WL Meets: Jack Feeny, the chef on a mission to reduce waste, plastic, and...
There is a lot of talk about what a transition towards a just and resilient food system should look like, but all too few people in the UK walking their talk. Jack Feeny, however, is one of them. This...
View ArticleNews from the farm: Longing for Devon drizzle
Some fine hay has been made and most crops and pickers are showing surprising resilience but as the heat rises each day it is hard to avoid a sense of impending doom. After three inches of rain in...
View Article40 years on… an organic conversation with Guy Singh-Watson & Helen Browning
Forty years ago, Guy Singh-Watson and Helen Browning set out to farm differently. From a wheelbarrow of leeks, Guy built Riverford into one of Britain’s best-known ethical food businesses that...
View ArticleShould farmers be paid a basic income?
Trying to make a living from small-scale veg production today isn’t easy. There are many barriers, including access to land, and most growers struggle financially. Farm gate prices are low, inputs...
View ArticleWL Meets: Zoe Gilbertson who is refashioning textiles from the ground up
Provenance matters – whether with local produce, grain or wine, from farm to fork or glass. Growing what we imbibe using agroecological principles, while preserving the natural environment, is...
View Article10-year zero-pesticide study proves positive – but will policymakers pay...
“A landmark 10-year study just showed that agriculture can absolutely thrive without pesticides” wrote Max Goldberg, founder of the Organic Insider newsletter earlier this month. “But here’s what makes...
View ArticleNews from the farm: Slurry, spring-sown stars, and feeding you all
Muck is flying, birds are nesting, and the geese are honking as they lap the farm surveying potential nest sites. After a three-month deluge of double our normal rainfall, three bright and (mostly)...
View ArticleWL Meets: Daniel Iddon on why farmers need fungi
Ignore fungi at your peril. Most of our crops – whether they’re plant, bush or tree – depend on them for vital minerals. Beneath the ground they create a symbiotic web of life that connects our soil...
View ArticleWL Meets: Stuart Oates, the farmer trying to go fossil fuel free
Stuart Oates is a seventh-generation farmer; his family have been at Rosuick Farm on the Lizard Peninsula since the 1700s. They went organic nearly 20 years ago, before it became popular and they’ve...
View ArticleLack of agroecological funding could be costing us our future
Over many decades, vast sums of money for innovation in farming including seeds, crop applications and new technologies has come from those large enterprises and organisations that can extract value...
View ArticleWL Meets: Dee Woods, the educator campaigning for everyone’s ‘right to food’
Dee Woods, food justice policy coordinator for the Landworkers’ Alliance says it how it is. As an activist, she’s busy rustling the political tree as she calls for food system change. Yet she’s...
View ArticleCan population crops help us forge a more resilient farming future?
Few people have heard of population crops, yet fields full of a diversity of plants – rather than the monocultures we currently grow – could be a silver bullet in the fight to make farming more...
View ArticleNews from the farm: Finding wonder in the underworld
Last month, I found myself peering into two unfamiliar worlds. The more I looked, the more I loved and wanted to understand these often neglected, abused, and exploited deeps. It is no exaggeration to...
View ArticleHow community projects are building a brighter future for British farms
To be a farmer, you need to be curious. To question what’s ailing your livestock, why a crop failed, or how to fix some machinery. Historically, the chances for discussing your thoughts and...
View ArticleWestminster Food and Nutrition Forum uncovers dire truths within UK food system
It is difficult to gauge the state of food and farming in the UK and what needs to be change. But the recent Westminster Food and Nutrition Forum laid out some frightening truths to those in political...
View ArticleThe women rewriting the future of farming
It was a searingly hot day in the Cotswolds this summer when a number of women took to the stage at a regenerative farming conference. The topics at the ARK Summit included bridging debates, financing...
View ArticleHow healthy soil is foundational to good health
As consumers, we have become a lot more aware of the food we buy — where it’s grown, whether it’s organic, even how nutritious it is — but we may not extend that to thinking about the way the soil...
View ArticleWL Meets: Patrick Holden – fighting for sustainable change
It is almost eight months since several tonnes of artisan cheese made here at Holden Farm Dairy (Bwlchwernen Fawr), in Wales, were stolen. The fraud made headlines the world over. “If anyone hears...
View ArticleNews from the farm: A blessed year in the West
Returning to Devon from the parched East makes me glad that my father took on a farm here, however topographically and meteorologically challenging. In the words of my dairy-farming brother, Oliver:...
View ArticleTurning passion into action with Emergent Generation
It began in 2022 with the vision of providing young people with the space, support, and confidence to spearhead the transition to a more equitable & sustainable food future. Thanks to the WWF’s...
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