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  • A tale of two (very different) organic apple farms

    The organic movement faces a dilemma. Should it remain true to its roots and stick with local, informal production methods and distribution, shunning the despised supermarkets? Or…

    The real price of cheap poultry

    By Andrew Wasley Supermarket chicken is making us sick, as the recent scandal over the spread of the potentially-deadly campylobacter bug revealed. But cheap poultry is…

    August 4, 2014 0 Comments Read article

    Poultry industry’s dirty secret

    By Felicity Lawrence, Andrew Wasley and Radu Ciorniciuc Three of the UK’s leading supermarkets have launched emergency investigations into their chicken supplies after a Guardian investigation…

    July 24, 2014 0 Comments Read article
    Ecologist Guide to Food – a major new book lifting the lid on what we really put in our mouths
    Investigation: is your margarine killing Asia’s rare elephants?
    Restaurant workers: the forgotten victims of exploitation
    Are your prawns linked to people trafficking?

    Growing cities: revitalising blighted areas with urban agriculture

      By Dan Susman Growing up I always planted pumpkins in the backyard with my parents, hoping I might end up like James and the Giant…

    June 25, 2014 0 Comments Read article

    The rise of ‘small milk’

    In contrast to the vast US-style ‘mega dairies’ appearing in parts of the UK, one Sussex biodynamic dairy farm says small-scale milk production can work, both…

    June 5, 2014 0 Comments Read article

    Food quality and farmers’ incomes under threat from new trade treaties

    Dora Clouttick caught up with Tracy Worcester, acclaimed film maker and activist behind the bold new campaign group Farms Not Factories  Forked: What are the biggest…

    April 25, 2014 0 Comments Read article

    Cleaning up the pineapple chain

    The tropical fruit has long been associated with appalling labour practices and environmental damage linked to intensively farmed plantations. But a sustained international campaign is trying…

    March 20, 2014 0 Comments Read article

    How GM food is finding its way onto your dinner plate (and you may not know it)

    Andrew Wasley reports on the alarming ‘silent invasion’ of genetically modified animal feed into the  UK   Genetically modified (GM) food is flooding into the UK…

    February 18, 2014 0 Comments Read article

    Revealed: suffering of Europe’s ‘tomato slaves’

    Across Italy an invisible army of migrant workers harvests tomatoes destined for our dinner plates. Paid poverty wages and living in squalor, medical charities have described…

    February 13, 2014 0 Comments Read article

    Zac Goldsmith: the hidden cost of our food

    Extract from The Ecologist Guide to Food, published February 10th 2014 The Ecologist has been setting the environmental agenda for over 40 years – bringing the critical…

    February 10, 2014 0 Comments Read article

    Why fracking threatens farming and food safety

    Research highlighting the potential impacts of fracking on livestock and farmers’ health need to be taken seriously, says Andrew Wasley  The announcement this week by the…

    February 8, 2014 4 Comments Read article

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