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Food and Culture
Making change happen: A Q & A with Gail Bradbrook
We speak to Dr Gail Bradbrook about why she co-founded Extinction Rebellion and what she views as the way forward to address the crisis o...
Agri-Culture: Source of a Healthy Culture, Society, and Mother Earth
In this excerpt from award winning author Charles Massy's book, Call of the Reed Warbler, we hear stories about regenerative agriculture ...
What defines a farmer? Exploring attitudes to scale in agriculture
How do you define what a farmer is and why is the question important? As a small farmer, Julie Baber explores the attitude towards scale ...
God’s Lone Country: A new film about low income in rural Britain
Set in the beautiful backdrop of the Peak District National Park, God’s Lone Country is a 12-minute film commissioned by the Food, Farmin...
Seeds of self-worth: Reviving the lost foods of Palestine
“What does it mean when we don’t want who we are?” This is the question posed by Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed L...
The Harmony principle of cycle: Looking at Nature in new ways
Sustainable Food Trust Chair Anthony Rodale explores the principle of cycle as he prepares for his ultra marathon race
Rajasthan: A seed story
Adam Alexander writes about travelling across the state of Rajasthan to see how the tradition of seed saving is faring and just how secur...
Online abuse and farm protests: the vegans impacting on farmers’ mental health
As part of an ongoing series exploring the debate around what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet in which we are featuring differ...
Nature’s great strength is its diversity of plant and animal species
Rediscovering and developing harmonious personal relationships with the natural world in order to achieve a holistic way of living and be...
Business as usual won’t convince Millennials to consume dairy
Micro dairy and beef farmer Alex Heffron reflects on what influences millennials' food choices when it comes to dairy and what the dairy ...
Aboriginal foodways: Towards a return of native food in Australia
Aboriginal Australians have been growing native crops for 50,000 years, yet a native food sector in Australia has been slow to emerge
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...