As Slow Food Week gets underway Slow Food UK tells the Ecologist why they are attempting to protect Britains edible Biodiversity and the artisan producers behind it.....
… it: promoting and preserving real British food Cat Gazzoli | 31st May 2013 Ethical Living Health Food And Farming sfuk-ff (1).jpg As Slow Food Week gets underway Slow Food UK tells the …
Dan Crossley, of the Food Ethics Council, talks to the Ecologist about their work on developing an 'ethical food manifesto' ahead of the next general election
… Food matters: 'Politicians need to focus on our failing food system' The Ecologist | 22nd July 2013 Comment Food And Farming Food Ethics Council Blogs And …
Naomi Salmon argues that human rights law can - and should - have a crucial role in the fight to green our food systems ...
… Putting people at the heart of the sustainable food debate Dr Naomi Salmon | 8th November 2013 Comment Food And Farming Politics Law foodrights.jpg Could human rights law be used …
The Food for Life 'Catering Mark' is bringing fresh, healthy and local food into schools, hospitals and canteens, writes Peter Melchett - while driving big increases in the volume of organic food we eat, and growing the market for organic farmers and local food producers.
… 'Catering Mark' is helping to deliver good food for all Peter Melchett Soil Association | 24th February 2015 Activism Food Farming Organic Health fresh-fruit-cut.jpg The Food for Life 'Catering Mark' is bringing …
At least a third of the food the world grows each year goes to waste, writes John Mandyck, most of it in fields, transport and storage. The result is poor farmers, hungry people, and a massive 3.3 billion tonnes of needless CO2 emissions. It should be a key topic for action at COP21 in Paris - but so far it's not even on the agenda.
… For climate's sake, let's cut food waste! John Mandyck | 17th September 2015 Comment Waste Food Technology Climate Change … milk-bicycles-cut.jpg At least a third of the food the world grows each year goes to waste, …
As the G7 leaders prepare to meet in Bavaria this weekend, small-scale farmers from around the world call on them to abandon their disastrous plan for the corporate takeover of global agriculture and the extirpation of small-scale farmers everywhere - those who produce most of the world's food. True food security must be rooted in local control over land, seeds and water.
… Struggles | 4th June 2015 Activism Farming Food Politics Corporations … - those who produce most of the world's food. True food security must be rooted in local control …
Food and water shortages and sharp price hikes in the necessities of life are driving civil unrest and rebellion across the Middle East and North Africa, writes Nafeez Ahmed. Adding to the problem, many of the afflicted countries are of strategic importance for their oil and gas, putting them on the front line of destabilizing 'counter-terrorism' operations.
… Rebellion and hunger - how drought and food scarcity are fanning the flames of war Nafeez Ahmed | 13th May 2015 News Water Food Politics Society Oil Energy Middle East drought-burkina-faso-cut.jpg Food and water shortages and sharp price hikes …
A broad community of independent scientific researchers and scholars challenges claims of a 'consensus' that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are 'safe' to grow and eat. The claims - which continue to be widely and often uncritically aired - are a false and artificial construct that have been misleadingly perpetuated through diverse media.
… colleagues | 23rd February 2015 News GMOs Food Farming Health Science … [7]. There is no consensus on GM food safety Regarding the safety of GM crops and foods for human and animal health, a …
Industrial agriculture and industrial food processing have combined to produce something extraordinary, writes Julian Rose: 'KRISS the unrecognisable croissant'. Just don't make the mistake of confusing it with food. Devoid of nutrition, laced with hydrogenated oil and a long list of artificial ingredients, if you care about your own health and that of our planet - give KRISS a miss!
… KRISS the croissant and our fatally fractured food chain Julian Rose | 13th October 2015 Comment Food Farming Corporations … Industrial agriculture and industrial food processing have combined to produce …
Exeter might be affluent and hungry for locally produced, sustainable food, but in common with other towns and cities across the UK, independent retailers, producers and food entrepreneurs face an uphill challenge, reports Charlie Taverner
… Charlie Taverner | 30th August 2013 Comment Food And Farming Comment Sustainable Food Local Food Consumer Food Matters foodmatters.jpg …
While the horse meat scandal rumbles on the wider issue of how we are going to feed ourselves in the future is no further to being addressed, argues Caroline Allen.
… Food: Sustainability, Security, Self-reliance … to set the landscape of our countryside and food supply. While the horse meat scandal … Caroline Allen. Poor harvests and rising food costs have become a depressingly familiar …
Unsustainable farming systems that damage the environment and public health thrive at the expense of sustainable producers. Patrick Holden makes the case for "true cost accounting" ...
… True-cost accounting in food and farming Patrick Holden | 29th November 2013 Comment Food Farming Economics Green Economy … live in a time when the need for sustainable food and farming systems has never been more …
As 300 protestors gather at the European Commission to protest at the resumption of TTIP trade talks between the EU and the USA, Oliver Tickell finds that the EU's newly released draft 'chapter' on food safety and animal welfare is a disastrous capitulation to corporate interests that will strip governments of their powers to regulate.
… TTIP is a lethal attack on food safety and animal welfare Oliver Tickell … 4th February 2015 Comment Trade US EU Farming Food Health Corporations … the EU's newly released draft 'chapter' on food safety and animal welfare is a disastrous …
The recently published Global Nutrition Report shows almost all countries face high levels of malnutrition and diet-based ill-health, writes Julia Wright. This reveals deep problems with the dominant industrial model of food production, and the need for new agroecological approaches to feeding the world.
… Only agroecology can tackle the global food and health crisis Dr Julia Wright | 23rd February 2015 Comment Food Farming Health … with the dominant industrial model of food production, and the need for new …
Libby Grundy, Food for Life Director at the Soil Association, talks to the Ecologist about the food challenges facing the planet and what's inspiring her work...
… Food matters: why feeding the world should be … The Ecologist | 12th July 2013 Comment Food And Farming Soil Association Blogs childrenschool.jpg Libby Grundy, Food for Life Director at the Soil … Association, talks to the Ecologist about the food challenges facing the planet and what's …
Monsanto has a simple purpose, writes Pete Dolack: to control the world's food supply, monopolizing seeds and agrochemicals to extract profit from every bite of food we eat. Caring nothing for the disease, poverty and destruction that it causes, it has suborned politicians, governments and regulators to its will. But millions are determined to stop it.
… Marching on Monsanto - we demand food freedom! Pete Dolack Systemic Disorder | … writes Pete Dolack: to control the world's food supply, monopolizing seeds and … to extract profit from every bite of food we eat. Caring nothing for the disease, …
Raw foodism is becoming increasingly popular. Advocates report high energy levels and less need for sleep. But is it a healthy way for everyone to eat, asks Hazel Sillver
… Is a raw food diet right for you? Hazel Sillver | 9th May 2013 Ethical Living Food And Farming Green Living Health shutterstock_120586786.jpg Most raw food diets contain a lot of cacao (or ‘raw …
Raw foodism is becoming increasingly popular. Advocates report high energy levels and less need for sleep. But is it a healthy way for everyone to eat, asks Hazel Sillver
… Is a raw food diet right for you? Hazel Sillver | 10th May 2013 Ethical Living Food And Farming Green Living Health shutterstock_120586786.jpg Most raw food diets contain a lot of cacao (or ‘raw …
Thanks to pro-GMO politicans and lobbying by powerful agribusiness interests the UK and other EU countries may soon find supermarket shelves flooded with GM foods, both imported and home grown, writes Linda Kaucher. We must press parliamentary candidates now to defend us from this serious and long-term debasement of our food and farming.
… TTIP could soon bring GM foods to UK supermarket shelves Linda Kaucher | 2nd April 2015 News Food Farming GMOs Trade Regulation UK EU … soon find supermarket shelves flooded with GM foods, both imported and home grown, writes …
Last night Edd Colbert hosted a massive knees-up in Trafalgar Square, to ceremonially devour eight pigs raised entirely on edible food waste - a delicious launch to a very original campaign. He spoke to The Ecologist about his ideas ...
… Edd Colbert | 22nd November 2013 Comment Food Farming Waste Pigs pig-idea-20.png Last … devour eight pigs raised entirely on edible food waste - a delicious launch to a very … Idea ? Edd Colbert: The Pig Idea aims to get food waste back on the menu for pigs. To kick …
Camilla Scaramanga takes a look at how growing food in schools is having a positive impact on children, teachers, parents and wider society.......
… Scaramanga takes a look at how growing food in schools is having a positive impact on … of the brick, dust and tarmac are forgotten. Food growing in schools has been shown to … for nature. Pooles Park Primary School is a Food for Life Partnership school, and has just …
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations enter their last few days, Ellen Brown exposes their real purpose - corporate control of the world's food, health, environment and financial systems. Of all these, the greatest is food ...
… Monsanto, the TPP and global food dominance Ellen Brown | 7th December 2013 News Trade WTO Politics Food GMOs Gm Food soyabeans.png As the Trans-Pacific …
The Soil Association's Catering Mark scheme promises 'fresh food you can trust'. This sounds great, writes Lynda Brown. But what does it really deliver? The truth, she finds, is much less than the promise might suggest, considerably more complicated, and threatens to erode the public's trust in the Soil Association's organic brand and values.
… Lynda Brown | 20th February 2015 Activism Food Farming Organic … Catering Mark scheme promises 'fresh food you can trust'. This sounds great, writes … on a mission to improve the quality of the food we are served by the catering industry. …
Pro-GMO US senators have a dastardly plan to deny states the right to require GMO labeling, writes Steven M. Druker, by attaching their DARK Bill as a rider to the Appropriations Bill next week. Now is the the time to wake up senators to the Bill's true intent, and to the deceit, illegal behaviour and scientific falsification that has kept the dangers of GMO foods a well kept secret - so far.
… that has kept the dangers of GMO foods a well kept secret - so far. An ardent … the labeling of genetically engineered foods - made especially urgent by the fact … effect July 1st. Although proponents of these foods scored a major victory in July when they …