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Food and Culture
The Value of Veg
With Christmas just around the corner, there’s something on everyone’s mind – Christmas dinner. What will you serve this year? A bird, ha...
Making Christmas more sustainable
Christmas, more than any other holiday in the year, is about tradition. We have inherited a patchwork quilt of customs, stitched together...
The international range of ‘agroecology’
In the UK, agroecology is increasing in profile. Included in the Agriculture Act and in the National Food Strategy, the UK Government see...
Recipe: Lentil Ragu
Our friend Josiah Meldrum from Hodmedod joined us on our recent Sustainable Food Stories podcast. Hodmedod’s are known across the UK as g...
Farming is not merely a means to an end, but a calling
Is farming different from many other professions? Ellie Wilson, a Masters student studying for a Degree in Occupational Psychology, is co...
Grasslands+: Save our species-rich meadows and grasslands
Meadows and other wildlife-rich grasslands are at the heart of sustainable farming systems, supporting an extraordinary diversity of wild...
The story of our food: Exploring where our food comes from and how it is produced
The Harmony Project’s Richard Dunne encourages us all to think more about the provenance of our food, both in terms of where it has come ...
More than Soil, Seeds and Water: Measuring gender and racial equity on farms
More than Soil, Seeds and Water is the first report of its kind to apply true cost accounting to gender and racial equality on farms
‘Defending Beef’: Can the presence of animals on farms make us better people?
We share an excerpt from Nicolette Hahn Niman's revised book, 'Defending Beef'
Top growing and cookery courses in the UK
Interested in learning more about cooking or growing your own food sustainably? Our Editor, Alicia Miller, provides an overview of the to...
The Story of Our Food: Understanding food systems through education
Tessa Van Eijsden shares her thoughts on food education, highlighting the importance of understanding bigger picture when it comes to foo...
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...