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Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world
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Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world

Meet the people behind the huge seed storage bank, working to secure our food future

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
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We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

This Wigan community is fighting back against those profiting
from hardship

Millions of Brits can’t afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?
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Millions of Brits can’t afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?

Despite the abundance on supermarket shelves, millions of people can’t afford to buy enough to eat – or buy the nutritious food they need

Edible insects were once the future of food. Now it’s crickets. Where did it go wrong?
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Edible insects were once the future of food. Now it’s crickets. Where did it go wrong?

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 
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Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 

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George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’
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George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’

Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there’s a big catch
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Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there’s a big catch

‘Vegans lost the battle, but they won the war’: The truth about the anti-vegan backlash
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‘Vegans lost the battle, but they won the war’: The truth about the anti-vegan backlash

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the October half term
Kids eat free

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the October half term

Foraging has helped make Finland the world’s happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?
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Foraging has helped make Finland the world’s happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?

‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
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‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?
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Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?

The pigs of Orwell’s Animal Farm led the revolution. Eighty years on, the UK’s pigs are in trouble
Farming

The pigs of Orwell’s Animal Farm led the revolution. Eighty years on, the UK’s pigs are in trouble

Children need more Welsh veg on their plates, Future Generations Commissioner insists
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Children need more Welsh veg on their plates, Future Generations Commissioner insists

How bringing back Churchill’s wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty
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How bringing back Churchill’s wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: ‘Hunger is solvable’
Food poverty

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: ‘Hunger is solvable’

Big Issue’s new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening
Big Grow

Big Issue’s new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening

I’m a market gardener. Here’s why you’ve probably never really tasted a tomato before
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I’m a market gardener. Here’s why you’ve probably never really tasted a tomato before

Healthy foods ‘more than twice as expensive’ as unhealthy foods, report finds: ‘We’re in a bad place’
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Healthy foods ‘more than twice as expensive’ as unhealthy foods, report finds: ‘We’re in a bad place’

This is why your Christmas turkey costs more this year
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This is why your Christmas turkey costs more this year

The Bear’s Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: ‘Food is everything’
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The Bear’s Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: ‘Food is everything’

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Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes
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Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes

World’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless people to open in London
Homelessness

World’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless people to open in London

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis
Farming

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis

Nettle soup and dandelion leaves for lunch: How foraging for food makes you feel ‘fully human’
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Nettle soup and dandelion leaves for lunch: How foraging for food makes you feel ‘fully human’