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…
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…
Civet coffee: why factory farms and questionable taste are a real turn off
Louisa Michel asks a leading expert to sample the world’s most expensive coffee – and looks at the cruelty involved Coffee is a serious business,…
Foie gras: why top chefs should be ditching this ‘torture-in-a-tin’
By Justin Kerswell Rarely has foie-gras – and the way it is produced – received so much attention in Britain. This major public interest was sparked…
Revealed: how demand for shark fins fuels slaughter of Peru’s dolphins
Jim Wickens reports on the brutal killing of dolphins for use as shark bait off Peru’s Pacific coast The car glided swiftly out of Lima, skimming…
Don’t turn a blind eye to what’s in your food – it could be killing elephants
By Dan Bucknell From the minute we have breakfast to the moment we brush our teeth and go to bed, the vast majority of us will…
Meet the ‘dissident’ farmers speaking out against the badger cull
A growing number of farmers are questioning the nature of the looming cull of 5000 badgers – and its effectiveness. And some are blaming poor biosecurity…
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