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Food and Culture
Detroit’s Eastern Market: Supporting food producers in a crisis
In this article, Marianne Landzettel explains how Detroit transitioned from Motown to 'Growtown', highlighting the role of the Eastern ma...
Make markets matter
From the Central Market of Valencia, to Borough Market in London, food markets play a vital role in reconnecting communities to their foo...
The changing nature of milk
When I was a child, my Dad and I had regular arguments about whose turn it was to have the ‘top of the milk’ – that thick yellow head of ...
Who eats local food?
Using her own veg box scheme as an example, Alicia Miller looks into the diverse range of demographics keen to consume local produce
Heritage grains: Climate resilient crops
Hugh Campbell, John Letts and Marina Chang highlight the vital role of heritage grains within the transition to sustainable food systems
Flour power: The miller’s tale
Olivia Oldham outlines the vital role of flour throughout lockdown, and the unexpected ways in which it brought certain communities together
So close, but so far?
After the recent failure of government to protect the UK's food standards, a lot of us have been left wondering what we can do. Encouragi...
‘Lessons from Lockdown’ by The Community Farm
The Community Farm, a cornerstone of Bristol’s local food and farming scene, has curated “Lessons From Lockdown”, a collection of 15 arti...
Does the School Fruit and Veg Scheme need a rethink?
Encouraging school children to eat fresh fruit and vegetables is key to giving them a healthy start in life, but it is equally as importa...
For the love of bread
Alicia Miller explores what baking her own bread means to her, with it's connections to family, heritage and health
Local alternatives to soya and palm meal will help save rainforests
Study finds that milk substitutes made from soya are harming the planet and locally sourced milk from cows grazed on grass are a better o...
Farming as the Climate Changes: Soul Fire Farm, Petersburg, New York
We talk to Soul Fire Farm about how climate change is affecting them and what they are doing to mitigate it