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Articles in this supplement
Articles in this supplement:
Footprints on the farm
11 October 2007, Carbon reduction, Farming/Horticulture, Standards
Jeff Rooker, minister for sustainable food and farming, and animal health, sets out the government’s role in building a lowcarbon food chain.
Carbon’s vital statistics
Andrew Purvis 11 October 2007
A tiny label is provoking some serious number crunching in the food and drink industry – from the top of the supply chain right down to its roots.
Right on retailers?
11 October 2007, Consumption, Local food, Retail
Supermarkets have a come a long way in the last few years – many are stocking local food, using greener transport, and encouraging customers to shop more ethically. But what should leadership at the top of the food custody chain look like tomorrow?
Retailing the region
11 October 2007, Local food, Retail
Waitrose in Abergavenny sells the town’s own St Illtyd cheese. Okehampton boasts Sam’s Cider, made a dozen or so miles away at Winkleigh. And Myers Plum Loaf, a favourite at the Waitrose Lincoln branch, is baked at Horncastle, just 20 miles to the east.
A local tale
Trevor Lawson 11 October 2007
Offering regional and seasonal food can mean going that extra mile. But some supermarkets and producers are working to build a food economy that makes sense.
Thinking radically
11 October 2007, Farming/Horticulture
Colin Tudge
What we need is agriculture that’s designed to feed people, not to meet whatever is the currently fashionable economic model.
My low-carb(on) menu
11 October 2007, Carbon reduction, Local food
Arthur Potts Dawson of Acorn House restaurant
If you asked me to ‘future proof’ my restaurant menu for the type of world we’ll be inhabiting in 2025, here’s something I might come up with for a late summer meal.
Reaping the rewards
11 October 2007, Farming/Horticulture
Shifting weather patterns are forcing us to rethink the way we grow, produce and sell our food. But there are rich pickings out there for the pioneers.
New horizons
Jonathon Porritt 11 October 2007, Carbon reduction, Farming/Horticulture
Agriculture had its ‘green’ revolution fifty years ago. Now it’s time for the low-carbon revolution, says Jonathon Porritt.
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