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…
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…
Why feeding the world should be a ‘public health project’
We get five minutes with Libby Grundy, Director of the Food for Life project at the Soil Association… 1, What are the biggest food challenges…
Investigation: is your margarine killing Asia’s rare elephants?
Palm oil is a key ingredient in everything from cereal, biscuits and margarine to shampoo, lipstick and toothpaste. Unless we curb our desire for it critical…
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…
Restaurant workers: the forgotten victims of exploitation
Next time you visit your favourite restaurant, or sit down to enjoy a take away, spare a thought for those toiling in the kitchens. Particularly if…
And the best organic, biodynamic wine comes from…
Many wine aficionados may have missed it, but June witnessed a huge and important milestone in English winemaking when Sussex-based Sedlescombe vineyard unveiled the first sparkling…
Are your prawns linked to people trafficking?
Western consumers could be eating fish arriving as a result of modern day slavery in south east Asia, a shocking new report and film claim. Thailand’s…
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