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The Sustainable Food Trust pushing forward with pilot framework for sustainability metrics
We provide an update on our sustainability metrics work
One welfare and Covid-19
In light of the current crisis, Lizzie Rowe reflects on the link between animal health and our own health, which makes animal welfare a p...
Building resilience into our food systems
Honor Eldridge considers how to build greater resilience into our food systems, so they have the ability to better endure a crisis in the...
Veg producers to the ready!
How has the coronavirus pandemic affected vegetable growers? Alicia Miller writes about her organic veg box business and how they are cop...
Harmony in education at a time of crisis
Richard Dunne, Harmony in Education Lead, asks how an understanding of the world as interconnected can inform the way in which we choose ...
The coronavirus pandemic and future food security
Patrick Holden writes about the impact of the coronavirus on food security and the need for a sustainable, local food system
NAFTA 2.0 – What does USMCA mean for food?
What does the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement mean in terms of food and farming?
Securing a healthy future through horticulture
Fruit and vegetables make up our biggest trade deficit when it comes to food – surely, it’s time we started growing more on British soil?
The value of small-scale fishing
Knowing where to start in distinguishing good and bad practice in an incredibly complex marine world is tricky. Founder of Sole of Discre...
Into the unknown: The future of British lamb
With Waitrose becoming one of the first retailers to announce it will pull New Zealand lamb, how is the future trade of lamb going to cha...
Episode Two: In conversation with ffinlo Costain and Roland Bonney
In this podcast, Patrick Holden speaks to ffinlo Costain and Roland Bonney about how to develop more transparent, welfare-friendly and su...
Episode One: In conversation with George Monbiot
In this first podcast, Patrick speaks to journalist and author George Monbiot about the future of farming in the UK, and the meat vs plan...