Articles
Food Systems
Planting the right trees in the right places: 10 tips for planting trees on your farm
Tirion Keatinge shares 10 tips for planting trees on your farm, to help you make decisions that work for the short-, medium- and long-term
The Brecon Beacons Mega Catchment: A proactive and collaborative approach to delivering a resilient drinking water supply
Dave Ashford explains how the Brecon Beacons Mega Catchment programme is working hard to respond to climate change, and getting ahead of ...
Support Sitopia Farm: Building a community of food and farming for London
Our website editor Alicia Miller shines a light on Sitopia Farm - a visionary project to develop a new sustainable regenerative horticult...
The vital role of hedgerows: ‘A well-managed hedge is a web of life’
The role of the hedgerow is of growing environmental concern. Angus D. Birditt explains the importance of maintaining these systems healt...
The Story of Umgibe: A farm in a plastic bag
This week, we hear about Umgibe - a revolutionary, climate smart farming project set up by Nonhlanla Joye, through which black women are ...
Visibility matters: Why women in farming need to be documented
To celebrate International Women's Day 2021, we hear from three leading female figureheads in the UK sustainable farming movement on why ...
Accounting for racism and sexism on the farm
In collaboration with the SFT and Women Forward International, a group of Cornell University researchers are investigating how farms may ...
Co-op says #NotInMySupermarket
After a joint letter organised by Beyond GM and Slow Food UK, and signed by a wide range of organisations, including the Sustainable Food...
How can we grow crops in a way that heals the land and nourishes people?
First-generation farmer Andy Cato tells us the story behind his profitable system for growing nutritious wheat in a way that develops soi...
Brexit: How are the new trade rules affecting farmers?
How will Brexit impact our food systems? Marianne Landzettel looks into what the new trade rules will mean for food production, labour an...
‘Digging’: Into an indigenous future
After ORFC discussions on indigenous knowledges, Julie Baber reflects upon how the term might apply to a UK context - what can we learn f...
The Cull: Scotland’s Deer Dilemma
Addressing the controversial debate around deer management in the Scottish Highlands, The Cull provides a unique insight into topics of r...