waste
- Climate change
Confessions of a kitchen bin
Environmental journalist Anna Turns weighed her household waste after a week before setting a mission to reduce it with the help of tips and tricks from food waste experts.
By Anna Turns - 2nd March 2021
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- Biodiversity
- Climate change
- Environment & ethics
Caterpillars and tackling the biodiversity crisis
A caterpillar spotted while gleaning a field for leftover crops sparked a conversation around the connection between species, writes Chantelle Norton.
By Chantelle Norton - 2nd March 2021
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