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
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Making Ghana’s cocoa sector more sustainable isn’t the easiest of tasks but for the Louis Bolk Institute’s Christian Mensah that’s all part of the job. Ruth Styles caught up with him to find out how he’s doing it
Q&A: sustainable agriculture expert, Christian Mensah Ruth Styles | 20th April 2011 Ethical Living Cocoa Food And Farming Cadbury Rainforest Alliance Q&A christian-holding.jpg Making Ghana’s cocoa …
Joanna Blythman describes how she infiltrated the employee-conditioning process of Asda, subjecting herself to its brain-melting mix of Maoist self-criticism and revivalist-style fervour
My Big Welcome Joanna Blythman | 1st September 2004 News British Supermarkets Asda Wal-Mart Customers Employees Companies Food And Farming Society Investigates_34.jpg Joanna Blythman describes how …
We must go beyond 'voting with our pockets'. A truly sustainable food system requires structural reform of our entire food system.
Feeding the world without destroying it: Part 2 Ele Saltmarsh | 23rd June 2020 News Extinction Rebellion Science Agriculture Systems Agroecology Food And Farming screenshot_2020-06-22_at_12.02.39.png …
I had always wondered what it was like to work at a supermarket checkout. So when I stumbled upon an article about a Tesco scheme called Twist – short for Tesco Week In Store Together – I took my chance.
Special Report Supermarkets: checkout Joanna Blythman | 1st September 2004 News Checkout Operators Supermarkets Tesco Staff Par Companies Food And Farming Society Archive_51.jpg I had always wondered …
Fruit consumption levels in London are woeful, and as a nation we import huge amounts from abroad. Why not grow more, closer to home, amongst the communities that will most benefit?
The London Orchard Project: bringing fruit to car parks Jason Gleeson | 17th March 2010 Activism Food And Farming Orchards Hackney Marshes London Orchard Project Blackberries Fruit Community Orchards …
An innovative gardening project along the river basin in Northern Senegal is helping hundreds of Mauritanian refugees address issues of food and economic insecurity and allowing them to integrate into Senegalese society
'Super vegetable garden' enables Mauritanian refugees to run agribusinesses Amanda Fortier | 13th January 2012 News Food And Farming Investigations Refugees dscn0786.jpg An innovative gardening …
Returning to age-old, chemical-free farming techniques is improving crop harvest for Malawian farmers
Malawi reaps the reward of returning to age-old, chemical-free farming Molly Stevenson | 22nd June 2010 Activism Food And Farming Sustainable Natural World Compost Fertilisers Food Security Africa …
Concerned about the state of your food? Here are some ways to tackle the problem at root - from community gardens to animal welfare
How to campaign for better food Zofia Walczak Matilda Lee | 29th June 2010 Activism Food And Farming Local Food Food Miles Gm Pesticides Food Procurement Community Orchards Capital Growth …
China led the reclamation of the largest abandoned rice farm in Mozambique, with the blessing of the authorities. But now the company involved is accused of land grabbing and displacing thousands. Cecilia Anesi and Andrea Fama report
China accused of stealth land grab over Mozambique's great rice project Cecilia Anesi Andrea Fama | 30th November 2013 News Land Grabbing China Africa Rice Food And Farming News …
Ask those involved in public food procurement if they would like to see fresh, local ingredients on menus and they will say yes. Then they will list all the reasons why it wouldn't work. Not so, argues Maria Cross - and here's how
What if... Government bought green? Maria Cross | 14th July 2009 News Investigation Food And Farming Public Procurement School Food Soil Association procurement.jpg Ask those involved in public food …
Forget trying to grow hybrid maize - Africa already has all the crops, storage systems and knowledge that it needs to grow itself out of poverty
Gathuru Mburu: Kenya has already had a Green Revolution Laura Sevier | 23rd November 2009 Comment Food And Farming Africa Crops Poverty copyright-the-gaia-foundation.-photographer-will-baxter.jpg …
FARM: shop in Dalston is a revolutionary new take on urban food self-sufficiency: a cafe and community hub with its own rooftop chicken coop, pigs and floating garden
FARM: shop - East London's radical experiment in food growing and community building David Hawkins | 14th January 2011 Activism Food And Farming FARM:shop Aquaponics Local Food Make A Difference …
Head chef of pioneering Shoreditch eco-restaurant The Water House, Marie Gonfond shares a few recipes...
Eco-restaurant - The Water House Andy Gold | 1st November 2008 Ethical Living Food Restaurant Recipe Campaigns Organics Food And Farming Waterhouse_MAIN.jpg Head chef of pioneering Shoreditch …
An equitable future for women means a livable future for all of us.
Tackling climate with gender equality Joky Francois | 1st July 2020 News Women Food And Farming coffee_farm_credits_rainforest_alliance.jpg An equitable future for women means a livable future for …
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 …
According to a Mori poll in March 2004, the fairtrade mark is now recognised by 39 per cent of the British public, up from 11 per cent five years ago. But what difference does fairtrade actually make to the lives of the producers? John Atkin looks at the Nicaraguan community of La Pita who sell half of their coffee on the fairtrade market
Full of Beans John Atkin | 1st March 2005 News Fairtrade Coffee La Pita Farmers Fair Trade Green Living Food And Farming Politics And Economics Archive_73.jpg According to a Mori poll in March 2004, …
All you need to know to get fresher, healthier and greener food into your child's school - from nurseries to primary and secondary schools
How to campaign for better school food Laura Sevier | 25th March 2010 Activism Food And Farming Health Soil Association School Food Matters Jackie Schneider Organix Better Nursery Food Now School …
Biological rocket fuel they may be, but ‘sports’ drinks can be a danger to health in the long term. Pat Thomas reports
Behind the label: Lucozade Sport with Caffeine Boost Pat Thomas | 22nd January 2009 Ethical Living Lucozade Caffeine Energy Drink Behind The Label Glaxosmithkline Isotinic Sports Drink Energy Boost …
Armed with just a good idea and big dose of enthusiasm you can transform a bleak area into a mini orchard. Plus, the best way to approach a station manager...
… London, I've spent a lot of time waiting for trains at the city's drab, grey, open-air …
Inside vast, 360-sided, 7000 cubic metre underwater cages off the coast of Panama, marine biologist Brian O'Hanlon is trying to solve some of the problems with large-scale aquaculture
Is this the future of fish farming? Edward Helmore | 20th October 2009 News Food And Farming Fish Fish Farming Fish Special Aquaculture aquapodsubmerged.jpg Inside vast, 360-sided, 7000 cubic metre …
A major new study has shown a link between additives in children's food and hyperactivity.
Scientists show E-numbers link with hyperactivity 6th September 2007 News Hyperactivity Hyper-activity Adhd E-numbers E-numbers E Numbers Additives Food And Farming Health News web pic 2_22.jpg A …
Targets for increasing the use of biofuels to power cars, trains and buses will result in more ecosystems being converted to agriculture - actually increasing carbon emissions, says new report
… increasing the use of biofuels to power cars, trains and buses will result in more …