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Joint letter calls on supermarkets to maintain UK standards on imported foods
The Sustainable Food Trust has joined organisations and academics in calling on supermarkets to commit not to sell imported food produced...
The unseen as fertile ground for new wisdom
Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, dares us to be bold and imaginative in the face of crisis
Gardening brings hope in refugee camps
Jennie Spears from the Lemon Tree Trust describes how supporting gardening in refugee camps helps to meet practical, social and psycholog...
I walk the farm in sentences
Rosamund Young, author and farmer at Kites Nest Farm in the Cotswolds, writes about the lessons to be learnt from observing life on the f...
Farming as the climate changes: Vilicus Farms, Havre, Montana
Next in our series on farming and climate change we interview Anna Jones-Crabtree, who owns and runs Vilicus Farms with her husband, Doug...
New report calls for Government to support small abattoirs as backbone of family farms and rural economy
We welcome a new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare that highlights importance of small abattoirs
What harmonising trade in our food systems could do
Patrick Holden argues why every nation in the world should sign up to a new harmonised framework for food in international trade
Hides and leather
In this blog by Joel Salatin he explains how the value of hides has plummeted
Trading away the future
Last week the Trade bill passed its second reading. Honor Eldridge explains why there is a clear need to amend the Bill so that UK trade ...
Roundtable: The role of local food in future food and farming systems
Patrick Holden chairs this roundtable by Land Management 2.0 exploring the role of local food in future food and farming systems
Milk fresh from the farm
Buying directly from farms is one of the best ways to source dairy in an ethical and sustainable way. Lizzie Rowe discusses this and also...
The shadow of COVID-19 in rural Africa and Asia
John Meadley reflects on his time spent working in rural Africa and Asia and how COVID-19 is now affecting these areas