The organic movement faces a dilemma. Should it hold to its roots and stick with traditional production methods and local distribution? Or embrace technology and supermarkets, and feed as many mouths as possible? Andrew Wasley meets two very different organic apple producers ...
… apple producers ... Sitting in front of his computer in a neat office in a smart farmhouse … complex and impressive stuff, especially the computer programmes that help with predicting …
Government and big business are countering resurgent eco activism with spies, strongarm tactics and news manipulation. Who are they calling terrorists? asks Andrew Wasley
… 24 hours, that their houses were raided and computers, phones, diaries and address books … says Caroll. ‘But they took this stuff: my computer, phone, his computer, his mobile phone, for goodness’ …
Our national taste for shellfish is leading to exploitation of our shores by criminal gangs, putting human health and fragile environments at risk. Andrew Wasley reports
… from an unclassified source – along with computers and paperwork. The operation was …
The Environmental Investigation Agency and BBC Panorama use GPS to prove British electronic waste is being exported to poor African nations where it threatens the environment and human health. Andrew Wasley reports
… be hazardous to the environment and people - computer processors contain a mixture of …
In contrast to the squalid conditions faced by many migrant farm workers, employees of salad producer G's Marketing live in specially-built hostels with a social centre, sports pitches and a bar. Is this the future of industrial horticulture? Andrew Wasley reports
… are predicted; the company has a dedicated computer system to enable it to accurately …