Held at Bristol Harbourside and celebrating its 10th anniversary, Europe's largest organic festival is a feast of food, drink and fabric that doesn't cost the earth
… Organic food comes of age at Bristol's Organic Food Festival Eifion Rees | 26th August 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Food And Drink Organic Soil Association Phil …
The community supports the farmer and the farmer supports the community. Why isn't everyone taking part in the latest agricultural revolution, wonders Ed Hamer
… Farming Agribusiness Factory Farming Food Security Organics Green Living Food And Farming All-Hands-to-Plough_MAIN.jpg … uncomfortable reminder of that new watchword ‘food insecurity’, rising prices and just how …
PHOTO GALLERY: A pocket-sized book highlights some of the super-sized problems associated with the way we feed ourselves
… 12 shocking facts about your food Eifion Rees | 7th September 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Food Drink Little Book Of Shocking Food Facts Livestock Farming Fish Gallery …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… Can Organics Save The World Gm Farming Food Farming Pests And Pesticides … Biotechnology Diversity Factory Farming Food Security Organics Agribusiness Organics … our diet with homegrown vegetables, save our food scraps as livestock feed and reform the …
Can big ever be beautiful where organic foods are concerned? Ed Hamer gets to grips with one of the environmental consumer’s greatest dilemmas
… Ed Hamer | 22nd May 2008 News Organic Food Health Food Green And Blacks Rachels Seeds Of Change … Fair Trade Vegetarianism And Veganism Food And Farming Health corporate organics.jpg …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… Ed Hamer Mark Anslow | 1st March 2008 News Food And Farming Food Organic Farms Feed 10_organic.jpg Can … our diet with homegrown vegetables, save our food scraps as livestock feed and reform the …
With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic
… News Investigations Science And Technology Food And Farming Crops Korea Madagascar … Kenya Breabasket Foreign Agriculture Africa Food Production Food China Neo-colonial Laos Saudi Arabia …
Organic baby food company Ella's Kitchen is already big in the UK and Scandinavia, and now aiming to crack the US. Co-founder Alison Lindley discusses the difficulties of keeping it green during a period of meteoric growth
… Alison Lindley Paul Lindley Baby Children Food Banana Organic ek-logo.jpg Organic baby food company Ella's Kitchen is already big in … level. The company creates the kind of baby food parents wish their ankle-biters would …
The uniting of 800 million rural workers against the loss of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. Resistance is far from futile, says Ed Hamer
… Agriculture La Via Campesina Fair Trade Food Trade Globalisation Green Revolution Farming Food Security Fair Trade Globalisation Food And Farming ploughs_into_swords_01.jpg …
Eifion Rees reports on the group bringing the heart back to supermarkets with a rooftop vegetable garden
… Eifion Rees | 26th July 2011 Activism Food And Farming Gardening Supermarkets … hopes to rectify. Growing communities The Food from the Sky community growing project is … compost tumblers full of Budgens' out of date food, purple pod beans wave in the breeze. …
Carbon reduction potential of ecological farming methods is highlighted at Copenhagen, as protests against industrial agriculture gather strength
… December 2009 News Copenhagen Climate Change Food And Farming Agroecology Ecosystems Via … change while at the same time addressing food security. ‘More than 150 peasant farmers … to claim that a radical change in the food system can reduce current global …
In 1952, Rachel Rowlands’ mother Dinah established the UK’s first organic dairy farm near Aberystwyth with a small herd of Guernsey cows, working ‘in harmony with nature, the elements, the seasons and wildlife’. In 1966, Rachel took over the farm and founded the Rachel’s Organic Dairy brand, which was sold to Horizon, a subsidiary of Dean Foods, in 1999.
… Organics Agribusiness Factory Farming Food And Farming Archive_104.jpg In 1952, … was sold to Horizon, a subsidiary of Dean Foods, in 1999. Dean Foods, based in Dallas, Texas, is the largest …
Strapped for garden space needn't mean being strapped for home-grown veg, as an experienced London balcony gardener reveals
… | 9th March 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Food And Farming Gardening Compost National … of us more concerned to know about where our food comes from, to save money or simply to … unused outside the nation's windows. Window food 'You don't need an allotment or garden to …
Mourning the loss of your beloved local shop? With a little help from the Community Shops Network, you can set up and run your own shop and post office...
… shops Eifion Rees | 1st June 2010 Activism Food And Farming Society Politics And … with them not only post offices, newspapers, food and drink, but also social spaces, places … A DIFFERENCE CASE STUDY: supporting local food A tireless crusader for rural …
A compost pile in a second-floor flat may not be a practical solution to dealing with your food waste, but if you don't have a garden, a homemade wormery might just be the ticket
… 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Compost Food Waste Wormery Home Composting … be a practical solution to dealing with your food waste, but if you don't have a garden, a … a pile of potato peelings into our makeshift food bin. Our council bin had disappeared a …
What could be more cheerful than this ubiquitous breakfast fruit? But if you’re not buying them Fairtrade and organic, argues Ed Hamer, then you’re buying into a modern agricultural scandal
… Factory Farming Organics Green Living Food And Farming banana2_1.jpg What could be … chain will ultimately pay for ‘economy’ foods, through their health and the … can tell us a lot about the future of global food security. Few other products, let alone …
Eifion Rees talks to the Compassion in World Farming veteran and co-editor of The Meat Crisis - a shocking new book that exposes the range of environmental and health threats facing us if we don't kick our addiction to meat
… people do, which is to eat lots of rich food, including meat. Because of this huge … trade, politics, finance… Given that the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) … notoriously unwilling to stand in the way of food companies and Big Agri, how possible is …
From plantation to consumer: a tale of chemicals, slavery and CO<sub>2</sub>
… Factory Farming Globalisation Green Living Food And Farming banana2.jpg From plantation … imposed by retailers are rejected. The UN Food Agriculture Organization estimates that … supply smaller shops and markets. In 2002, food transport in the UK accounted for 25 per …
The tale of the homemade wormery in a second-floor-flat continues... The worms are thriving, multiplying in numbers. Just don't ask about the flies...
… Composting Wormery Vermicompost Dendrobaenas Food Waste Recycling worms.jpg The worms are … back towards its home and closer to the food. Its egg sac must have become attached to … worms regulate their numbers according to the food available. Come fly with me While the …
Chinese mitten crabs are pushing indigenous species out of UK rivers and damaging river banks and habitats. It's time to look at how we could control them, and maybe find a new seafood delicacy to boot
… well! Eifion Rees | 22nd July 2010 Activism Food And Farming Natural World Mitten Crab … could control them, and maybe find a new seafood delicacy to boot Unwanted visitors may … wanting to try the latest celebrity chef wild food craze,' says Stone. 'We steeled ourselves …
It's one of the healthiest, most versatile 'weeds' around. Asian countries have enjoyed the benefits for centuries. So where is the market for homegrown UK seaweed?
… | 20th July 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Food And Farming Health Seaweed Sustainable Food Biofuel Fertiliser Supefood seaweed-image.jpg Seaweed is a superfood …
The Seeds of Change trademark was created in the 1980s by a small organic seed cooperative from Santa Fe, New Mexico, which set out ‘to help people and future generations improve their lives and enjoy wholesome, natural, chemical-free foods’. Seeds of Change expanded its enterprise in 1996 to include a range of organic soups, cereal bars, pastas and sauces. A year later it was bought by Mars and launched in the UK in 1999.
… Change Organics Agribusiness Factory Farming Food And Farming Archive_105.jpg The Seeds of … and enjoy wholesome, natural, chemical-free foods’. Seeds of Change expanded its … 2007 For ethical and sustainable suppliers of Food and Drink goods and services check out …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
… eat fine organic, local, seasonal field-grown food with family and friends. Walking. Early … is to keep it simple, use as much local food as you can, not to buy lots of plastic … recycled/PEFC-certified paper. As for the food: keep it organic, simple and local. To …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics, to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
… eat fine organic, local, seasonal field-grown food with family and friends. Walking. Early … is to keep it simple, use as much local food as you can, not to buy lots of plastic … recycled/PEFC-certified paper. As for the food: keep it organic, simple and local. To …