Founded by Patrick Holden in 2011, the UK-based Sustainable Food Trust is a crucial platform for giving the general public a clearer idea of what different means of food production actually look like. They are closely involved in politics and policy work, with a high level of practical knowledge and understanding derived from a rich network of sustainable producers.
I have been working with the Sustainable Food Trust since 2019. You can read some of my articles they have published here.
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In Cyprus, the Kot-Kot project shows how animals, food waste and farming can be reconnected to restore soils and reduce reliance on chemicals. But as writer and researcher David McKenzie explores, the challenges it faces highlight a broader dilemma.
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Sri Lovely Organic Farm in Malaysia demonstrates how sustainable approaches can transform abandoned land into thriving farming systems, in turn strengthening communities and offering viable employment alternatives to rubber and palm plantations.
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Behind New Zealand’s “clean and green” image lies a more complex picture – one of centralised corporate control, increasing chemical use, monoculture expansion and a decline in organic production.
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In a barren, former conflict zone in Cyprus, the olive tree, a global symbol of peace, is providing a potential blueprint for more successful, nutritious and sustainable food systems.
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New Zealand's oft-revered Quota Management System has allowed the New Zealand seafood industry to remind the world, repeatedly, that they “needn’t worry about the health of New Zealand fish stocks”. Except that … we really should.
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Acres of abandoned olive groves, a global supply crisis and the apocalyptic threat of an invasive bacteria might not sound like a promising formula for small-scale olive growers. But for some producers and local activists, that might just be the case.
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Brits eat a lot of wheat. Yet the system that supplies most of that wheat has been creaking along for a while now, and dramatic events of the past few years have exposed the fragility of this system to a wider public. Rather than bringing more doom and gloom, however, this exposure may actually provide an opportunity.
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There are very few other times of the year when arguments over what we should be eating are brought so vehemently to the table as at Christmas. Looking at the history of why we (particularly Brits) eat certain things at Christmas, as well as a future of what we should or could be eating instead.
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Overlooked for centuries in favour of wheat, old types of barley may be part of an inspiring answer to some big problems surrounding human health, environment, and food production.
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Grains – the seeds of cereal grasses and so-called ‘pseudocereals’ – have long been central to human nutrition, from ancient Aztec amaranth to Australian Aboriginal kangaroo grass. In recent years and decades, however, our relationship with many grains has changed drastically and, in many cases, detrimentally.