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…
‘We might lose antibiotics in the fight to treat infections – that’s frightening’
Forked! catches up with Kath Dalmeny from the campaigning organisation Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming Forked: What do you think are the biggest food…
Why do we rarely think about the ecological impact of tropical fruit?
By Dora Clouttick Whilst many of us may be aware of the social inequalities associated with the international fruit trade, as well as the complex issue…
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,…
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…
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…
Ecologist Guide to Food – delving behind the labels (literally)
The Ecologist Guide To Food – the first in a new series of hard hitting consumer guides from the world’s leading environmental magazine. For those of us…
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