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The value of food
Joris Lohman suggests we should prioritise the exchange of knowledge and farming practices, ahead of a desire for cheap vegetables
René Redzepi’s MAD Symposium
René Redzepi’s MAD Symposiums, a culinary festival and lecture series, are fuelled by a devotion to food and a desire to understand it be...
Alice Holden: An organic farmer’s story
Now a full-time grower for Growing Communities' Starter Farm in Dagenham, Alice Holden talks about her experience as an organic apprentice
Sky Farm salads
Hannah McGowan investigates Sky Farm salads, the one man show delivering exceptional quality produce and proving that you can produce loc...
Common Agricultural Policy
The Dutch Youth Food Movement have put together a series of videoblogs examining different aspects of the Common Agricultural Policy and ...
Green Pasture Farms
In north-eastern Pennsylvania, Green Pasture Farms is working hard to build a sustainable model of agriculture, by developing networks of...
The people’s summit
SFT blogger, Pavlos Georgiadis, talks to Dr Vandana Shiva about the importance of young people, en route to the People's Summit at Rio +20
United in diversity
Patrick Holden, Founder of the Sustainable Food Trust, speaks from Rio +20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
En route to Rio+20
SFT founder Patrick Holden is en route to Rio+20. He's formed some strong ideas about the proceedings yet remains hopeful that it may pla...
Planting in abandoned lots
Urban Roots is a timely and inspiring film that speaks to a nation grappling with collapsed industrial towns and the need to forge a sust...
A wind farm on my doorstep
After Patrick hears of his neighbours plans to install two wind turbines immediately opposite his farmhouse, will we be hearing a change ...
Nomadic pastoralism
Patrick was fortunate enough to attend a gathering of 26 tribes of nomadic pastoralists in a remote part of Northern Kenya. What can noma...