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Food Systems
The impact of air pollution on crops
Air pollution's damaging impact on human health is well established – but apart from its links to illnesses including heart disease and a...
Safeguarding native genetics
CEO of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Christopher Price explains why the charity's mission is to conserve and promote native British liv...
Matt Dunwell in conversation with Darren Doherty
Matt Dunwell from Ragmans Farm interviews Darren Doherty on the true cost of our agricultural systems on the environment and our health, ...
Food and water: Plugging the drain before resources dry up
What if you could see how much water it takes to fill the supermarket shelves with food? About 4.2 litres (1.1 gallons) for every almond;...
The role of livestock and dairy: Interview with Professor Michael Lee
In this recorded interview with Professor Michael Lee we explore the importance of grass and grazing livestock, as well as the role of da...
Farming’s next generation is looking back to the future
Catherine Broomfield takes a look at the future of farming and the voices of the next generation of aspiring farmers who, she argues, emb...
Battle of the brave Root: The story of the carrot
With up to 50% of carrots produced never reaching a shop in the UK, Gavin Wren does some digging to find out why the supermarket grading ...
Adding balance to the meat debate
In an opinion piece for Triodos Bank, Richard Young attempts to bring balance into the meat debate
Tracing local food
While there is value in the global food supply chain – and we would be pretty hungry in April and May in the UK without it – there is an ...
Time to do our part: Addressing plastic use on-farm and in the food supply chain
The role of plastics on-farm and in the food supply chain has been an increasing concern of the Sustainable Food Trust
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...
Mobile on-farm slaughter units in the US: The saviour of local meat production?
Marianne Landzettel visits a US farm with a novel solution to the decline in local slaughterhouses – a mobile on-farm slaughter unit. How...