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A cautionary tale of two supermarkets
Two supermarkets control nearly 70% of Australia's grocery sector, granting them enormous power. Criticisms of the negative environmental...
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 ...
Red meat and dairy good for the heart?
SFT policy director, Richard Young, long an advocate of diets containing meat and fat from organic and grass-fed livestock, reflects on h...
Sustainable school dinners: What we should know
In the home you have control over what your children eat and where it comes from. But when they go to school, how much say do you have ov...
Pilgrimage open to all: Bring your own beliefs
Ahead of the Future of UK Farming Conference in April, featuring a pilgrimage led by the British Pilgrimage Trust, Bonnie Welch walked th...
The hidden cost of UK food: Is malnutrition a national scandal?
While malnutrition is prevalent in many developing countries, it is also an increasingly significant problem in the UK. Bonnie Welch expl...
Does common sense about health require a new paradigm?
Common Sense About Health, recently published by Dr. Peter Mansfield, is far ahead of its time. No ordinary diet or lifestyle book; it di...
Coconut oil on the rise: Will this latest ‘fad’ oil be better for us?
As coconut oil becomes increasingly popular, Zoe Nielson explores the impact on our health and the environment
Misconceptions of meat in healthy eating
Today people are constantly bombarded by new diet trends and information on what is healthy and what is not, much of it contradictory. Ho...
Understanding fats
In this film from the Oxford Real Farming Conference, Richard Young argues that almost everything we've been told about fats is wrong and...
Milk: The sustainability issue
Contributing to the UK dairy crisis is the consumer shift away from milk towards plant-based alternatives such as soya or almond. But are...
Go with your gut
Over the past twenty years there has been a revolution in how we understand the breadth of the gut's function, realising that it plays a ...