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Harmony, health and COVID-19
What is health? Is it merely the absence of disease? Our CEO Patrick Holden reflects on what we could learn from past case studies and wh...
Covid-19 and the local abattoir sector
How has the coronavirus impacted the local abattoir sector and local meat supply? We set out our key recommendations to Government to sup...
One welfare and Covid-19
In light of the current crisis, Lizzie Rowe reflects on the link between animal health and our own health, which makes animal welfare a p...
Building resilience into our food systems
Honor Eldridge considers how to build greater resilience into our food systems, so they have the ability to better endure a crisis in the...
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 ...
What should ‘next generation’ dietary guidelines look like?
Gavin Wren takes a critical look at the UK's Eatwell Guide and proposes an alternative approach, removing restrictive guidelines and open...
The antibiotic crisis – 50 years on
As the UK anticipates entering a new trading landscape, the overuse of antibiotics in human and animal medicine is an important matter of...
Running for Harmony: Reflections on the Trans Atlas Marathon
With the Trans Atlas ultra-marathon done and dusted, Anthony Rodale reflects on his experience and shares with us his aspirations for con...
Farms and public health: Does size matter?
Farm size is increasing, while the number of farms is decreasing. Rebecca Michael Elderkin asks "does the topic of farm size pertain excl...
African Swine Flu: A crisis or an opportunity?
This week: African swine flu is the next big threat, it is a highly contagious viral disease that spreads quickly through pigs and hogs
Remembering Bill Stowe: Taking on industrial agriculture for the people of Iowa
Bill Stowe, who broke ground with his pioneering case against the impact of industrial agriculture on drinking water, died on Sunday, 14t...
Massive use of ionophore antibiotics in poultry production
An investigation by the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics has found that, although the use of the most medically important antibiotics has...