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 <title><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION: Just Label It - Americans demand GM food labelling]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Join the growing chorus of individuals and organisations demanding the right to know what's in their food... all GM foods should be labelled, say Just Label It campaigners  ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Greeks reclaim the land to ease the pain of economic austerity]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A group of community-minded gardeners have turned a former Athens airport into a blooming vegetable plot, showing how Greece's eroded soil holds the keys to a revival in farming and a way to buck the jobless trend]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1162612/how_global_finance_fuels_a_secretive_and_unethical_land_grab_in_africa.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[How global finance fuels a secretive and unethical land grab in Africa]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Global banks, investment houses and pension funds are gobbling up farmland in poor countries for food and biofuels production. GRAIN, winners of the 2011 Right Livelihood Award, says this secretive and unjust practice needs to stop]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1124804/the_only_way_is_essex_the_community_breathing_new_life_into_a_disused_country_estate.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[The only way is Essex: the community breathing new life into a disused country estate ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In Romford, Essex, villagers are getting their hands dirty transforming a historic walled garden at Bedfords Park]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Viral storm: why factory farming is bad for your health]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:14 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As the new 'outbreak' film Contagion, starring Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow is released, The Ecologist reports on the book linking the threat of global disease pandemics and industrial animal farming  <br/><br/>]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1088229/take_action_to_demand_a_strong_supermarket_watchdog.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION to demand a strong supermarket watchdog]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:26 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Join War on Want's campaign for a independent supermarket watchdog to help stop supplier bullying]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1079330/toxic_fallout_as_activists_challenge_strawberry_industrys_pesticide_use.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Toxic fallout as activists challenge strawberry industry's pesticide use]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1053631/neals_yard_remedies_organic_skincare_to_feed_the_soul.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Neal's Yard Remedies: organic skincare to feed the soul]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1048574/take_action_to_stop_bankers_betting_on_food.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION to stop bankers betting on food]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[With food prices in the developing world rising, is hunger the price to pay for Barclays speculating on food markets? ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1037882/the_harvest_new_film_reveals_scourge_of_child_labour_in_us_farming.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[The Harvest: new film reveals scourge of child labour in US farming]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/988965/how_a_community_farm_for_london_could_end_madness_of_flying_and_shipping_in_food.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[How a community farm for London could end 'madness of flying and shipping in food']]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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  ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Supermarket rooftop gardens: an exercise in community building?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Eifion Rees reports on the group bringing the heart back to supermarkets with a rooftop vegetable garden]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/949156/campaign_hero_lindsay_boswell_of_community_food_network_fareshare.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[CAMPAIGN HERO: Lindsay Boswell of community food network FareShare]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:12 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Inspiring businesses to reuse food that would have otherwise be sent to landfill, the pioneering group FareShare collects and distributes it to homeless shelters: feeding the needy, saving CO2 and diverting waste from landfill ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/940046/homeless_gardeners_provide_makeover_for_iconic_southbank_building.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Homeless gardeners provide makeover for iconic Southbank building]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[They used to sleep beneath London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Now a pioneering collaboration between the Southbank Centre and a housing association is giving a group of ex-homeless a chance to create a rooftop garden ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/935738/project_ocean_selfridges_campaign_to_save_fish_fashionably.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Project Ocean: Selfridges campaign to save fish, fashionably]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Selfridges Creative Director Alannah Weston has raised the bar for ethical commitments in high-end retail]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Alan Schofield: 'You don't have be certified to be organic']]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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  ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/886459/can_we_cut_cancer_and_heart_disease_rates_just_by_going_vegan.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Can we cut cancer and heart disease rates just by going vegan? ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 13:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[We've heard about the environmental and animal welfare problems with meat consumption. Now a new film, Planeat, presents a convincing health case to re-examine our love affair with meat and dairy, reports Matilda Lee]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION: Make a loaf of bread for the Real Bread Campaign]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 13:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Dust off your old bread maker and get your hands dirty during Real Bread Maker Week from May 9 - 16<br/>]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/876973/what_is_a_community_orchard.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[What is a community orchard?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 08:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The pioneers behind Apple Day - Sue Clifford & Angela King of Common Ground - have recently published a handbook on community-owned fruit orchards. Here they give the Ecologist their top tips and advice on getting started]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[How ethical food production can change troubled lives]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[From Slough to the Moulsecoomb Forest Garden & Wildlife Project in Brighton, Warren Carter is a radical food grower on a mission to transform the lives of troubled youngsters. Jan Goodey meets him ]]></description>
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