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Food and Culture
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...
Life with the Imazighen
Adventurer, journalist and runner, Alice Morrison travelled to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco to live with the Imlilin whilst training fo...
The Harmony Run and Interdependence
Anthony Rodale discusses the Harmony principle of Interdependence and explores how it manifests in his running journey through the mind, ...
Harmony Project: Orchard regeneration in primary schools
The SFT's Harmony Project, in collaboration with Grow at Brogdale, announced the start of an orchard regeneration project to mark the 70t...
Harmony in Running: Anthony Rodale takes on the Trans-Atlas Marathon
In June of 2019, Anthony Rodale will be running the Trans-Atlas Marathon, a 185-mile mountain-running stage race. He will be sharing his ...
The uplands need a future reimagined not rewilded
Rory Stewart MP recently made the case for upland farming, calling it ”The battle for the countryside: Britain should rewild its uplands”...
Can children learn to love real food?
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that taste preferences in adulthood are closely linked to what we eat in childhood. If tha...
Being with cows
Dave Mountjoy shares how spending time around his cows has given him a great sense of harmony and peace. In a moving blog he explains how...