The UK parliament has backed a motion put forward by Labour to declare a climate emergency after weeks of pressure from climate activists Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg.
By Nina Pullman - 2nd May 2019
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Unprecedented mass climate action blocks key locations in London with thousands of arrests gaining the attention of media and parliament.
By Nina Pullman - 23rd April 2019
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Ellis gives his latest take on Brexit as the stalemate continues and government is divided between hard Brexiteers and calls for a second referendum or People's Vote.
By Ellis - 4th April 2019
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Ellis with his take on the ongoing Brexit farce alongside the growing global awareness of a climate emergency.
By Ellis - 29th March 2019
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Apologies to those who don’t want politics from their greengrocer. I have kept my personal views on this silent for a long time – it now just feels too important.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 28th March 2019
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Riverford founder Guy Singh-Watson takes time out from harvesting lettuce in France to talk about the Brexit stalemate, a second referendum and his long-term relationships with European growers.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 28th March 2019
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As Brexit day looms, Wicked Leeks' cartoonist Ellis gives his take on what politicians think of food production versus the reality.
By Ellis - 12th March 2019
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Leaving the EU in March is the worst time of year from a self-sufficiency in veg perspective - the 'hungry gap' period is when we rely on imports from Europe
By Emily Muddeman - 8th 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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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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Hodmedod's is pioneering the reintroduction of age-old British pulses like carlin peas and fava beans back into our kitchens and onto our farms. Wicked Leeks caught up with co-founder Josiah Meldrum…
By Nina Pullman - 24th May 2019
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Having walked the fields and seen the best crops we have grown in our ten years here, my contentment almost matches the smug cacophony of croaking frogs lazing in the water.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 24th May 2019
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