Data reveals cruelty and suffering in UK abattoirs
Vets and meat hygiene inspectors reported more than 16,000 animal welfare and food safety breaches since 2011, unpublished records show. Andrew Wasley and Josh ... Read More...
Food
The Elder Tree
If you go for a walk anywhere in the countryside at this time of year there is one plant that you can't fail to notice - the Elder tree. Amidst the vivid summe... Read More...
Why the grass might be greener for a new breed of sheep farmers
The past decade has seen consumers develop a taste for single-origin coffee, “premier cru” cider and mineral water with a “terroir”. Phoebe Weston meets a new b... Read More...
How to get the best fruit and vegetables
Following on from his recent report on Wonky Veg, Fresh Produce Industry Insider Mark Palmer has put together a short guide on how to get the best fruit and v... Read More...
Wonky Veg: What is Happening to Retailer Honesty?
Food Industry insider Mark Palmer explains why 'wonky veg' often isn't wonky and uncovers the truth behind retailer practices, and the impact on growers.. Th... Read More...
Profile: Independent Documentary – Grenada and the Goats
Grenada and the Goats is an indie social issue documentary being produced by Scottish film maker Aidan Nicol in association with Caribbean production company Br... Read More...
The Longevity Hot Spots: happy lands of just enough
In certain parts of the world, people have unusually high life expectancies and exceptionally low disease rates. Nutritional therapist and author Sally Beare lo... Read More...
Poultry farm antibiotics linked to spread of dangerous bugs
The use of controversial antibiotics in UK poultry farms is putting consumers at risk from drug resistant infections, reports Andrew Wasley Antibiotics banned... Read More...
Chicken farms risk workers’ health and food safety
Andrew Wasley reports on how tough working conditions in the intensive poultry industry are putting consumers at risk Britain’s poultry sector has, in recent y... Read More...
The hunt for the perfect locavore breakfast
Steph Wetherell sets out to find the perfect locavore breakfast - visiting a miller, a pig farmer and a coffee roaster.. Breakfast. I eat it everyday, often in... Read More...