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How to feed a city
Carolyn Steel
10th June, 2009
We can continue to squander our resources and react to food crises as they happen, or we can fundamentally change the way food systems work, says Carolyn Steel more...
Cattle ranching biggest driver of Amazon deforestation
Ecologist
27th May, 2009
Cattle ranchers bigger culprits in Amazon deforestation than soy farmers, new NGO study shows more...
Growing your own - where to begin
Paul Kingsnorth
19th May, 2009
'Where do I start?' Paul Kingsnorth answers the oft-asked question of those who want to grow their own food - but are lacking in knowledge, time, space, or all three. No problem. Read on... more...
Local hero: Tony Spacey of Littleover Apiaries
Jeremy Smith
18th May, 2009
Tony Spacey is a former paratrooper turned expert beekeeper with decidedly un-honeyed words for just about everything. No matter, argues Jeremy Smith, when the real proof is in the honey more...
Making Sense of Swine Flu
Pat Thomas
30th April, 2009
In the last few years the Ecologist has written extensively on the flu – both the garden variety that strikes us on an annual basis and the wider threat of avian influenza, H5N1. more...
To your health!
Rachel Clode
24th April, 2009
The UK’s organic brewers are calling time on beer corporations, as Rachel Clode discovers more...
Concerns rise about the effect of fish farming on smaller 'prey' species
Ewan Kingston
22nd April, 2009
A new report from Oceana warns that plundering the seas to fuel our fish farms is having serious and far-reaching effects... more...
Government committee calls for standardisation in eco labelling to help tackle greenwash
News
15th April, 2009
An EAC report calls for new measures to tackle greenwash. more...
Food Standards Agency refuses to ban Bisphenol-A in food packaging and baby milk bottles
News
15th April, 2009
Food safety campaigners have reacted angrily to a refusal by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to ban controversial plastic additive Bisphenol A (BPA), which is present in some food packaging and containers. more...
Fishy business
Andrew Wasley and Jim Wickens
9th April, 2009
The coastal towns and villages of Peru are being blighted by an industry that has sprung up to satisfy the West’s voracious appetite for fish – now marine life, human health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. Andrew Wasley and Jim Wickens of the Ecologist Film Unit investigate more...
Nature's free for all
Paul Kingsnorth
8th April, 2009
With the worst summer on record decimating his potatoes, onions and other allotment crops, Paul Kingsnorth turns to nature’s abundance in foraged foodmore...
The third green revolution?
Jim Thomas
2nd April, 2009
The thing is, I like urban farming. Rooftop gardens and window boxes excite me. Balconies filled with beans and tomatoes give me hope. Nonetheless, the ‘next big thing’ in urban horticulture has left me cold. more...
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Seychelles hotel cancelled
Xan Rice
1st April, 2009
A planned hotel in the Seychelles has been cancelled thanks to the protests of locals concerned about their food supply more...
Ploughs into swords
Ed Hamer
1st April, 2009
The uniting of 800 million rural workers against the loss of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. Resistance is far from futile, says Ed Hamermore...
Sick as a pig
Jim Wickens
26th March, 2009
It has plagued hospital wards for years, picking off the elderly and infirm, but now another strain of MRSA is emerging from the factory farms of Northern Europe, and it is linked to the insatiable demand for cheap meat on our plates. The Ecologist Film Unit travelled to the Netherlands to investigate. Report by Jim Wickens more...
Quality food production and biodiversity protection
Ecologist
13th March, 2009
Animals grazed on biodiverse pasture produce better tasting, and healthier, meat more...
US Department of Agriculture worried about GM food imports
News
6th March, 2009
Having exported largely untested GM crops around the world for decades, the US is suddenly starting to worry about what genetically modified organisms other countries might send their way. more...
The woman leading an urban food revolution
Ben Willis
3rd March, 2009
A host of communal vegetable gardens are springing up in the concrete heart of East London. Ben Willis meets the woman coaxing life from the urban jungle more...
To farm or to fish - does aquaculture have the answer?
Matilda Lee
3rd March, 2009
Our oceans are suffering from chronic overfishing - but are fish farms any better for the environment? Matilda Lee weighs up the piscine pros and cons in the battle to save world stocks from collapse. more...
Digging for gold
Monty Waldin
3rd March, 2009
Once again, Monty Waldin gets down on his hands and knees to pay homage to the cosmic forces bringing flavour and strength to biodynamic wine more...
Capital Growth: London’s floating gardens
Louise Downing
26th February, 2009
Capital Growth and British Waterways have teamed up in a bid to convert London’s canals into flourishing floating vegetable gardens. more...
Fairtrade Fortnight
23rd February, 2009
During Fairtrade Fortnight there are events around the UK including Fairtrade Mardi Gras in Wiltshire and a banana eating fest in the Bolton football stadium. more...
Cause For Concern
Jeffrey M Smith
17th February, 2009
The European Commission has just cleared Monsanto's GM maize for use in the EU. Yet, as Jeffrey M Smith reveals, proper analysis of tests done to gain that approval suggest it should never have been given more...
Ethiopia. Basket Case or Organic Horn of Plenty?
Robin Maynard
15th February, 2009
Ravaged for decades by famine and war, Ethiopia is trying to eliminate hunger for good with organic farming. Robin Maynard met the man spearheading the campaign more...
Market Famines
Yves Engler
13th February, 2009
The millions of people in Niger who died during the recent famines, did so because the IMF pressured its government to tax food and the poor simply couldn't afford to save themselves more...Members
