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Fresh local food is good for us and good for the environment. Tracking the fightback against processed food and supermarket dominance. See also The Green Party - Food We Can Trust
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
Conscientious consumers are being urged to buy
locally sourced food in the battle against climate change. But, as
Richard Gray discovers, produce from the other side of the world
can actually have a smaller carbon footprint - read The Telegraph article here
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
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In 1952, Sir Jack
Drummond, a pioneering food scientist, was shot dead while on holiday
in France. A local farmer was convicted of the killings. But was he
really guilty - or was a more sinister plot at work, involving
agribusiness? Read extract below and The Guardian article here.
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
The escalating share of the U.S. grain harvest going to ethanol distilleries is driving up food prices worldwide.
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Friday, 26 January 2007 |
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Monday, 01 January 2007 |
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Monday, 01 January 2007 |
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Despite a September survey found that 64% of Americans are repulsed by
the idea of eating food from cloned animals, the FDA announced this
week that milk, eggs and meat from cloned animals will soon be allowed
on the market.
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Friday, 15 December 2006 |
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The Economist magazine ran a cover story suggesting that buying
ethical food was a useless, 'feel good' gesture. Listen to the Ecologist responding here.
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Saturday, 19 August 2006 |
The everyday-American meal contains an assortment of foods that have traveled an average of 2,000 miles to get from farm to fork. For those concerned about energy conservation, greenhouse gases, and oil dependence, the types of food we choose to eat are as important as the types of cars we choose to drive (or avoid).
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Friday, 07 July 2006 |
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Friday, 16 June 2006 |
The world’s top 25 food companies appear not to be taking the new global diet and health agenda seriously enough.
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