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The farmer producing Blumenthal’s ‘perfect’ meat
Domini Hogg catches up with one of the top rare-breed meat suppliers in the UK, Richard Vaughan, owner of Huntsham…
The vodka company that plants trees
The gin market worldwide is well and truly saturated. So, no surprise then, to find the talk at this year’s…
The Orkney gin using foraged island ingredients
Orkney Gin Company is now known for its Scottish flavours and ingredients foraged from Orkney, a set of islands off…
Serving up sustainability: Getting game on the menu
From Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner to Who Gives A Fork, there’s already a great tradition of food-based podcasts coming from the…
Meet ‘kalettes’ – the sprout and kale love child
Kalettes began life some fifteen years ago, an interbreeding experiment by Tozer Seeds, vegetable breeders in Surrey, and christened originally, Flower…
How to eat fish sustainably – guides and labels to help you
How can you ensure that the fish you’re eating is sustainably sourced? What questions do you need to ask your…
Meet the brewer turning waste bread into beer
What happens to leftover bread at the end of the day? If you’re Morgan Arnell, you’re going to turn it…
How everyone can reduce their food waste
Of all the sustainability issues we face, food waste seems by far the simplest and easiest to tackle, especially for…
Harvesting by candlelight: Is forced rhubarb under threat?
There used to be 200 forced rhubarb producers in Yorkshire. Now there are only 10. Grown in the dark and…
Ben Jackson: From kite surfer to egg farmer
The demand for free-range eggs is increasing, but the lives of free-range egg farmers are not getting easier. I spoke…
Organic vs biodynamic – what does it all mean?
There’s been a buzz about biodynamic and organic produce for quite a while now. The 2019 Organic Market Report produced…
Is it time to embrace industrial hemp?
Industrial hemp is a booming industry with many environmental and health benefits, if we can just look past its connection…
Fungi, fermentation and foraging in the West Country
Hidden behind a stone wall on a tiny country road in Somerset, I find Matthew and Iain Pennington and their…
Making land accessible for new entrants on small farms
Affordable land access and ownership for new farmers is just the kind of important issue that often goes unnoticed. So…
An investigation: Can you get sustainable eel?
The short answer is ‘yes’. The long answer is much more interesting and covers the ins and outs of eel…
Tim Thompson: How my cows self-medicate with organic grasses
Hampton Gay farm, near Oxford, specialises in organic 100% grass-fed beef from Longhorn cows. Farmer Tim Thompson explained to me…