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Adding balance to the meat debate
In an opinion piece for Triodos Bank, Richard Young attempts to bring balance into the meat debate
A taste of Palestine: Cultivating resistance
Megan Perry writes about her visit to farmers in Palestine, and why producing food is so important for Palestinian culture and economic r...
Is the United Kingdom on an unwise path towards adopting crop insurance?
In this excerpt from 'The Farm Bill: A Citizen’s Guide' by Dan Imhoff, SFT Head of Policy Honor Eldridge discusses farm payments in the U...
A lack of water: How food producers survive
With drought significantly affecting many parts of the world, we put the spotlight on the UK, South Africa, California and Australia to f...
Plastics after Blue Planet II: How to reduce plastics in the food supply chain
As recent studies suggest consumers are becoming more concerned about avoiding plastic than they are about price, can small businesses be...
Grower Nick Mauro of ValeFresco reflects on Brexit
"I’m not confident at all that the UK Government will be sufficiently prepared to support the British horticulture industry when we leave...
Tracing local food
While there is value in the global food supply chain – and we would be pretty hungry in April and May in the UK without it – there is an ...
Small abattoirs in the Agriculture Bill: Write to your MP
We would greatly appreciate it if you would write to your MP (find out who here), asking them to consider supporting Amendment 49 to the ...
Life with the Imazighen
Adventurer, journalist and runner, Alice Morrison travelled to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco to live with the Imlilin whilst training fo...
Run and Become
Sanjay Rawal is a film director based in the United States, his latest film, '3100: Run and Become', follows the participants of one of t...
The Harmony Run and Interdependence
Anthony Rodale discusses the Harmony principle of Interdependence and explores how it manifests in his running journey through the mind, ...
EAT-Lancet report’s recommendations are at odds with sustainable food production
While we welcome the analysis in the EAT-Lancet report, we argue that some of the main dietary recommendations are incompatible with the ...