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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...
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...
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...
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...
Committing to a life without supermarkets
Laura Laker
14th May, 2010
No-one enjoys supermarket shopping. But kicking the habit requires conviction, as Laura Laker reveals in the first of a new series... more...
Green Party victory start of 'historic new political force'
Ecologist
7th May, 2010
Newly elected MP Caroline Lucas said her party was now ready to 'take its rightful place in Parliament' after her landmark victory in yesterday's general election more...
How green are tetrapak food cartons?
Emilie Filou
19th January, 2010
They're becoming more and more common - wrapped around everything from milk to chickpeas. But just how environmentally friendly are composite cartons compared to the good, old-fashioned tin or jar? more...
Government agrees to supermarket watchdog
Ecologist
13th January, 2010
Supermarket ombudsman will enforce a new code of practice between retailers and their suppliers more...
Toothless Tory 'ombudsman' won't solve supermarket problem
Caroline Lucas
8th December, 2010
It's high time we had a supermarket ombudsman, but it needs to be proactive and powerful, says Caroline Lucas more...
How to stop a supermarket opening in your area
Kete Eshelby
19th June, 2009
Battling superstore monopolies needn’t be a lone crusade. Kate Eshelby looks at some of the resources available more...
How to make your town plastic bag free
Sylvia Rowley
15th April, 2009
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags more...
Bring back real markets
Tom Hodgkinson
11th September, 2009
Tom Hodgkinson lays out the case for the return of street markets. Wouldn't we all be better off living outside the box? more...
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How fair is our food?
Sean Roberts
5th August, 2009
Food Ethics Council policy director Sean Roberts explains why a debate on fairness in food and farming is long overdue more...
Supermarkets face compulsory watchdog
Ecologist
4th August, 2009
Suppliers rejoice at calls for an independent Ombudsman but supermarkets already lobbying against the decision more...
Tesco 'trusts' cattle suppliers involved in Amazon deforestation
Ecologist
3rd July, 2009
Despite the lack of traceability in the supply chain, the assurances of cattle producers that they are not involved in the illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is apparently enough for Tesco, a letter to the Guardian reveals more...
The Tesco Chainstore Massacre
Paul Kingsnorth
1st May, 2006
How one small English town took on a superstore - and won more...
How to make your town plastic-free
Sylvia Rowley
15th April, 2009
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags more...
Bent Bananas
Joanna Blythman
13th January, 2009
The economies of whole islands in the Caribbean face ruin if the WTO, acting at the behest of US-owned multinationals, forces the EU to end preferential trade agreements with small-scale West Indian banana producers more...
TV chef raises £87,000 to pay Tesco for shareholders resolution
Peter Clark & Ranajo Dezanett
12th June, 2008
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has reached the target of £86,888 set by Tesco to print and distribute leaflets to its shareholders. more...
How to be free: Supermarket suffocation
Tom Hodgkinson
1st June, 2008
I have to confess I've been feeling thoroughly gloomy about the state of the nation lately, and I blame a certain supermarket chain that I shall call 'Blank' more...
Whole Foods failure
Chris Milton
1st March, 2008
Only a few years ago, stories about Whole Foods Market became famous for their poetic quality, as journalists waxed lyrical about how the fresh, organic fruit in their stores was proof that you could be a successful business while remaining environmentally friendly. Last year, however, sustained questioning by consumers and regulators alike saw the shine come off the company’s glossy image. more...
How to be free: going off your trolley
Tom Hodgkkinson
1st January, 2008
Now here is an ecological pub quiz question: who wrote the following phrase and when? more...
Mum's gone bin-fishing...
Mel
27th September, 2007
It’s last orders at the bar in a certain vegan pub in a certain British city, and my friend Daisy checks casually, ‘Do you need to get any food in? We could do with a bit of veg…’ more...
Milk cartel accused of price fixing
News
21st September, 2007
The Office of Fair Trading has accused the big four supermarkets of colluding with dairies to artificially increase the cost of dairy foods. more...
Community Wedge
John Bird
6th September, 2007
How can we stop the juggernauts of so-called progress from sweeping away every bit of individualism and community that well-run high streets bring us? John Bird wants to give you his card more...Members
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