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Last call for Michelin's Green Star
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (241+ words) Michelin's Green Star put sustainability on the same pedestal as culinary excellence. Its sudden retirement has left those who earned it asking what comes next. 2nd July 2026 " Joel Hart " 0 Comments In June 2026, Michelin scrapped the Green Star altogether, leaving new recipients…...
News from the farm: Keeping your head above water
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (110+ words) It's always a balance between rain and sun, failed crops and gluts, high and low season, muses Guy Singh-Watson 2nd July 2026 " Guy Singh-Watson " 0 Comments Find out what three main routes to sustainable farming actually mean and how to support them. Food,…...
20% of EU chicken comes from Poland's megafarms, where salmonella outbreaks are on the rise
1+ day, 23+ min ago (1044+ words) Despite over 2500 infections and several deaths, the UK Gov has yet to implement a ban on the implicated food companies, finds The AGtivist 1st July 2026 " The AGtivist " 0 Comments This week, a cautionary tale about cheap chicken, and specifically, cheap chicken from…...
A wake-up call for coffee's chemical pesticide dependency
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (860+ words) A new report finds that every fifth cup we drink is likely tainted by poison residues. David Burrows investigates. 25th June 2026 " David Burrows " 0 Comments PAN UK, together with Coffee Watch, a non-profit watchdog, Inkota-network, a non-profit focussed on poverty and hunger,…...
News from the farm: Acorns, jays and strawberries
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (185+ words) Hides the modal once it has appeared the first time When Guy Singh-Watson left a hectare of his farm to its own devices, he didn't expect to find himself as custodian of a future forest 25th June 2026 " Guy Singh-Watson " 0 Comments For…...
Farming Minister visits Riverford as calls for an Organic Action Plan for England gain traction
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (599+ words) With the organic market growing year-on-year, but most demand met by imports, Dame Angela Eagle visits Riverford, where profitable veg production goes hand in hand with nature recovery and future food resilience 11th June 2026 " Wicked Leeks " 0 Comments Yesterday (June 10 2026), Farming Minister,…...
News from the farm: Summer as it should taste
3+ week, 1+ day ago (111+ words) There's no better time to live life on the veg, with summer berries and tender salads at their seasonal best, right now 10th June 2026 " Emily Lloyd " 0 Comments Find out what three main routes to sustainable farming actually mean and how to…...
WL Meets: Mary Smith on the power of therapeutic growing in Cumbria
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (1180+ words) Nick Easen meets the head of a social enterprise supporting mental health by growing produce commercially. Could this be a winning formula? 4th June 2026 " Nick Easen " 0 Comments Growing Well uses the trowel and fork, compost and seed, to help people recover…...
The AGtivist: 20% of British dairy producers have quit since the pandemic
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (1119+ words) From milk as a loss leader to the rise of dairy megafarms, farmers are facing the toughest time on record 4th June 2026 " The AGtivist " 0 Comments Margins are notoriously tight in the dairy sector. Costs for essential inputs such as fertiliser, fuel,…...
How Big Ag tied "regen" to synthetic chemical inputs and shaped European farming policy
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (817+ words) The same multi-billion-dollar companies producing synthetic agrochemicals are also lobbying for "regen agriculture". David Burrows smells a rat. 4th June 2026 " David Burrows " 0 Comments Nature, farming, and environmental groups have warned that the term "regenerative" in relation to food production is being…...