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Farming
Reclaiming the forest: The Indigenous struggle for land rights in Kenya
The Sengwer community in Western Kenya play a vital role in safeguarding the forest, but they have been battling forced evictions for dec...
Planting the right trees in the right places: 10 tips for planting trees on your farm
Tirion Keatinge shares 10 tips for planting trees on your farm, to help you make decisions that work for the short-, medium- and long-term
Support Sitopia Farm: Building a community of food and farming for London
Our website editor Alicia Miller shines a light on Sitopia Farm - a visionary project to develop a new sustainable regenerative horticult...
The vital role of hedgerows: ‘A well-managed hedge is a web of life’
The role of the hedgerow is of growing environmental concern. Angus D. Birditt explains the importance of maintaining these systems healt...
Here’s the catch
David Burton from Natural England's Catchment Sensitive Farming partnership explains how action taken on farm can mitigate pollution
Gene editing: A potentially catastrophic policy decision
Patrick Holden shares his views on gene editing and its potentially catastrophic affects
Our place in the herd
Becky Holden speaks about her experience working with cows at her West Wales dairy farm
The Story of Umgibe: A farm in a plastic bag
This week, we hear about Umgibe - a revolutionary, climate smart farming project set up by Nonhlanla Joye, through which black women are ...
Chellie Pingree: An outspoken leader for sustainable farming
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree may not be as well-recognised in the US climate movement as Al Gore or Naomi Klein, but she has consistentl...
Visibility matters: Why women in farming need to be documented
To celebrate International Women's Day 2021, we hear from three leading female figureheads in the UK sustainable farming movement on why ...
Accounting for racism and sexism on the farm
In collaboration with the SFT and Women Forward International, a group of Cornell University researchers are investigating how farms may ...
How can we grow crops in a way that heals the land and nourishes people?
First-generation farmer Andy Cato tells us the story behind his profitable system for growing nutritious wheat in a way that develops soi...