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From sketch to sea: diving into Wales’ underwater farming revolution

Jack Thompson — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:33:32 +0000

Its ‘underwater gardens’ echo a tradition of sustainably harvesting the local waters: we go beneath the waves at a Welsh community-owned, regenerative Welsh seafood farm

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Fixing the food chain. Are the solutions closer than we think?

Martin Wright — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:57:20 +0000

What we eat and how we produce it is a source of bitter debate. But new ideas are taking root that might repair our food system

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Why are people getting so hyped about seaweed?

Martin Wright — Thu, 11 May 2023 16:26:59 +0000

Seaweed has gone from being a tasty Japanese side dish, to a wonder crop with huge potential. Can it really fix the planet?

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High-tech, soil-less, and brimming with life: the vertical farms of tomorrow

Martin Wright — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 12:21:40 +0000

Vertical farms are the next agricultural frontier, with schemes springing all the time. We dig into the hope behind the hype

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The magical moss helping women in rural Peru to become entrepreneurs

Jem Collins — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 10:41:42 +0000

In the Peruvian Andes, life is not always easy. Now, sustainable harvesting of sphagnum moss is helping women to thrive

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Salvaging crops and tackling a broken food system: meet the ‘gleaners’

Robin Eveleigh — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:37:24 +0000

Across Britain, people are uniting to salvage unpicked produce. It’s a timely response to food poverty, farm waste and a broken food system

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Taste of the future? Vertical farming is finally growing up in the UK

Robin Eveleigh — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:00:14 +0000

Vertical farms can boost food security, reduce emissions and eliminate fertilisers – and they are springing up across the UK

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How a new seed gives Guatemalans a way out of hunger and bad health

Isabella Rolz — Tue, 31 May 2022 10:10:51 +0000

Making everyday staples more nutritious is one way to tackle malnutrition. A new seed in Guatemala is doing just that

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What would happen if all unused public spaces in the UK became community farms?

Gavin Haines — Wed, 18 May 2022 15:56:50 +0000

That’s the question a group of researchers tasked themselves with answering. Here they reveal their (surprising) results

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Seeds of the people: how communities are protecting the future of food

Alexander Turner — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:55:43 +0000

The pandemic has galvanised a new movement of growers and seed-savers: could this be the start of a fresh era of seed diversity?

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