- Environment & ethics
- Technology
A GM future?
From GM to gene editing: Boris Johnson's favourable stance towards GM could reopen the debate as Brexit prompts changes in UK's food and farming system.
By Nick Easen - 24th March 2020
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Technology
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- Cartoon
- Technology
Ellis: A 'lab-based' future?
Ellis wonders whether one day it will be all about 'lab-based' rather than 'plant-based', as food and farming adapts to a growing population and climate crisis.
By Ellis - 3rd February 2020
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- Technology
- Farming
Vertical farming expands across UK
Vertical farming has been boosted in the UK by a series of significant investments and expansions of farms in Bristol and Lincolnshire.
By Nina Pullman - 14th January 2020
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- Environment & ethics
- Technology
War, food and peace
Global food security is intrinsically linked to conflict and war – could a sustainable food revolution make the world a more peaceful place?
By Anna Turns - 17th October 2019
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- Technology
- Ethical business
Feeding the future of corporate food
Speakers at the Feeding the Future event were careful to stress we can ‘do it differently and better’ this time, but it all felt a bit like globalisation come back to have a second go.
By Nina Pullman - 30th September 2019
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- Farming
- Technology
Vertical farming: On the up
Standing 12 metres high and with 17 stacked levels of indoor growing space, lit with LEDs in a mixture of red, white and blues – is this really the future of farming?
By Ramona Andrews - 24th April 2019
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Latest articles
- Grow your own
- Inequality
Allotment land declines as demand surges
Study finds allotment land has fallen by 65 per cent since mid 1900s with urban deprived areas most affected, despite benefits to food security and mental health.
By Nina Pullman - 1st April 2020
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- Local sourcing
- Climate change
Covid-19 is bringing local food to the fore
Coronavirus shows us how there is a resilient local food supply chain ready and waiting in the wings with huge potential for food security, writes Marina O’Connell.
By Marina O'Connell - 1st April 2020
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- Veg Hacks
- Recipes
Veg Hacks: Salt-baked celeriac
Watch the first of the new Veg Hacks series and try salt-baked celeriac: a no fuss way of approaching this gnarly-looking vegetable.
By Bob Andrew - 30th March 2020
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
How to freeze fruit
From a segment of lemon for an emergency G&T to ready-to-go fruit compotes – here’s how to freeze what fruit.
By Bob Andrew - 30th March 2020
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
How to freeze veg
Make your own frozen mash, keep a stash of herbs or learn how to freeze each type of leafy green in these top tips for how to freeze veg.
By Bob Andrew - 30th March 2020
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Valuing what is close
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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