With allotment waiting lists more than a decade long in many areas, people without gardens are becoming increasingly creative in their enthusiastic quest to grow their own food. Report by Giovanna Dunmall
… Dunmall | 1st April 2009 Ethical Living Gardening Green Living Food Grow Vegetables Allotment how_to_gardening_april.jpg With allotment waiting … community spirit, encourages chemical-free gardening and discourages antisocial behaviour …
Pending reforms to the UK's school curriculum mean that from September 2014, pupils aged 7-14 can expect to learn gardening skills. Camilla Scaramanga takes a look at some of the initiatives that are already taking the lead......
… Children and the Environment: How gardening lessons impact positively on school … | 2nd September 2013 News Food Education childgardening_edited-1.jpg Pending reforms to the … 2014, pupils aged 7-14 can expect to learn gardening skills. Camilla Scaramanga takes a …
Oranges, grapes and Granny Smiths are so last year, says Emma Cooper. This autumn, tuck into goji berries, strawberry spinach and wonderberries instead...
… Spinach Greenhouse Vegetables Grow Garden Gardening Horticulture goldenberries.jpg … the US but only recently arriving on the UK gardening scene is the honeyberry ( Lonicera …
An eight-year research project into the nutrient content of food grown under three different organic gardening systems has left a filing cabinet full of documents, writes Matt Adams. Now he wants to analyse those years of accumulated data, in the hope that they can show the way to richer soils, more nutritious food, and healthier people.
… of food grown under three different organic gardening systems has left a filing cabinet …
From school dinners to farmers' markets and GM crops, SATISH KUMAR explains why our relationship with food is so important and what he thinks makes food really wholesome.
… mother would say. Ever since, I have enjoyed gardening and cooking. When I was living in a … of theory; students learn about organic gardening, permaculture, agroecology and …
Tom Hodgkinson's account of life on a smallholding in Devon is spiced with old-fashioned lore and made Jeremy Williams laugh out loud
… | 4th August 2011 Reviews Farming Pigs Gardening Food Self-sustainability Reviews … shepherd’s calendar of the 8th century BC, gardening wisdom from Virgil and Pliny the … Attempts at Masanobu Fukuoka inspired ‘lazy gardening’ ended in a nightmare of weeds. It …
A hypermarket victory in Hackney demonstrates how local groups can help protect community shops...
Life without supermarkets: community action is the best way to beat them Laura Laker | 10th August 2010 Comment Green Living Food And Farming Society Green Shopping Community Shops Food Co-ops …
Patented and 'indentured' seeds are fast taking over the world's food supply, write Jack Kloppenburg & Irwin Goldman, terminating farmers' and gardeners' ancient right to develop new varieties, and forcing them to buy seed anew for every crop. Enter the Open Source Seed Initiative ...
… has always been a core part of farming and gardening. Farmers would freely exchange their …
The Apricot Centre in Essex is a unique project that uses organic horticulture and animal husbandry to heal, inspire and educate children from diverse backgrounds, and kindle love for the natural world, writes Martin Large. Now it's expanding to Devon, to establish a second, much larger biodynamic smallholding near Totnes and Dartington.
… children ... When Marina first started market gardening at Dartington Hall, she kept …
This is Seed Week 2019 in the UK and Ireland- an opportunity to celebrate the farmers, gardeners.
A food revolution starts with seed Hannibal Rhoades | 20th November 2019 News Science & Systems Seed Seed Sovereignty Food And Farming Food Food Sovereignty Organic The Gaia Foundation UK Ireland …
Todmorden in Yorkshire's Calder Valley has been transformed by free food growing on its streets, parks and even its rooftops. Julian Dobson tells the inspiring story of Incredible Edible and how the transformational project is going global ....
Incredible Edible Todmorden Julian Dobson | 1st January 2014 Ethical Living Food Farming Society UK Cities eit-food-to-share.png Todmorden in Yorkshire's Calder Valley has been transformed by free …
Spring has (whisper it) sprung, so make the most of the fresh greens and foraged treats popping up in winter’s wake. Gardening expert James Taylor suggests five to get stuck into
… foraged treats popping up in winter’s wake. Gardening expert James Taylor suggests five to …
Good food is an essential ingredient at Schumacher College, writes Julia Ponsonby, made with love using fresh, wholesome ingredients many of which have traveled no further than the vegetable garden. No less important, the sense of companionship, learning, fun and frequent hilarity that permeates the building - and the kitchen in particular.
… began. Nowadays, all students get involved in gardening as well as cooking, so everyone … conversations with a deep love of cooking and gardening frequently recurring as a common …
Next time you grumble that it's too much effort to seperate you plastic from your cans, imagine doing it as the bullets are flying over head
Composting under fire Anne Barr | 28th March 2009 News Composting War Recycling Indigenous Peoples Composting Indigenous Peoples Politics And Economics Waste And Recycling Archive_181.jpg Next time …
Ruth Stokes tells The Ecologist about an ingenious new online tool that encourages all of us, especially the yet-to-be-converted, to indulge in the free edible goodness found throughout our urban spaces
Falling Fruit: A global collaborative foraging map Ruth Stokes | 1st November 2013 Ethical Living Food Foraging Community apples.jpg Ruth Stokes tells The Ecologist about an ingenious new online tool …
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
… magazine READ MORE... COMMENT I tried natural gardening. It was a disaster Idleness usually … Tom through most of life's trials. But not gardening. Oh no. Nature took one look and ran …
A tireless crusader for rural revitalisation, Kate Eshelby meets the septuagenarian who beat Tesco out of town and is now at the heart of Suffolk’s local food revival
… Eshelby | 19th June 2009 Activism Food And Gardening Case Study Food Campaigner Lady …
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations enter their last few days, Ellen Brown exposes their real purpose - corporate control of the world's food, health, environment and financial systems. Of all these, the greatest is food ...
Monsanto, the TPP and global food dominance Ellen Brown | 7th December 2013 News Trade WTO Politics Food GMOs Gm Food soyabeans.png As the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations enter their last few …
The thing is, I like urban farming. Rooftop gardens and window boxes excite me. Balconies filled with beans and tomatoes give me hope. Nonetheless, the ‘next big thing’ in urban horticulture has left me cold.
The third green revolution? Jim Thomas | 2nd April 2009 Comment Urban Farming Farmscrapers Third Green Revolution Dickson Despommier Urban Farming Urban Farming Climate Change Food And Farming …
Seeds are essential to our food and our entire lives, writes Rowan Phillimore. So join in celebrating and sharing them at a series of events this month in London, Bristol, Devon, Oxford, Lancaster, Herts - and begin the fightback against corporate domination of seeds and oppressive government regulation.
Celebrate the seeds that feed us! Rowan Phillimore | 3rd October 2014 Ethical Living Food Farming UK Corporations Regulation poppy-seed-cut.jpg Trillions of ripe poppy seeds awaiting harvest near …
How we feed ourselves sits at the crux of all human affairs, writes Joanna Wright - the health of our bodies and communities. Far too important to leave to industrial farms and processors, it's something we can all begin to do for ourselves.
Towards an agroecological food system Joanna Wright | 10th May 2014 Ethical Living Food Farming Ecology forest-garden-leeks-cut.jpg How we feed ourselves sits at the crux of all human affairs, writes …
An unreported war over natural resources in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories has led students from Bangor University to set up a radical eco-movement, Bustan al Qaraaqa, to address the issue. William Parry reports from Bethlehem
Can British activists solve Middle Eastern water conflicts using permaculture? William Parry | 25th January 2011 News Politics And Economics Water Natural Resources Farming Investigations …
Seaweed, carrot flower and locally caught fish were all on the menu during Kate Eshelby’s gastronomic tour of the Scillies
See weed and eat it: a foraging break on the Scilly Isles Kate Eshelby | 23rd February 2012 Ethical Living Foraging Travel Green Living Society Scilly Islands Cornwall UK England Beaches Seaside Food …
The mighty Grocery Manufacturers Association is to sue Vermont for making food companies label GMOs in their products. Ronnie Cummins calls on all concerned consumers to boycott GMA companies and products - starting with their 'traitor brands' ...
GMOs - Boycott the GMA 'traitor brands' Ronnie Cummins | 15th May 2014 Activism USA Food Farming Law Corporations grocery-store-cut.jpg The mighty Grocery Manufacturers Association is to sue Vermont …