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In season now: what to eat during February
Ben Hudson
30th January, 2012
It's the month of love, so warm the cockles by tucking in to wonderful seasonal fare. Big Barn founder, Anthony Davidson, shares his February favourites more...
Five of the best…organic veg box schemes
Ruth Styles
16th January, 2012
Whether you’re looking for seasonal veg or slaughter-free milk, Britain’s box schemes make avoiding the supermarket a cinch more...
In season now: what to eat during January
Ben Hudson
9th January, 2012
Love British Food’s Alexia Robinson talks seasonal eats, New Year’s resolutions and a gastronomic alternative to the Olympics more...
Can becoming a vegetarian help save the planet?
Laurie Tuffrey
4th January, 2012
Globally, meat consumption has increased by 20 per cent in the last decade despite concerns about its environmental impact. So, asks Laurie Tuffrey, can going vegetarian really help the earth? more...
Ethical food: four new year's resolutions that you can keep
Gavin Haines
3rd January, 2012
It’s resolution time again so start 2012 on an eco-friendly note by cutting out food miles and eating less meat more...
Wine: how green is your glass?
Sophie Laggan
21st December, 2011
Certification is expensive and monitoring of ingredients can be difficult so it can be hard for consumers to make an informed choice about wine. Sophie Laggan takes a look at the options more...
Five of the best…foodie gifts to make at home
Laurie Tuffrey
15th December, 2011
Eco-friendly, delicious and ultra personal: Laurie Tuffrey explains why homemade treats trump Tesco’s and how to make themmore...
The only way is Essex: the community breathing new life into a disused country estate
Laura Sevier
11th November, 2011
In Romford, Essex, villagers are getting their hands dirty transforming a historic walled garden at Bedfords Park more...
Ten of the best…farm shops
Vanessa Jones
4th November, 2011
Offering the ultimate in locally produced food, Britain's farm shops are a culinary national treasure more...
How to make your own booze
Hannah Corr
1st November, 2011
With no food miles, no additives and no duty involved, making your own alcohol saves both money and the planet. Hannah Corr explains how to get started more...
The Ecologist guide to greening Christmas
Ruth Styles
1st November, 2011
From food to fun, we've got the skinny on how to make this year's festivities the greenest ever more...
Ten of the best…ways to get stuck into urban gardening
Hannah Corr
28th October, 2011
Growing your own fruit and vegetables doesn’t have to involve huge amounts of space. As Hannah Corr explains, there are plenty of short cuts for city dwellers who want to get stuck in more...
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Freedom food: the organic farmers who took on the Italian mafia
Gianluca Martelliano
25th October, 2011
Would you work on confiscated lands owned by mafia bosses who have killed countless people? The Ecologist reports from Italy on the new farming cooperative turning a bloody past into organic olive oil, oranges and wine more...
Toxic fallout as activists challenge strawberry industry's pesticide use
Rosie Spinks
10th October, 2011
Faced with the potential use of a dangerous pesticide methyl iodide to spray crops in their backyards, a group of Californian teenagers decided to stand up to the might of industrial agribusiness. Rosie Spinks reports more...
Coffee: is the black stuff as green as it should be?
George Blacksell
4th October, 2011
From deforestation to fertiliser; our taste for coffee has left some of the world’s most precious eco-systems in a precarious state. George Blacksell looks at how the coffee industry is cleaning up its act more...
Neal's Yard Remedies: organic skincare to feed the soul
Laura Sevier
14th September, 2011
Neal's Yard Remedies is a cut above other skincare companies in its commitment to natural ingredients. Laura Sevier speaks to owner Peter Kindersley about the brand's deep ecology more...
The Development of the Organic Network: Linking People and Themes,1945-95
Mark Newton
8th September, 2011
Phillip Conford's treatise on the rise of the organic movement is anything but dull, says Mark Newton more...
The Harvest: new film reveals scourge of child labour in US farming
Rosie Spinks
1st September, 2011
Despite campaigning to reduce child labour internationally, the US is home to at least 230,000 child labourers toiling in the fields to pick blueberries, tomatoes or cotton more...
Organic Food Festival - Bristol
The ever popular Organic Food Festival combines wonderful food and drink, the UK’s finest organic artisan producers, live cookery and gardening demonstrations with livestock and fun food related activities for kids. Bringing a real festival atmosphere to Bristol’s Harbourside on the 3rd & 4th September more...
Bristol Organic Food Festival
This year's Bristol Organic Food Festival will include 150 food and drink producers, demonstrations from top chefs and great live music more...
How a community farm for London could end 'madness of flying and shipping in food'
Sarah Bentley
1st August, 2011
More than £800,000 has been raised towards the cost of setting up a unique farm - complete with green houses, polytunnels, irrigation system, woodland, orchards and a shop - that could help meet the capitals' future food needs 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...
Organic movement fights 'supermarket takeover' of ideals
Tom Levitt
21st July, 2011
The founding ideals of the organic movement are being eroded by the drive for mass-production. The dilemma its supporters now face, is how to spread the organic message without losing its principles more...
Carshalton Environmental Fair
With stalls aplenty, the Carshalton Environmental Fair will have lots for eco-foodies and music lovers alike more...
Five of the best...Fairtrade and organic coffees
Valentina Jovanovski
20th June, 2011
From monocultures to deforestation, a cup of coffee can leave a bitter taste. But as Valentina Jovanovski discovered, ethically produced coffee can benefit some of the world’s poorest people and the planet to bootmore...
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