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Food and Culture
So close, but so far?
After the recent failure of government to protect the UK's food standards, a lot of us have been left wondering what we can do. Encouragi...
‘Lessons from Lockdown’ by The Community Farm
The Community Farm, a cornerstone of Bristol’s local food and farming scene, has curated “Lessons From Lockdown”, a collection of 15 arti...
Does the School Fruit and Veg Scheme need a rethink?
Encouraging school children to eat fresh fruit and vegetables is key to giving them a healthy start in life, but it is equally as importa...
For the love of bread
Alicia Miller explores what baking her own bread means to her, with it's connections to family, heritage and health
Local alternatives to soya and palm meal will help save rainforests
Study finds that milk substitutes made from soya are harming the planet and locally sourced milk from cows grazed on grass are a better o...
Farming as the Climate Changes: Soul Fire Farm, Petersburg, New York
We talk to Soul Fire Farm about how climate change is affecting them and what they are doing to mitigate it
The unseen as fertile ground for new wisdom
Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, dares us to be bold and imaginative in the face of crisis
Gardening brings hope in refugee camps
Jennie Spears from the Lemon Tree Trust describes how supporting gardening in refugee camps helps to meet practical, social and psycholog...
The self sufficiency surge
Gardening journalist, Kim Stoddart examines the grow your own phenomenon that has emerged as a result of fears around food security since...
Harmony in education at a time of crisis
Richard Dunne, Harmony in Education Lead, asks how an understanding of the world as interconnected can inform the way in which we choose ...
Thoughtful eating
Lizzie Rowe writes about polarisation of the meat debate and how it is driving a dangerous divide between people united by the same aim: ...
Meat, veganism and sustainable diets: How the Elizabethan’s can help us find a little perspective
Meat has become one of the most contentious areas of our food system, but arguments for a plant-based diet are not new. Taking an histori...