Being all things to all people is the supermarkets’ task. This time of forced change has brought us an opportunity to reflect, reinforcing our resolve to stick to what we’re good at.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 18th May 2020
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With coronavirus on top of Brexit, finding enough pickers could have been a problem, but Vicky, who looks after our 40 new recruits, describes them as 'very good'.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 6th May 2020
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There is a wonderful contented satisfaction (going on smugness) to be found lying in bed listening to long awaited and much needed rain.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 29th April 2020
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The warm weather has brought spring on with a vengeance, and already a host of insects are emerging from winter dormancy.
By Ed Scott - 22nd April 2020
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Most farmers self-isolate by choice anyway (it comes with the job); add to that the new-found appreciation for food, and I reckon we are the lucky ones.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 15th April 2020
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Perhaps it is not inevitable that half our food is imported, that what we do grow is picked by imported hands, and that culinary fulfilment is dependent on vast choice.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 9th April 2020
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The nation seems to have found a magnanimity and can-do attitude in a way that gives me hope for humanity and for our planet.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 3rd April 2020
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If there is a silver lining to this cloud, it may be that we learn to value more what is close – be that vegetables or people.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 26th March 2020
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I am determined that Riverford will never stoop to the bullying and abuse that supermarket buyers routinely practiced on me before I started the veg box scheme.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 12th March 2020
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Make the most of seasonal summer fruit with honeycomb melon, balsamic BBQ strawberries or serve up summer on a plate with a glorious pavlova.
By Becky Marshall - 16th July 2020
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As I enter my declining years, I am slightly disappointed to still feel the need to validate my existence by leaving a mark; a physical embodiment of my purpose.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 16th July 2020
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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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In this extract from her new book, author Isabel Losada reveals a plethora of pointless plastic sold to us on social media and empowers everyone to make a difference.
By Isabel Losada - 15th July 2020
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Author and food visionary Carolyn Steel published her new book Sitopia just as the Covid crisis hit, but as she tells Michael Barker, the timing could not have been more appropriate.
By Michael Barker - 14th July 2020
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New report calls for ambitious pesticide reduction target while campaign highlights nature-friendly farmers on social media for 'Bees Needs Week'.
By Nina Pullman - 14th July 2020
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