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Growing food justice
The industrial food system prioritises profit over people. Read about how local food movements and systems based around agroecological pr...
Five things to know about pulses
The UN has chosen 2016 as the year to celebrate pulses – a humble family of plants that deserve much more praise and recognition than the...
Livestock and food security: A contested relationship
Robert Barbour takes a look at the complex relationship between livestock and food security and the role of some animal products in susta...
What’s the problem with processed?
How can we identify the level at which a food has been processed? And how can you tell what’s good for you and what’s not? We thought we ...
Thinking food: What’s ‘healthy’ and ‘sustainable’?
What constitutes a ‘healthy diet’ has been endlessly debated and the advice on eating changes almost year on year. The rise of veganism h...
Do you know what you’re eating? Food fraud is increasing
Due to the increased power of supermarket retailers and the rise of just-in-time supply chains, farmers are on increasingly tight margins...
‘Slow, tricky and a pain’ – importing seeds after Brexit
The seed market is highly concentrated and there are only a few independent companies producing and selling organic seeds, several of whi...
UK falls behind the EU on farm antibiotic standards
In a press release published today, the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics has drawn attention to a developing divergence between food prod...
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022 in review
January kicks off once again with the event that pretty much everyone involved with sustainable food and farming signs up for: the Oxford...
A small scale farmer’s take on ORFC
For the second year in a row, COVID-19 had forced the conference to go online. This was something of a double-edged sword for Julie Baber.
The kindness of butchers – why a small, farmer-owned abattoir in southern Germany is thriving (Pt II)
Marianne Landzettel has been looking at sustainable agricultural systems and relocalised food production in her native Germany. This is t...
ORFC: A local meat supply chain – issues raised and hopes dashed
Right before the closing plenary of the ORFC 2022, farmers and experts discussed the need for more local abattoirs and access to butchery...