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Frontline Online: We all like Spring - but not in the depths of Winter
January 22st, 2013
Lorna Howarth
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline more...
How to… build a raised flowerbed
Priyanka Mogul and Bethany Hubbard
2nd March, 2012
Whether it’s poor soil or limited space, a raised bed could be the solution to your gardening woes. And with National gardening week approaching there's no better time than now more...
The Self-Sufficiency Manual: A Complete Practical Guide to Living Off the Land
Mark Newton
23rd February, 2012
Alison Candlin’s opus does the basics brilliantly but doesn’t go into enough depth for Mark Newton more...
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October 2011 Monthly Subscribers Newsletter
Ecologist
17th October, 2011
This month we investigate the complex issue of food speculation - looking at the impact speculative trading of food commodities, such as wheat, has on the price of food. To access your newsletter log in and scroll down to the bottom of the page more...
TAKE ACTION to demand a strong supermarket watchdog
Ecologist
12th October, 2011
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Bitter harvest: how exploitation and abuse stalks migrant workers on UK farms
Andrew Wasley
10th October, 2011
Migrant workers are vital for meeting the UK's demand for year-round fruit and vegetables. But despite improvements since the Morecambe Bay tragedy, allegations of poor conditions and abuse in the horticulture sector persist. Andrew Wasley reports more...
Inside the salad 'mega-farm' supplying the UK's appetite for lettuce
Andrew Wasley
10th October, 2011
In contrast to the squalid conditions faced by many migrant farm workers, employees of salad producer G's Marketing live in specially-built hostels with a social centre, sports pitches and a bar. Is this the future of industrial horticulture? Andrew Wasley reports more...
Why ethical food trade is only possible with supermarket action
Julia Hawkins
1st September, 2011
International supply chains leave the horticultural workers harvesting our food in poor countries highly vulnerable to exploitation. Retailers, unions, NGOs and governments must work together to tackle this, says Julia Hawkins more...
Scandal of the 'tomato slaves' harvesting crop exported to UK
Andrew Wasley
1st September, 2011
Across Italy an invisible army of migrant workers harvests tomatoes destined for our dinner plates. Paid poverty wages and living in squalor, medical charities have described conditions as 'hell'. Andrew Wasley reports from Basilicata, southern Italy more...
Time for gardeners to stop living the ‘Good Lie’
Bob Sherman
22nd July, 2011
Amateur gardeners striving to live the 'Good Life' should ensure they check the contents of store-bought compost. For peat's sake - we need to think beyond our backyards and choose compost carefully more...
Strange fruit: 8 tempting ideas from the orchard to brighten your week
Emma Cooper
14th September, 2010
Oranges, grapes and Granny Smiths are so last year, says Emma Cooper. This autumn, tuck into goji berries, strawberry spinach and wonderberries instead... more...
Horticulture: 1/13 of 13
Let's use the Gulf Stream to increase UK food production
Adam York
9th June, 2010
Our current patterns of veg growing mostly ignore the fact that the UK is much warmer than it should be for its latitude - and we could exploit that more...
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