Articles
Food Systems
The true cost of cheap food
Patrick Holden examines the true cost of a cheap chicken and asks what can be done to rebalance our distorted economic playing field?
Redesigning food systems
How do we build a global food network? Patrick addresses the lack of stability caused by our current food systems, and explores our optio...
India’s rice revolution
Patrick addresses the news that farmers in one of India's poorest states are growing record amounts of rice, without the use of GM or her...
The tsunami is coming
How stable are our food systems? Patrick Holden assesses the larger implications an economic collapse would have on our already fragile f...
GMO labelling in the US
Since the defeat of Prop 37 in California, momentum has been gathering across a number of other states in the US, to take action on GMO l...
Let them eat waste!
Anti-food waste campaigner and founder of Feeding the 5000, Tristram Stuart, recently visited Kenya and spoke to us about the problem of ...
The Perennial Plate
This weekly series follows Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine across the globe, covering a whole range of topics and documenting their 'adventur...
Mixed farming systems: Feeding the birds
In this latest blog from Patrick Holden, he looks at the benefits of mixed farming systems on the biodiversity of both the environment an...
Horse meat scandal
We share our thoughts on the recent horse meat scandal, focusing on the bigger causes of the crisis and our need for a new food system
Iowa Hunger Summit
After a visit to the US, Patrick reflects on the embarrassing disparity of wealth that embodies our existing food systems, and considers ...
Oxford Real Farming Conference
With this short-film, we aimed to capture some of what went on at the Oxford Real Farming Conference
Singing for your supper
Can good food and good music help to change the world? Julianne Mesaric explores the efforts of Willie Nelson and others to keep America’...