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Felicity Lawrence: How austerity’s “relentless drive to deregulate” impacts the food on our plate

Felicity Lawrence is a food writer and Guardian investigative journalist. When it comes to understanding the dark side of how the food industry works, she is the place to turn (unfortunately, the Skype connection was too bad to allow a usable podcast). What I wanted to explore was how austerity

Starting tomorrow – Austerity Basics with James Meadway

Pam Warhurst: Food banks are “the first response, not the final response”

Pam Warhurst is a community leader, activist and environment worker who is one of the founders of Incredible Edible Todmorden, West Yorkshire. In the 2005 New Year Honours she became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to the environment. She is a passionate advocate

Funding for community renewables – but you’ll have to move fast!

The Cabinet Office’s Centre for Social Action and the Department of Energy and Climate Change has just announced its Community Energy Peer Mentoring Fund, a fund designed specifically to support community renewable energy initiatives. They write: The new funding is designed to help new groups working in this area

Brent’s Bumper Harvest Brings Tons of Local Fruit to Communities

Fruit picking groups in Brent, north west London, have had a bumper harvest this year, saving almost three tons of fruit that would otherwise go to waste in local gardens. Two Transition groups (Kensal to Kilburn Fruit Harvesters and Willesden Fruit Harvesters) and Mapesbury Residents’ Association (MapRA) have between them

What can we learn from the austerity of 1939-1945?

Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall is a writer and garden designer, a career that has won her two gold medals at Chelsea Flower Show. She has written many books, mostly on gardening, as well as writing articles for a range of publications. And yes, she is Hugh’s mother. In 2010 she

Typhoon Hiayan: an Open Letter to Naderev Saño

Naderev Saño is head of the Philippines delegation to the UN climate talks, who gave an emotional speech at the COP 19 climate talks currently underway in Warsaw and is currently on hunger strike until the end of the talks. Dear Naderev, I’m writing this in deep admiration for