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'
… Tom Hodgkinson | 1st June 2008 Comment Supermarkets Consumerism "Brave New World" Corporations Greed Supermarkets Supply Chain UK Consumerism Supermarkets Supply Chain Food And Farming …
Tom Hodgkinson lays out the case for the return of street markets. Wouldn't we all be better off living outside the box?
… Tom Hodgkinson Local Food Self-sufficiency Supermarkets Tesco tom_hodgkinson_crop.jpg Tom … and whining about the absurd power of the supermarkets, Adnan Ashfaq and Tariq Ghaznavi … goods A real market takes power away from the supermarkets and gives it back to ordinary …
Tom partied in the fields of Somerset last weekend like the best of them, but the commercial and environmental impact of Glastonbury left a sour taste in his mouth
… cash into the pockets of the directors of the supermarkets. Selling fun What is actually …
Like all great cities, Paris has the power to draw in food and resources from all corners of the Earth. And with every meal, this food-lovers’ paradise unwittingly sketches the fate of its countryside and seashores, near and far. Carolyn Lebel reports on the Foodprint of a city famed for its eateries
… great cities. But with the exception of supermarkets that work with their own … and communal gardens. In bistros, diners and supermarkets. But here too, the story is …
Nearly 50% of the EU budget goes into European agriculture. But climate change, soil erosion and other environmental pressures call for radical changes in farming practices. Carolyn Lebel reports on the urgent need for greener subsidies.
… behind the neatly stocked shelves of our supermarkets. “There are 500,000 farms, 10,000 …
Tom launches the Idler Academy to teach us good grammar, sadly lacking practical skills like carpentry and lastly, of course, merriment
Come get a proper education with the Idler Academy Tom Hodgkinson | 30th July 2010 Comment Tom Hodgkinson Education Society idlersacademysignusethis.jpg Tom launches the Idler Academy to teach us …
Water in France's 'breadbasket' - where much of the wheat used to make the iconic baguette is grown - is under threat from industrial agriculture, with excessive consumption and contamination by pesticides and nitrates. Carolyn Lebel reports...
In the wake of President Sarkozy's crackdown on the Roma people, an Ecologist investigation uncovers how poverty and discrimination are forcing persecuted communities to scratch a living recycling France's growing mountain of e-waste - potentially threatening health and raising questions over the effectiveness of waste policies
… legitimate work. ‘Sometimes they’ll go behind supermarkets and look through the bins. …