Eating wild plants and mushrooms is a pleasure we should all indulge in, believes open air gastronomist Humphrey Birley - and this new edition of 'Wild Food : a complete guide for foragers' is just what's needed to get us exploring woods, hedgerows, meadows and salt marshes in search of edible delicacies.
… about the environmental effects of all this foraging. Phillips includes Gerard's recipe …
The image of the rancher in the rugged West is one of self-sufficiency and a tough defiance of government, writes George Wuerthner. But the truth is that ranchers, especially those using federal land, depend on a host of generous subsidies, both economic and ecological.
We must rid the American West of 'welfare ranching' George Wuerthner | 22nd June 2014 Activism USA Farming Commons Natural World Water grand-view-ranch-cut.jpg The image of the rancher in the rugged …
Scientists have identified climate change as the direct cause of rising mortality among penguin chicks hatched in Argentina, as unseasonal storms hit a once arid coastal region.
… Storms, too, make it more difficult for foraging parents to gather enough food to feed … new problems for the birds and limits their foraging efficiency. Danger of extreme events …
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that bison can roam outside the park boundaries for winter and early spring forage without being shot.
Yellowstone bison have 'right to roam' The Ecologist | 15th March 2014 News Natural World Hunting USA ystone-bison-sunset.png The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that bison can roam outside the park …
Maria Evrenos left her wallet at home for a week to discover that even an inexperienced urban forager can survive without money for a week by treasuring other people's trash.
… trash. Mmmm ... chocolate! So I started foraging. During the course of the week I …
With supermarket milk cheaper than spring water, it's time to rethink the modern dairy industry. It's not just the milk that's become a throwaway product - the high-octane Holstein cows that produce it are also in the knackers yard after just two or three lactations, the living waste of a loss-making, environment-trashing industry.
Dairy - the case for greener, healthier, lower performing cows Mark Eisler Graeme Martin Michael Lee | 8th September 2014 Comment Food Farming Health Animal Welfare bull-cow-cut.jpg Contented cattle …
The Bering Sea is America's biggest fishery - but factory trawlers are ripping the guts out of the ecosystem, writes Jeffrey St.Clair, as they have already devastated fishing communities. Mix in nuclear bomb test fallout - an unlikely savior?
… few fur seals, indiscriminately snared while foraging for salmon, are also part of the …
The unfolding human and ecological disaster of GM agriculture in the Americas must send the EU a powerful message, writes Helena Paul. We don't want it here, and we should stop buying the products of GM-driven genocide and ecocide abroad.
GM crops are driving genocide and ecocide - keep them out of the EU! Helena Paul | 5th February 2014 News Genocide Ecocide Gm Food GMOs South America Brazil Argentina Uruguay USA Farming Forests …
Ample peer-reviewed science says that the number one threat to condor survival is lead poisoning from eating bullets and pellets in carcasses, reports Dawn Starin. But the powerful NRA is fighting hard against bans on lead ammunition.
… have to find on their own (promoting natural foraging behaviour). Good news - but a long … with lead and be available to free-flying foraging condors and other species of …
The short haired bumblebee was declared extinct in the UK 30 years ago. But now the species is being re-introduced in the flower-rich meadows and field margins of Kent, writes Michael Parker - helped along by sympathetic local farmers.
Extinct 30 years ago - the short-haired bumble bee takes to the skies Michael Parker | 31st May 2014 Ethical Living Natural World UK Farming bee-in-hand-cut.jpg The short haired bumblebee was …
An ordinary arable field in Sussex is sprayed with pesticides 22 times over a single growing season. Dave Goulson wonders how the bees can survive this toxic onslaught - and exactly who benefits.
… was a late year), and will be crawling with foraging bumblebees, hoverflies and other …
Antibiotics used to protect them from bacterial illnesses ravaging hives are making them die from commonly used pesticides, some of which are used to ward-off bee-killing parasites. Matthew Thompson reports.
… encounter a diverse array of pesticides when foraging and because more than 120 different …
The experience of visiting a zoo is about to change dramatically, writes Robert Young. But far more important than the visitor, zoos will create a far richer, more diverse and stimulating environment for the animals that inhabit them.
… for different activities, such as sleeping or foraging much as they would in the wild. …
To live sustainably we must learn to live with wildlife, Patrick Barkham argues in his book Badgerlands. To do this we have much to learn from our ancestors - but we must also discard their barbaric practices and outrageous myths that, even today, some are so keen to perpetuate.
The beguiling magic of badgers at dusk Lesley Docksey | 25th July 2014 Reviews Natural World Badgers UK badgerlands-cut.jpg To live sustainably we must learn to live with wildlife, Patrick Barkham …
The degraded Mediterranean-like savannas of Central Chile are in serious need of re-wilding, writes Meredith Root-Bernstein. And that means bringing back the guanaco, hunted out 500 years ago, to browse on the thorny acacia scrub.
… from Southern Chile to espinal to study their foraging on the trees, how the trees grow in …
The factory farming of pigs is organised animal abuse, writes Alastair Kenneil, and it imperils the environment and human health. But in the UK we have the choice to buy meat from pigs raised humanely under the open sky. Will you take the Pig Pledge today?
… in the countryside - roaming over grass leys, foraging and rooting, wallowing, walking and …
Soils are naturally alive with complex 'food webs' of micro-organisms that sustain plants with moisture and nutrients, making them good to eat. But once the biota have been blitzed with agro-chemicals under industrial farming regimes, it's our health that suffers. One more reason to grow, and eat, organic!
For healthy food we need living, organic soils Hannah Bewsey Katherine Paul OCA | 9th October 2014 Comment Health Food Farming Natural World soil-potatoes-sandy-lane-cut.jpg The secret of healthy …