The picturesque setting, homely atmosphere and friendly owners proved a hit with Jemima Roberts during her stay at The Yurt Farm near Tregaron in mid-Wales
Hotel review: The Yurt Farm Jemima Roberts | 23rd June 2011 Ethical Living Wales Yurts Glamping Travel holding.jpg The picturesque setting, homely atmosphere and friendly owners proved a hit with …
A once quiet voice, hard to distinguish against the grinding machine of intensive food production is now shouting above the noise. LAURA BRIGGS reports on the growing interest in grass as a feeding option
… is.... Laura Briggs | 18th July 2016 News Farming Food Livestock Grass-fed Industrial Farming Traditional Farming cows grass 1015.jpg A once quiet …
Improving smallholder rights to the land they depend on is becoming more of a necessity as farmland speculation and competition between food and energy crops threatens their tenure
… 25th October 2010 News Land Grabbing Food And Farming Agroecology Speculation 4..jpg You … contribution that low-input agroecological farming methods employed by many smallholders … for the banking sector NEWS Agroecological farming methods being ignored, says UN expert …
We are what we eat. Concerns about climate change, environmental stress and animal welfare mean that what we eat is an ethical as well as a health issue. LAURA BRIGGS meets two women promoting the new Wildevore diet, claiming it improves the health of the individual, and the world in which they live
… patch, buying locally and from regenerative farming methods, and you’ll be some way to … have to be incredibly choosy. Intensive farming, GMOs, antibiotics and mistreatment of … help regenerate the ecosystem, it’s just most farming systems don’t function this way and …
With the diversity of food crops falling dramatically and just three giant corporations controlling over 75 per cent of the global seed supply, it's no wonder people feel disconnected from their food. LAURA BRIGGS learns more about a new UK Seed Co-operative which aims to redress the balance
… | 10th May 2017 Ethical Living Seed Food And Farming Biodiversoty Resilience seed … BBC Future Food category of the BBC Food and Farming Awards - the Seed Co-operative - is … seed does, and this only works in organic farming systems." The Seed Co-operative is at …
Seaweed is known for its culinary uses and has seen a renaissance in past years thanks to its health claims and a distinctive taste - but there are more ecological benefits to seaweed that currently remain untapped.
… Seaweed Biofuels Energy Animal Feed Food And Farming seaweed.jpg Seaweed is known for its … untapped. The primary reason for seaweed farming right now is for bioenergy research …
A gap in the market and the digital age has seen the British organic cut flower industry flourish over the last couple of years - with chemical-free, low air-mile blooms finally seeing their day in the sun. LAURA BRIGGS reports on the homegrown market that offers a bigger variety of flowers and without the environmental costs of imported ones
If you're saying 'it' with flowers this UK Bank Holiday weekend make sure they're locally grown Laura Briggs | 26th August 2016 News Flowers Organic Cut Flowers Environmental Costs British Growers …
If you live or spend time in the UK countryside it may have been some time since you spotted the native brown hare - if you've ever seen one at all. That's because the hare relies on an increasingly disappearing biodiverse landscape for its food. LAURA BRIGGS talks to the scientists behind a new study investigating what type of planting - including bioenergy crops - will help stop hare populations from continuing to decline
… | 6th June 2017 Comment Hares Conservation Farming Biomass Biodiversity brown hare.jpg If … hedgerow has been destroyed over 50 years of farming, cutting off the hare's source of food … of farmland, many of which have been lost as farming has intensified. Our research suggests …
With what should perhaps be described as fantastic enthusiasm, a collective of architects, designers, engineers, urban planners and entrepreneurs have submitted a proposal to the Governments of the United States and Mexico to create a land with no borders. LAURA BRIGGS wonders if she should take the proposal seriously...
… oil or mining) and instead relying on solar farming and electric transportation. The …
Marine ecologists have shown how noise pollution is changing the behaviour of marine animals - and how its elimination will significantly help build their resilience. LAURA BRIGGS reports
Ecology Research Report: How noise pollution impacts marine ecology Laura Briggs | 12th December 2016 News Marine Ecology Marine Research Renewables Noise Pollution marine pollution.jpg Marine …
The Soil Association is calling on bread producers and supermarkets to stop making and selling bread products that contain traces of Glyphosate. LAURA BRIGGS reports.
… Soil Association Bread Campaigning Food And Farming glyphosate in bread.jpg The Soil … to the Soil Association glyphosate use in UK farming has increased by 400% in the last 20 …
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
… Roberts | 7th June 2011 Activism Food And Farming Organic Agriculture Soil Association … journalist READ MORE... COMMENT Organic farming has sold out and lost its way The …
A city fish bar that cares more than most about sustainability; Jemima Roberts puts Soseki to the test to find out whether its food is as good as its principles
… Food And Drink Japanese Society Food And Farming soseki1edit.jpg A city fish bar that …
The Save Our Magnificent Meadows partnership hopes to demonstrate the fragility and importance of our fast-disappearing Great British meadows.
… Meadows would have developed thanks to farming practices, with many people owning … one day meadows can be an integral part of farming once again. On July 1 barefoot …
In 2016 the UK imported £26 million worth of fur, showing that the industry has gone global. Only by exposing the level of cruelty and showing people what lies behind the fashion will change ever come about writes LAURA BRIGGS
… Jackson has created a documentary on fur farming, Klatki , where he follows the …
In 2020 the fate of Devon's River Otter wild beavers will be decided. With Chris Packham backing the campaign to save the species and the protection of beavers into Scotland recently getting the go-ahead, the outlook is bright for the species.LAURA BRIGGS reports
… to be welcomed back into the landscape by the farming community, the reintroduction needs to … across the conservation, land management and farming spectrum. We would urge government to …
How can we bridge the gap between ‘fast food' living and responsible consumption when mass production and a throw-away mindset still dominate the lifestyles of most people? LAURA BRIGGS has some thoughts...
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From Darina Allen's mountain picnics, to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
Ecologist guide to a green Christmas Jemima Roberts Eifion Rees Matilda Lee | 1st November 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Ecologist Guides Christmas Darina Allen Geetie Singh Rob Hopkins Transition …
Questions raised over why European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) chair Diana Banati failed to make clear her connections to International Life Science Institute (ILSI), which advises biotech giants like Monsanto, Bayer and BASF
… Tom Levitt | 26th October 2010 News Food And Farming Gm Lobbying gmfood.jpg The credibility …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
Ecologist guide to a green Christmas Jemima Roberts Eifion Rees Matilda Lee | 1st November 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Ecologist Guides Christmas Darina Allen Geetie Singh Rob Hopkins Transition …
As Burma prepares for national elections activists have launched a film to highlight the negative environmental and social impacts of the country’s largest iron mine
… troops providing security for the project. Farming is the principle means of subsistence …
Prince Charles's new book reacquaints us with a sense of our collective spirit, a place that has become increasingly remote from our digitally 'enhanced' worldview, says Jemima Roberts
… the network that's breathing new life into US farming It's helping attract youthful talent …
LAURA BRIGGS reports on an innovative project that turns city-centre air pollution from vehicle exhausts into Air-Inks for artists
Re-Purposing Air Pollution to make Air Inks Laura Briggs | 7th February 2017 Ethical Living Pollution Science Innovation Art air-ink solvents test.jpg LAURA BRIGGS reports on an innovative project …
Grow for Syria is a new UK-based campaign bringing gardeners across the South West together to fundraise for Syrian refugees by selling plants, seeds and other garden-related items. LAURA BRIGGS explains how you can get involved
Grow for Syria - one woman's mission to make a difference Laura Briggs | 7th April 2017 Activism Syria Refugees Fundraising Gardening claire reid.jpg Grow for Syria is a new UK-based campaign …