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Otarian: the fast-food chain with the low-carbon menu
Matilda Lee
26th August, 2010
Otarian aims to show you how eating out can help you save the planet, one kilo of carbon at a time more...
Non-stick pans can affect our hormones, new research suggests
Ecologist
23rd August, 2010
Norwegian study highlights the effects of PFC and PCB chemicals on human health more...
A wildlife-friendly garden - ponds, baths and natural pest control
Andy Hamilton
20th August, 2010
Making a garden attractive to winged wildlife means more than just leaving out food during the winter months - here are some top tips on gardening beyond veg! more...
'Fat tax' solutions ignore wider social factors driving junk food habits
Lee Bunce
16th August, 2010
Renewed calls for a tax on less nutritious foods do not take account of the importance of issues like education, advertising and social justice say campaigners more...
Growing green grapes and bottling sustainable wine in India
Anna da Costa
10th August, 2010
Viticulture is growing at a rate of knots in India, and the country's largest winery is leading by environmental example more...
Will the UN's Codex Alimentarius make our food less nutritious?
Chris Milton
10th August, 2010
What started out as a conventional UN bureaucracy has become the subject of wild speculation and fear - just what is the UN's Codex Alimentarius, and what does it mean for our food and health? more...
Biotech industry plays down discovery of GM crops surviving in the wild
Ecologist
10th August, 2010
GM seed manufacturers claim that genetically-modified crops are not likely to survive in wild, but US researchers have found GM plants surviving for at least two generations more...
Life without supermarkets: community action is the best way to beat them
Laura Laker
10th August, 2010
A hypermarket victory in Hackney demonstrates how local groups can help protect community shops... more...
Rising demand for bycatch will lead to ‘ecological catastrophe’, scientists warn
Ecologist
6th August, 2010
A growing market for bycatch coupled with declining shrimp stocks and profits is prolonging the use of unsustainable trawl fishing practices, a new study says more...
StroudCo food hub: wrestling food power away from the supermarkets
StroudCo
5th August, 2010
The StroudCo food hub allows local producers to sell to customers at better prices, whilst shoppers get a keener deal than they would in the supermarket. Here's how it works more...
‘Growing body of evidence’ links pesticides to bee decline
Ecologist
5th August, 2010
Government and retailers, including B&Q and Wyevale, under pressure to impose a ban on sale of pesticides linked to bee population decline following new research more...
Cloned animals a 'threat to genetic diversity'
Ecologist
4th August, 2010
Report highlights the danger of cloning to animal health as campaigners also warn it will reduce genetic diversity within herds more...
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An international campaign to raise the price of food
Matilda Welin
5th August, 2010
Are demands for higher prices the future of food campaigning? Pay the Price is a Swedish thinktank demanding more expensive food to cover the hidden costs of production more...
Eating insects: a solution to the meat problem?
Kurt Hollander
3rd August, 2010
The world's demand for protein will continue to rise, even as the environmental impacts of meat production become clearer. Could turning to commonly eaten insect species be the answer? more...
Farmers will have to wait until 2012 for supermarket watchdog
Ecologist
3rd August, 2010
Government bill likely to be put forward this autumn but final body may not be up and running for another two years, admit officials more...
How to start growing food on social housing estates
Christine Ottery
30th July, 2010
Estate community gardens are springing up in our cities - here's how to transform a derelict urban space into a food growing hub more...
Foreign land grabbing leaves Filipino farmers with nothing
Theodora Tsentas
26th July, 2010
Advocates of foreign ownership of agricultural land say it brings wealth, infrastructure and new farming techniques; opponents say that displaced and deskilled smallholders are often the result more...
Growing without water: how to garden in a drought
Andy Hamilton
27th July, 2010
Summer in the garden is beautiful, but hauling gallons of water from the kitchen tap to your beds is neither fun nor sustainable. Here's some tips on how to drought-proof your plot more...
UK could cut Amazon soya imports with home-grown peas and beans
Ecologist
21st July, 2010
A solution to the livestock sector's reliance on soya animal feed, which is driving deforestation in Argentina and Brazil, could be found by incentivising home-grown alternatives more...
Aid should focus on climate resilience and less intensive farming models
Ecologist
20th July, 2010
Subsistence farming may be seen as a low rung on the development ladder but it can play a vital role in helping low-income countries to adapt to climate change says a government-funded report more...
How to protect UK rivers from invasive mitten crabs, and eat locally as well!
Eifion Rees
22nd July, 2010
Chinese mitten crabs are pushing indigenous species out of UK rivers and damaging river banks and habitats. It's time to look at how we could control them, and maybe find a new seafood delicacy to boot more...
Goldman Sachs makes $1 billion profit on food price speculation
Ecologist
19th July, 2010
'Risky and secretive' gambling on the price of coffee, cocoa and wheat is leading to unstable food prices and exacerbating poverty and malnutrition but creating billions of pounds for the banking sector more...
Why we should grow and eat more seaweed
Eifion Rees
20th July, 2010
It's one of the healthiest, most versatile 'weeds' around. Asian countries have enjoyed the benefits for centuries. So where is the market for homegrown UK seaweed? more...
EU's 'dangerous' move to nationalise GM decision-making
Ecologist
14th July, 2010
Individual countries will be allowed to ban GM crops in a move the EU hopes will stop them blocking new crops being grown by farmers in other member states more...
Life without supermarkets: forget posh organic shops; check out food co-ops
Laura Laker
13th July, 2010
To keep prices down, Laura shops around and gives food co-ops a whirl... more...Members
