Using horsepower to challenge ‘big ag’
A radical experiment in community supported agriculture is attempting to break farming’s reliance on fossil fuels and unsustainable practices. Andrew Wasley met green farmer Ed Hamer…
Chemical warfare: what’s really in your veg?
Most vegetables arrive on the supermarket shelf after being sprayed with a cocktail of pesticides or other chemicals, potentially posing a risk to human health. But…
Why agriculture, like the rest of society, needs gender equity
By Angie Carter and Gabrielle Roesch Woman own or co-own nearly half of our farmland in the United States, and are increasingly producing a greater diversity…
Why the ‘consumption’ issue is absent from our food discourse
Dora Clouttick from Forked! catches up with Tara Garnett from The Food & Climate Research Network (FCRN) Forked: What do you think is the biggest food…
Ecologist Guide to Food – a major new book lifting the lid on what we really put in our mouths
The Ecologist Guide to Food By Andrew Wasley, with a foreword from Zac Goldsmith Publishing February 2014, Price £9.99, ISBN 978-1-78240-102-5 The Ecologist has been setting…
Deformities, sickness & livestock deaths: the real cost of glyphosate & GM animal feed?
Much of the meat and dairy produce eaten across Europe is made from animals fed a GM diet. But alarming – and controversial – new research…
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…
Peak soil: unless we act now the very ground beneath us will die
Protecting and improving the health of soil is even more important today than it ever has been, says the Soil Association’s Helen Browning, especially coupled with…
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…
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