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,…
Why investigative food journalism just got a whole lot harder
Faced with a growing raft of draconian gagging laws, threats and even violence, journalists and activists investigating the secrets of the global food industry tread a…
Eating better to feed the world more fairly
Policies to shift our eating patterns towards less and better meat eating and more sustainable plant-based diets must be at the heart of an ethical food…
Can aquaponics transform urban farming and help feed our hungry cities?
A rise in the uptake of technologies like aquaponics and aeroponics is helping to boost the growth of urban farming, but how much of our food…
What links your Chinese takeaway and the sex trade?
The answer: migrant labour, as the investigative journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai found out whilst working undercover to research her new book, Invisible, and documentary, Sex My British…
Fracking with our food: UK farms at risk from gas drilling, say experts
The UK should ditch fracking until its impact on food safety can be assessed, US experts behind a disturbing study highlighting links between sick cattle and…
How do you feed a city of 117,000 people sustainably?
Exeter might be affluent and hungry for locally produced, sustainable food, but in common with other towns and cities across the UK, independent retailers, producers and…
Burning landscapes and pesticide poisoning: the real cost of Argentina’s soya boom
By Katharine Lowrie and David Lowrie It is Autumn time south of the equator, and whilst the majority of Argentinians are readying themselves for another Boreal…
What are we feeding our children?
The children’s food on offer in the UK’s biggest family restaurant and pub chains is a national embarrassment, says Jo Lewis The Soil Association recently joined forces…
We need an Ethical Food Manifesto – and politicians to get serious about food
Forked! caught up with the Food Ethics Council’s Dan Crossley to talk food and politics… Forked!: What are the biggest food challenges currently facing us (UK…
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