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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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