Food
04 Jan 2012
A website helping people to find and buy local food online has launched an appeal for investors to help it reach a wider audience and grow the local food industry faster
UK / Agriculture, Food
28 Nov 2011
We need to look to grassroots communities for the future of our food system, says Graciela Romero
13 Oct 2011
A new community-owned venture in Exeter is boosting the availability of locally grown food in the city centre as it attempts to lead the city towards food self-sufficiency
UK / Community, Food, Innovation
04 Oct 2011
Melanie Strickland discovers how volunteers are turning 'waste' food from local shops into healthy, cheap meals each Sunday at The People’s Kitchen
27 Sep 2011
A London community has brought a supermarket rooftop to life with vegetables, plants and wildlife, having transformed it into a space to grow and re-connect with food
UK / Food, Technology
27 Sep 2011
A mobile app designed to help people grow their own fruit and veg has been launched
Africa, South America / Food, Politics
02 Sep 2011
John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva awarded The World Food Prize 2011
01 Aug 2011
A new campaign is aiming to get British-grown food on menus across the country during the 2012 Olympic games in an effort to create a more sustainable and fair food system
UK / Agriculture, Culture, Food
16 Jun 2011
Set up by young farmers, the Real Farm Festival will feature music, talks and farm activities
UK / Body & Mind, Food, Health
12 Jun 2011
A new type of salt has been launched with the broadest range of minerals and micronutrients of any natural food, according to its manufacturer.
Wasting nothing in the living landscape
UK / A Permaculture Journey, Food, Sustainable Development
09 Jun 2011
In my previous piece for this column, I mentioned the dilapidated raised beds I was restoring at my family's smallholding in Somerset, and the comfort I took in the principle 'small and slow'
UK / Community, Food, Innovation, Technology
08 Jun 2011
A new website which maps local growing hot spots in Somerset, aims to encourage wider access to sustainable food, free up more land and increase food security
UK / Food, Social Enterprise, Sustainable Development
19 May 2011
‘Speak with your mouth full’ says a campaign group touring Wales and hosting feasts made from preventable food waste.
UK / Agriculture, Food, Sustainable Development
12 May 2011
A permaculture project in South Shropshire is attempting to promote ways of living that are more caring towards all life.
UK / Agriculture, Food
06 May 2011
As part of the LAND project, launched by the Permaculture Association a little over two years ago, more than 7,000 visitors and 4,000 volunteers have been supported in learning from and taking part in established permaculture projects.
15 Mar 2011
When Katie Stagliano, from South Carolina, was just nine years old, she planted a cabbage seedling that grew to change her life. In fact, when it weighed an astounding two-and-a-half stone, she knew it was destined for greater things than her own kitchen.
26 Jan 2011
With new research revealing the cancer-fighting properties of watercress, we offer some insights into the world of the UK's most historic salad leaf
14 Dec 2010
Kate Magic is author of three books, including 'Eat Smart, Eat Raw'. This article looks at the benefits of a raw food diet and offers a helpful recipe