A ‘revolutionary’ new model where consumers decide price and specifications of food via consultation and farm visits has launched its first product into the UK.
By Nina Pullman - 8th July 2021
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Often discarded, eating lesser-known cuts of meat or offal helps cut waste in meat supply chains, save money and get extra nutrition and flavour into your diet.
By James Evans - 3rd February 2021
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Ethical consumers can vote for and then order the exact food they want to buy according to how it is produced and what price they want to pay, under a new initiative.
By Nina Pullman - 28th January 2021
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Lockdown has shown us a new way to live: now let’s work on flexible working, proper wages, an end to best-before dates and a new respect for the agile meal planner.
By Ann Storr - 23rd 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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Covid-19 has sent milk prices tumbling and caused public shock at wasted milk, but the crisis in dairy is much more long-term.
By Megan Tatum - 26th April 2020
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How one coffee company has set out to restructure the coffee industry and tackle inequality by shifting roasting and processing back to country of origin.
By Nick Hughes - 28th February 2020
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For anyone with an interest in changing the way we produce and eat food, tackling inequality and poverty are not sideline issues.
By Nina Pullman - 11th December 2019
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If you’re savvy and plan ahead, organic doesn’t have to cost much more than a usual supermarket shop, writes Alex Ryder.
By Alex Ryder - 6th November 2019
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This year, for the first time, I am not soothed by Keats’ words. His complacency feels out of reach in a world rocked by Covid, Brexit, and climate catastrophe, and a farming year that refuses to…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 23rd September 2021
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A traditional farmer on the outskirts of Bristol is fighting to keep her land out of the hands of housing developers.
By Nina Pullman - 23rd September 2021
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Fertiliser is in the news this week, but it’s a broad area that includes anything from sewage sludge to green manure. We find out more for Your Questions Answered.
By Wicked Leeks - 22nd September 2021
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Treated sewage waste is often applied on farmland as a fertiliser. While contamination issues have brought controversy to the practice, is a small-scale, localised approach the answer?
By Hugh Thomas - 22nd September 2021
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With historical links to so-called 'witchcraft', foraging for food is one of the few ways we can sever reliance on the established food and medical system, writes Louise Gray.
By Louise Gray - 21st September 2021
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Try homegrown quince poached in white wine for a delectable dessert, baked into a tagine or infused into vodka for a perfect gift or seasonal tipple.
By Becky Blench - 21st September 2021
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