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Pesticide residue exposure linked to ADHD in children
Ecologist
20th May, 2010
Parents urged to wash fruits and vegetables before eating after study finds commonly used pesticides may contribute to ADHD in children more...Committing to a life without supermarkets
Laura Laker
14th May, 2010
No-one enjoys supermarket shopping. But kicking the habit requires conviction, as Laura Laker reveals in the first of a new series... more...Peat free compost: why to use and which to buy
Andy Hamilton
13th May, 2010
An avid gardener road-tests two brands of peat free compost, and gives you a recipe to make your own more...Police raid on illegal shellfish gang reveals 'national problem'
Andrew Wasley
13th May, 2010
Our national taste for shellfish is leading to exploitation of our shores by criminal gangs, putting human health and fragile environments at risk more...Setting up my dream organic pub
Geetie Singh & Sara Berg
11th May, 2010
In an extract from her new book, Geetie Singh tells how her famed gastro pub, the Duke of Cambridge, came to be, and gives Ecologist readers two great recipes to try out more...Conservation and food production should be kept separate says study
Ecologist
6th May, 2010
Researchers claim the benefits of combining conservation and food production through organic farming are not enough to make up for the drop in yields more...Greening my office: tackling the meat question...
Sylvia Sunshine
5th May, 2010
Sylvia uses a team lunch outing as a chance to quiz her colleagues on their views on vegetarianism and eating less meat more...EU votes for labels on nano, cloned and GM food
Ecologist
5th May, 2010
UK and other member states expected to fight proposals to bring in compulsory labelling for consumers on novel foods more...Heavy bee colony losses in US could lead to price rise
Ecologist
4th May, 2010
Beekeepers in US blame weather and starvation for another winter of heavy colony losses, which is likely to lead to rises in the cost of pollination more...Saving our perry pears, plums and cider apples for the future
Eifion Rees
4th May, 2010
How one group is restoring the lost lustre of England's fruit orchards, and why a landfill site turned out to be a blessing in disguise more...How a stay on a farm opens the minds of disruptive kids
Andrew Hickman
30th April, 2010
Teacher Jamie Feilden came up with the idea of bringing at-risk students to his family's Somerset farm for a week in 2004. Six years on and the results are breathtaking... more...Water shortages biggest barrier to increasing food production
Ecologist
28th April, 2010
The real issue in food production is not whether we should go for intensive agriculture, GM crops or organic but future water availability, says an environmental think-tank more...
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Creating a Forest Garden: working with nature to grow edible crops
Martin Crawford
27th April, 2010
Excerpts from the new book telling you everything you need to know about this novel way to grow edible crops - where nature does most of the work for you. more...How to be an urban beekeeper
Theodora Tsentas
27th April, 2010
You don't need a smallholding and a meadow to be a budding apiarist - a few sensible precautions will let you fight honeybee decline with a hive in your own backyard more...Letter: We're upfront about organic farming's yields in the UK
Peter Melchett
22nd April, 2010
Soil Association policy director Peter Melchett takes issue with The Land editor Simon Fairlie's characterisation of its policy towards organic yields and meat consumption more...None of the main parties seem to have a clue about food
Pat Thomas
21st April, 2010
In the run up to the British general election, Pat Thomas says the various party manifestos are starved of sound policies on food security and sustainability more...Dairy sector accounts for 4 per cent of global emissions
Ecologist
21st April, 2010
UN wants to use the figures to push for a wider adoption of more intensive forms of dairy production, which it says produce less emissions per unit of milk more...Our top three alternatives to olive oil
Laura Sevier
23rd April, 2010
Hemp, flax and rapeseed - not a sexy sounding trio compared to olive oil's Mediterranean aura - but storecupboard essentials if you want homegrown oil more...UN claims 'food production needs to double' exposed as myth
Ecologist
20th April, 2010
Widely quoted figures of the need to double food production by 2050 have been used to justify an expansion of industrial factory farming, but have been brought into question by a new report more...An 'all or nothing' approach to organics won't get us anywhere
Simon Fairlie
16th April, 2010
We wouldn't ask pedestrians to prove that they weren't using a car, then charge them for a certificate to say as much. So why do it to organic farmers? more...Kitchen gardening: an A to Z
Review by Alex McDonald; book extract by Emma Cooper
15th April, 2010
A is for allotments; B is for brocolli; C is for climate change... and U is for urine. 'The Alternative Kitchen Garden: an A-Z' is a companion for both inexperienced and expert gardeners more...Letter: 'Have we got it right on meat and greenhouse gas emissions?'
Nicholas Beuret
15th April, 2010
Friends of the Earth food campaigner Nicholas Beuret says the negative impact of the meat and dairy sector has been underplayed rather than overestimated more...Water companies, not farmers, to blame for river pollution
Ecologist
15th April, 2010
Household sewage waste rather than farm slurry should be the target of tough pollution measures to reduce phosphorus levels in English rivers, says study more...Super-sized dairy farm plans put on hold
Ecologist
13th April, 2010
The company behind plans for an 8,100-cow dairy farm in Lincolnshire has withdrawn its planning application but insists the project has not been scrapped more...Consumers lose interest in organic food
Ecologist
12th April, 2010
Consumers turned their back on organic but continued to buy fairtrade in 2009, according to the latest sales figures more...