Articles
Health
An open letter on antibiotics
An open letter to EU Commissioner Borg calling for immediate action to reduce the threat of antibiotic resistance in people and farm-animals
Quality of life in care
Helena Rosebery considers the significance of food in contributing to our individual and collective sense of well-being, especially in ca...
Childhood nutrition steps up
Francesca Price looks at the importance of engaging children in what they eat and the increasing attention given to childhood nutrition o...
Antibiotic resistance
Discussing the problem of antibiotic resistance and the often unmentioned issue of their use in farm animals
Slipping spelt into the British bowl
We attended the launch of the Great British Spelt Recipe Collection, aiming to popularise the health benefits of this ancient grain
Horse meat scandal
We share our thoughts on the recent horse meat scandal, focusing on the bigger causes of the crisis and our need for a new food system
Pukka times
Sebastian Pole is a Brit exporting tea to the farthest reaches of the globe: only this time round it's herbal, organic and the farmers ar...
Prop. 37 defeated
As California suffers the defeat of its GM labelling initiative, we look at the lessons that can be learnt from this David and Goliath ba...
Health, food and well-being
Patrick Holden looks at the meaning of well-being through the prism of food, farming and health
GM corn and Roundup
An independent study has found evidence of negative health outcomes in laboratory rats when exposed to Roundup tolerant GM corn and Round...
Food rules without fossil fuels
If we're producing more than enough food, where is it all going? Watch this short animation by Marija Jacimovic based upon Michael Pollan...