Food and Farming

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Where our food is sourced and the farming practices that are used growing it can, and have, had a huge impact on the environment. We want to promote good practices and help people to be aware of the difference they can make in the choices they make when buying their food every week, such as by buying locally produced food, and supporting producers who pledge to reduce pesticide use and promote wildlife.

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Chicken Out! Goes Out And About To Promote Free Range Chicken

The Chicken Out! team are going out and about on a tour of a number of UK cities over the 39 days spanning between 10th August and 17th September.

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Lack Of Spaces To Grow Own Veg Results In Allotment Summit

Waiting lists of up to 9 years across different areas of Wales have led to calls for more to be done to increase growing spaces across the country.

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British Woodlands Are Becoming Less Biodiverse

Research undertaken by Natural England, CEH (the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) and Bournemouth University has revealed that Britain's woodlands are losing their biodiversity in findings published online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Asda Announce Low Carbon Range Of Beef

National Trust Urges City Dwellers To Grow Veg On Window Ledges

Compassion In World Farming Encourage Home Cooks To Bake With Compassion

Humpback Whales Under Threat From Greenland Whaling Request

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Low Impact Living: Simple Steps To A Greener Kitchen - Food

The food sitting in tins, bottles, cardboard boxes and plastic bags in your cupboards and fridges can have a huge impact on your family's carbon emissions.

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Is Free Range All It's Cracked Up To Be?

Free range is on the up, with popularity growing for both meat and egg production across the UK. Even the country's supermarkets and businesses are getting in on the act, and about time too.

Supermarkets - Super Powers

Now I'm not talking here about Tesco becoming telepathic or Asda having the ability to fly. I'm talking Super Powers in the sense of World War II and supremacy on the scale of America or Russia.

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Try and buy seasonal produce rather than fruit and veg shipped halfway around the world so we can eat it at any time of the year. It tastes better and supports local farmers and economies too.

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