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How to grow a green manure
Andy Hamilton
11th March, 2010
Your soil will love you for it, wildlife thrives in it and weeds are deterred by it. Here is the what, why and how of green manure more...
How to green your school
Ecologist
10th February, 2010
School buildings, food, waste - even the curriculum itself should all support a connection to, and appreciation for, the environment. Here are some resources to get you started more...
The Soup Book
Sophie Grigson, Jeanette Orrey, Eric Treuille
29th December, 2009
Wholesome, seasonal, frugal, simple, fresh, homegrown and hardy...The Soil Association Soup Book's recipes are sure to delight all. Read on for some tasty recipes more...
Copenhagen could lead to increase in intensive farming
Ed Hamer
14th December, 2009
All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an intensification of farming and money for GM crops? more...
Agriculture: Copenhagen's blind spot
Peter Melchett
7th December, 2009
By not properly discussing agriculture at national or international climate negotiations, we are avoiding tackling not just a huge source of emissions, but also a potential carbon sink more...
How to get community investment in green projects
Ed Hamer
11th November, 2009
Many a good idea has floundered for lack of funds, but with today's models for community finance this need no longer be so... more...
10 resources for better food growing
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Food and farming is in crisis but there is hope for the future - from organics and Slow Food to permaculture and land share schemes more...
The Do Lectures: a Glastonbury for the mind
Jaswinder Kaur
27th August, 2009
Once a year in rural Wales twenty 'doers' assemble in a small tent and tell their stories. The aim is to inspire the rest of us to go and do something positive. more...
CASE STUDY: the Slow Food revolution
Matilda Lee
20th July, 2009
Can the delicious revolution reach out to the uncommitted? more...
The Romans could teach us about soils and climate change
Tom Hodgkinson
2nd October, 2009
What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, they did at least try to warn us that intensive farming would render our soils and civilisation unviable... more...
The Organic Food Festival, Bristol
Emma Bocking
17th September, 2009
The largest festival of its kind in Europe was smaller this year but still a food lover's dream. Emma Bocking reports more...
Looking after your soil: Clarissa Dixon-Wright's top tips
Clarissa Dixon-Wright
10th September, 2009
From weeding, to digging and composting, watering and mulching, get to know the good earth better more...
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Half India’s land degraded: agro-chemicals partly to blame
Ecologist
17th August, 2009
Deforestation, wind erosion and poor farming practices blamed for deterioration of soil as the real costs of the Green Revolution are measured more...
Can Defra deliver its 2030 food vision?
Ecologist
11th August, 2009
Pressure groups question whether Defra has the power to drive reforms in the food sector more...
Organic food: FSA study leaves bad taste in the mouth
Tom Levitt
1st August, 2009
The findings from the FSA's organic food review have added little to our knowledge but left consumers short-changed on real benefits of organic food. more... What if... Government bought green?
Maria Cross
14th July, 2009
Ask those involved in public food procurement if they would like to see fresh, local ingredients on menus and they will say yes. Then they will list all the reasons why it wouldn't work. Not so, argues Maria Cross - and here's how more...
Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent
Eifion Rees
3rd July, 2009
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year more...
'Natural' and 'organic' beauty to be standardised
Matilda Lee
26th June, 2009
The Soil Association hopes that Cosmos, the new natural cosmetics standard, will lead to cleaner, greener ingredients in mainstream beauty products more...
Opening a can of worms
Phil Moore
15th October, 2008
It might be fair to say that the earthworm is a farmer’s best friend. more...
(Re)discovering (s)oil
Richard Heinberg
1st October, 2008
It’s hard to learn much or do much about sustainability without getting your hands dirty. more...
EU claim cloned food is safe
News
14th January, 2008
European food safety officials have given their public backing to cloned food, claiming it is safe to eat. more...
Supermarkets caught up in GM label row
News
19th November, 2007
Supermarkets have been accused of misleading consumers by not labelling food produced from genetically modified crops. more...
GM Potatoes – Facts and Fictions
Andy Rees
22nd September, 2006
In August 2006, German chemicals company BASF applied to start GM potato field trialsin Cambridge and Derbyshire as early as next spring. The GM industry is making many
claims about this product, but are these based on the truth? Andy Rees investigates more...
The trouble with organics
Joanna Blythman
17th June, 2005
Organic food is not necessarily the automatic choice for the ethical consumer more...Members
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