Don’t let the new-age title put you off, says Lindsey Warren. Clea Danaan’s Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens is a witty, original take on the art of hen husbandry
… Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens: The Way of Hen … Lindsey Warren. Clea Danaan’s Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens is a witty, original take on the art of hen husbandry Keeping chickens is …
The story of how a group of dissatisfied residents pulled together, got funding, and created a blooming community garden where the work, and the rewards, are shared
The public has this year become more literate about disease control. It is time for better scrutiny of the UK badger culling strategy.
… as to whether modelling is as much an art as a science. In 1976 one of the great … model, or modify and try again.” Derivations Artists perhaps are aware too of the dichotomy … and what is construction: “We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us …
All you need to know to get fresher, healthier and greener food into your child's school - from nurseries to primary and secondary schools
… of the School Food Trust , a Non-Departmental Public Body, in 2005, new standards … Association which leads the Food for Life Partnership. Food for Life is a network of … quite far behind on this.' The Food for Life Partnership calls for fresh, seasonal, local …
Vegan food is everywhere - but is it really good for us and good for our planet?
… what was once considered a healthy diet. This article was first published in Resurgence & … fast foods are being produced by disruptive start-ups using hipster packaging and E-numbers … of entrepreneurialism. He sold the pies in Dartmoor, Buckfastleigh and Totnes from his …
Tracy Worcester’s ‘Pig Business’, a groundbreaking expose of US industrial pig farming conglomerate Smithfield Foods, has met with repeated attempts at censorship by the company’s lawyers. Here, she explains how England’s libel laws have helped stall the film’s general release, and stopped the world learning more about the environmental realities of intensive livestock rearing
… film, Pig Business, at the Royal Society of Arts on 13th November 2008, Channel 4, which … telling the truth. Not always an easy job. Particularly if that doctor now works for … like hydrogen sulphide and ammonia, and this particular worker’s illness is not cheap. The …
It's the UK's National Vegetarian Week but what's on the veggie menu at your local bar, pub or bistro? If it's mushroom risotto - again - have a word with the chef because there's no excuse for those second-rate meals that should have been left behind in the 1970s. Susan Clark goes in search of Fine Dining for non-meat eaters
… refuge in books and tried to teach myself the art of Fine Dining - Vegetarian-style. I am … Devon towns nestling on the foothills of Dartmoor, where Steven Spielberg filmed War … The chef who taught the course, Joe Bartlett, is not a vegetarian himself but he is …
Observing a new momentum in the biodynamic and permaculture movement brought by young enthusiasts encouraged Cory Whitney to revisit the basics of these two agricultural systems....
… been inspired by local farming gurus to start growing food in a holistic way that … farming can be considered a kind of art farming. In one of his famous lectures on … Formen wandeln sich" , (something like "The art is eternal, and only the shapes are …
Whether you're after an locally reared turkey or a handmade ethical gift, a festive fair is where you'll find them. The Ecologist has the lowdown on Europe's best Christmas markets
… hidden gems focusing on locally made food, arts and crafts remain. From Copenhagen to … Scottish breakfast is the perfect way to start the day. Getting there: Taking the … in Tudor-style chalets. Foodies will be particularly spoilt for choice on the 15th when …
Palm oil is in our food, cleaning products and fuel. But it's destroying rainforest and contributing to climate change. Sustainable certification schemes have been set up, but campaigners increasingly question whether they work
… causing an ecological disaster Ben Martin | 14th March 2012 Ethical Living Palm … Climate Change Greenpeace Friends Of The Earth WWF holding.jpg Palm oil is in our food, … hectares a year, according to Friends of the Earth . These rainforests are the last …
Can’t tell your Marans from your Malays? Jeff Holman presents the A to Z guide to chicken keeping
… product that you can eat.’ Eggs are at the heart of the chicken-keeping trend, and as … tastes better.’ Here’s our A-Z to get you started: A is for Australorp An ornamental breed … tone to theirs. B is for bantam A good starter hen; bantams are miniaturised versions …
… Permaculture Prize sponsored by the Abundant Earth Foundation has now been announced. … space for young people to learn and become part of a community. They learn leadership … get involved with growing food, create art and understand how to respect and care for …
As biotech companies hoover up patents, Geoff Tansey considers what we could end up paying for our future food supply
… background, into the messy, long-winded art and science of plant breeding. Through the … the holder with an effective monopoly on a particular product or production process. These … their seeds are sterile or will only exhibit particular traits when triggered by the …
You can't buy a seed unless its strain has been expensively registered. But you can swap them with fellow gardeners, helping food growing and biodiversity to thrive
… Kemp Town church. Since then it's moved to an art deco theatre and for the last two years … Swap Saturday 6th February 2010, 10am - 1pm Hartfield Horticultural Society Seed Swap … gardens are springing up in the concrete heart of East London. Ben Willis meets the woman …
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...
… French baguette is child’s play: about five parts flour to three parts water, some yeast and a dash of salt. But … in France, baking bread is something of an art form and probably best left in the hands …
Fun and easy to make, seedbombs can be used to green up hard-to-access urban wasteland or in your garden at home
… for planting at home. And thankfully, the art of making seed bombs has moved on since … protection provided by the outer coating of earth and clay and as such the seeds are less … moist with regular watering until the seeds start to germinate. If you prefer to adopt the …
Greener eating doesn’t have to mean compromising on taste or quality, as these five books, reviewed by Valentina Jovanovski, prove
… the likes of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Arthur Potts Dawson have made careers out of … intensively-farmed, factory-produced counterparts. But if you’re new to the art of cooking from scratch, giving your diet …
Archaeologists, historians and anthropologists have an important role to play in the decision-making around how we build a sustainable food future.
… as well as by oral traditions, languages, arts, rituals, culinary traditions, and unique … of these agricultural systems, FAO started an initiative for the conservation and … sustainability across the globe. Of Earth’s estimated 400,000 plant species, …
Leading UK expert in agro-forestry Martin Crawford shares his knowledge of permaculture forest gardens in this new DVD
… Leading UK expert in agro-forestry Martin Crawford shares his knowledge of … In this 50 minute film, forest garden expert Martin Crawford leads you on a tour of his … most productive ecological environments on Earth, Crawford’s garden works with natural …
The Isle of Eigg has won prizes for its use of renewable energy resources. But a proposed fish farm could ruin the eco-friendly reputation that the small island community has worked so hard to obtain, and the tourist appeal that comes with it
… Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). In June this year, the Renewable … us with some specific concerns'. She added: 'Part of the process is going and seeing all … reasons'. Eigg residents 'out-of-touch' Stewart McLelland, chief operating officer of the …
One in eight people said a vegan diet had become more attractive to them.
… diet had become more attractive to them. A quarter of 21 to 30-year-olds say the idea of … to them since the coronavirus pandemic started, a survey has found. Some 25 percent of … Ecologist's 2020 Readers' Survey. Nearly a quarter of people surveyed said they have been …
Seaweed is delicious, nutritious, a veritable cure-all and just one of the reasons Fergus Drennan does like to be beside the Great British seaside
… of the greatest seaweed-loving cultures on Earth, Japan and China, have coastlines of … despite the fact that Wales excels in the art of the laverbread, Ireland knows how to … a mean carragheen dessert and the Scots are partial to a wee bit of dulse. What exactly is …
Phillip Conford's treatise on the rise of the organic movement is anything but dull, says Mark Newton
… a slower process than the rapid results which artificial could achieve, would ensure a … inputs… avoid the dangers of reducing the earthworm population, polluting water-courses … that published its journal Mother Earth in which numerous techniques and …
Last month the UK’s largest independent cheese producer and milk processor launched its biogas plant, with a view to becoming 100% self sufficient in green energy. Lynn Batten went along to see what all the fuss was about.......
… each, the gleaming pipe work and state of the art generating stations are a testimony to the …