Our Wilding Weekend Was Wonderful! (Jun23)
It was tremendously exciting to get such positive feedback from visitors to our Wilding [...]
Jul
Dorset Life interviews me! (Jun23)
I loved being described as ‘probably the most effective person you’ve never heard of’! [...]
Jun
No Fence Farming in Romania (May23)
We cycled for over 100 miles and didn’t go through a gate. The Transylvanian [...]
May
Sheep are like locusts (Apr23)
A flock of sheep will eat pretty well everything in their path – wildflowers, [...]
Apr
INSPIRATIONAL HOTELS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb23)
We weren’t far from Singapore, but it was another world. Two tropical Indonesian islands [...]
Mar
Wild about Wilding (Jan23)
We organised the very first Wilding Weekend in June 2022, at our home in [...]
Jan
Swimming in sewage (Aug22)
I was very surprised to be told by the Environment Agency that no-one should [...]
Aug
Wild about Knepp (May22)
My trip to Knepp was a revelation. For those who do not know this [...]
May
Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea (Apr22)
It felt magical. We walked through the thick tangled forest and yet only meters [...]
Apr
Help! An Insect Apocalypse is happening right now… (Dec21)
The frightening thing is that we may not be aware of how devastating the [...]
Dec
Insects are on the menu and they’re better for the planet (Nov21)
Let’s start with pet food. If you want to feed your dog insects – [...]
Nov
My Manifesto for COP26 and beyond(Oct21)
I’m delighted that Cop26 is getting a lot of attention. I think it’s great [...]
Oct
My Green Life (May21)
When I was a baby my brother painted me green.. Perhaps a sign of [...]
May
Why is our MP not supporting the Dorset National Park? (May21)
Why hasn’t Chris Loder, Dorset MP, talked to the Dorset National Park supporters? Chris [...]
May
Peat in compost is environmental vandalism (Mar21)
That’s what Monty Don says and I agree. But it’s incredibly common. UK gardeners [...]
Mar
I’ve learnt to love moles (Feb21)
My mother was very keen on mole traps, following a tradition that apparently started [...]
Feb
Farmers Must STOP Killing Earth (Dec20)
Why are most rivers brown or red? A soupy earthy colour. It’s because they [...]
Dec
Green Matters 1989 – mini series in Richard & Judy’s This Morning programme – Julia Hailes on Waste.
I presented Green Matters – a mini series within the ITVs This Morning Programme. [...]
Nov
TV Clips tropical hardwoods and destruction of the rainforests – Julia Hailes 1989/90.
If there was ever a moment when I decided to dedicate my life to [...]
Nov
Scorched earth in Sicily (Oct20)
What a beautiful time of year to come to this island perched on Italy’s [...]
Oct
Butterflies love this meadow
A wonderful place near me. It’s full of wild flowers. Butterflies and bees love [...]
Jun
Future of Food Ethics (Jun18)
It’s eight years ago since I stepped down from the Food Ethics Council, but [...]
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 [...]
May
Incredible Edible was amazing (May11)
They’ve planted corn on the cob outside the police station. They’re lettuces in rose [...]
May
Behind the scenes at McDonalds (Jun10)
It wasn’t ‘Old McDonald had a farm’. Actually, the farm belonged to the Duchy [...]
Jun
Food Inc film is worth seeing (Feb10)
I was really impressed with Food Inc – it was powerful and compelling – [...]
Feb
Food Innovation (Sep09)
The Food Ethics Council Business Forum meeting focussed on radical innovation. I was chairing [...]
Sep
Pig heaven (Jun09)
A friend of mine called Sarah has bought three not so little piglets. They’re [...]
Jun
Off to Kenya and street lights closer to home (Mar09)
Denuded landscape near Mombasa Sustainable agriculture training plot near Mombasa The offending street [...]
Mar
Summer produce (Jul08)
The weekend wasn’t glorious – certainly not the weather anyway. But I’ve been really [...]
Jul
Happy as a pig in mud (Jul07)
The bacon tasted really good. The superior rashers accompanied seared scallops – a first [...]
Jul
Bath & West – going green… (Jun07)
The Bath & West show was a bit of a wash out for its [...]
Jun
Cut flowers and newsagents (May07)
The lady sitting next to me on the upper deck of a bus from [...]
May
McDonalds Testimonial (May07)
“Julia participated in a panel discussion that explored our CSR past, present and future. [...]
May