Farming & Agriculture

Future of Food Ethics (Jun18)

It’s eight years ago since I stepped down from the Food Ethics Council, but[...]

20
Jun

The olive oil industry survives the cruise ships in Montenegro… (May17)

They are humungous. The cruise ships in Kotor were like vast beasts completely dwarfing[...]

18
May

Incredible Edible was amazing (May11)

They’ve planted corn on the cob outside the police station. They’re lettuces in rose[...]

14
May

Behind the scenes at McDonalds (Jun10)

It wasn’t ‘Old McDonald had a farm’. Actually, the farm belonged to the Duchy[...]

06
Jun

Food Inc film is worth seeing (Feb10)

I was really impressed with Food Inc – it was powerful and compelling –[...]

16
Feb

Food Innovation (Sep09)

The Food Ethics Council Business Forum meeting focussed on radical innovation. I was chairing[...]

01
Sep

Pig heaven (Jun09)

A friend of mine called Sarah has bought three not so little piglets. They’re[...]

23
Jun

Off to Kenya and street lights closer to home (Mar09)

Denuded landscape near Mombasa Sustainable agriculture training plot near Mombasa The offending street[...]

05
Mar

Summer produce (Jul08)

The weekend wasn’t glorious – certainly not the weather anyway. But I’ve been really[...]

07
Jul

Happy as a pig in mud (Jul07)

The bacon tasted really good. The superior rashers accompanied seared scallops – a first[...]

28
Jul

Bath & West – going green… (Jun07)

The Bath & West show was a bit of a wash out for its[...]

05
Jun

Cut flowers and newsagents (May07)

The lady sitting next to me on the upper deck of a bus from[...]

20
May

McDonalds Testimonial (May07)

“Julia participated in a panel discussion that explored our CSR past, present and future.[...]

01
May