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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...
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...
Ask the Ecologist: Which is best - local or organic?
Ruth Styles
14th June, 2011
Green Living Editor Ruth Styles answers your eco-lifestyle dilemmas. This week it’s the question of local versus organic produce under the spotlight more...
Five of the best... environmentally friendly cookbooks
Valentina Jovanovski
13th June, 2011
Greener eating doesn’t have to mean compromising on taste or quality, as these five books, reviewed by Valentina Jovanovski, prove more...
Top 10…eco-friendly eateries
Valentina Jovanovski
13th June, 2011
Looking for a fabulous place to eat without compromising on your eco-friendly lifestyle? Valentina Jovanovski serves up 10 restaurants that combine good eating with a green ethos more...
Alan Schofield: 'You don't have be certified to be organic'
Jemima Roberts
7th June, 2011
Alan Schofield has run a vegetable box scheme for almost 30 years and is a veteran of the Soil Association. He talks to the Ecologist about why he set up the Organic Growers Alliance - and how it now complements the work of the larger certification body more...
Spices: the true cost of a kitchen staple
Jeff Holman
24th May, 2011
From habitat loss to human rights abuses; as Jeff Holman discovered, your pepper, saffron and turmeric aren’t quite as innocent as they seem more...
Greener grocers: six great ethical supermarkets
The Ecologist
23rd May, 2011
Not every supermarket is a heartless corporate giant: here are six that are showing Tesco and co how it's done more...
Five of the best…organic beers
The Ecologist
16th May, 2011
Better for the environment and better tasting than mass-produced, imported lager; isn’t it time you gave real ale a go? We asked the Campaign for Real Ale’s Jon Howard to round up some of the best more...
Organic farming – India's future perfect?
Nishika Patel, The Guardian
12th May, 2011
A budding interest in organic food offers farmers soaring incomes and higher yields, but critics say it's not the answer to India's fast-rising food demands more...
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Top 10…UK farmers’ markets
Jeff Holman
15th April, 2011
From local specialities to homemade treats, shopping at Britain’s farmers’ markets is a great way to get stuck into premium produce and support local farmers. Jeff Holman rounds up some of the best more...
Top 10...organic and fairtrade teas
Laura Sevier
13th April, 2011
Say sayonara to your standard tea and try a cup of one of the Ecologist’s 10 favourite Fairtrade and organic teas. Laura Sevier puts the kettle on more...
TAKE ACTION: Campaigns to green your cuppa
Matilda Lee
13th April, 2011
As part of the Ecologist's special investigation into the hidden costs of tea, milk and sugar, here's how to get involved in cleaning up your cuppa more...
Eco eatery: The Duke of Cambridge
The Ecologist
28th February, 2011
11 years after it opened, Islington’s Duke of Cambridge pub is still one of London's best organic eateries more...
Green gold: organic olive oil
The Ecologist
21st February, 2011
Organic olive oil is the eco-friendly alternative to butter and rapeseed oils more...
Top 10…Organic Wines
Neil Palmer
18th February, 2011
Neil Palmer, co-director of wine merchants, Vintage Roots, and wine connoisseur extraordinaire, gives us his pick of the best organic wines around more...
Top 10…gardening blogs
Tom Antebi
11th February, 2011
From planting tips to making your own 'seed bombs', Tom Antebi has the lowdown on the web’s best organic gardening blogsmore...
PICK OF THE DAY: Crazy Jack Organic Butter Biscuits
The Ecologist
7th February, 2011
Wholly organic and (fairly) good for you, Crazy Jack’s organic butter biscuits are a tasty teatime treat with an eco-friendly twist more...
Review: The Green Room, Bournemouth
Ruth Styles
20th January, 2011
Combining style and sustainability, Bournemouth’s Green Room restaurant is a wild-food lovers’ dream more...
Transylvania: could this 'lost in time' land be the future of European agriculture?
Laura Sevier
7th January, 2011
Transylvania has maintained traditional farming methods for hundreds of years. As it faces the twin threats of intensive agriculture and byzantine EU policies, its model of under-development is attracting the interest of policy makers more...
Green business: Ella's Kitchen
Eifion Rees
21st December, 2010
Organic baby food company Ella's Kitchen is already big in the UK and Scandinavia, and now aiming to crack the US. Co-founder Alison Lindley discusses the difficulties of keeping it green during a period of meteoric growth more...
Behind the Label: Christmas turkey
Pat Thomas
16th December, 2010
Christmas dinner means only one thing for millions of us: turkey. But the intensively reared and genetically manipulated birds that most will consume this holiday season leave a nasty taste in the mouth more...
Greenhorns: the network that's breathing new life into US farming
David Hawkins
14th September, 2010
It's helping attract youthful talent into sustainable agriculture across the US, but can the Greenhorns movement survive in the land of Big Ag, or cross the Atlantic to the UK? more...Members
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