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Pete Ritchie, Executive Director of Nourish Scotland, is also the co-owner of Whitmuir Organic Farm, shop and café. Today he writes from his perspective as…
Local food is for life, not just for Covid
Article originally published by Ethical Consumer The news has concentrated on stories of selfish stockpiling and fights over toilet paper but amidst the distress and…
Community-led food providers bring calm in times of panic
Article originally published by The Grocer An accreditation scheme to recognise retailers with ethical supply chains that support British farmers has been launched. The new…
Campaigners launch ethical supply chain accreditation scheme
New report from Sustain highlights systemic unfairness in the supermarket dominated food system ‘Supermarket Failure’ a recent research briefing by Sustain provides a bleak reminder…
Unfair or better trade? Why where you buy your food from really matters.
Some months ago, in the basement of the natural history museum I found myself puzzling over a tray of specimens. The task was to study…
Show a little bit love for the Pangolin…and everything else
What does Carry On Up The Khyber, the budget speech and climate change have in common? Quite a lot it seems… In the final scene…
Climate change. Keep calm and carry on?
The Intergovermental Panel for Climate Change report published on Monday made for sobering reading: a scientific consensus warning that we have just 12 years to…
Feel powerless to respond to climate change? Start by putting one foot in front of the other at the Good Food March
So we’re halfway through #Organic September, where the organic food movement persuade the public to make the switch. Over the years the Better Food Traders…
Going organic – what’s stopping you?
This month, thousands of young people around the UK received their exam results. It is a time of celebration for some, for others it is…
Good exam results? There are many ways to make an impact
As autumn draws in and we start to feel a chill in the air, lots of people across the country decide to opt in for…