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Growers Corner: Summer

Summer's in full swing, so we check in with head grower at our showcase allotment gardens, Chris Murphy, for tops tips and jobs to be done to get growing.

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Growers Corner: Summer

Summer's in full swing, so we check in with head grower at our showcase allotment gardens, Chris Murphy, for tops tips and jobs to be done to get growing.

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Roots to Work: The Market Gardener

Chrissy Harrison is an urban market gardener, growing amazing salads and crops for veg box customers, after having to pivot from a focus on restaurant sales, during the pandemic. Here she talks to Hannah Crump about life as a city-based farmer.

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Roots to Work: The Market Gardener

Chrissy Harrison is an urban market gardener, growing amazing salads and crops for veg box customers, after having to pivot from a focus on restaurant sales, during the pandemic. Here she talks to Hannah Crump about life as a city-based farmer.

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Recipes from your veg box: Warming Winter Pie

This warming winter pie and mash is a perfect recipe for your autumnul veg boxes or to make the most of the seasonal lot from your local farmer's market.

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Recipes from your veg box: Warming Winter Pie

This warming winter pie and mash is a perfect recipe for your autumnul veg boxes or to make the most of the seasonal lot from your local farmer's market.

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Reader's Corner - Rebugging the Planet

According to environmental campaigner Vicki Hird, the bugs are in trouble. Hannah Crump spoke to Vicki about the beautiful side of bugs, what we can do to help them and her new book, ‘Rebugging the Planet’.

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Reader's Corner - Rebugging the Planet

According to environmental campaigner Vicki Hird, the bugs are in trouble. Hannah Crump spoke to Vicki about the beautiful side of bugs, what we can do to help them and her new book, ‘Rebugging the Planet’.

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New ‘kids’ on the farm

Where does the future of farming lie? With the average age of farmers now approaching 60, Muna Reyal talks to some untypical farmers about their routes in.

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New ‘kids’ on the farm

Where does the future of farming lie? With the average age of farmers now approaching 60, Muna Reyal talks to some untypical farmers about their routes in.

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Farming on the edge

Ellie Costigan checks out a quiet revolution happening on the edge of our cities.

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Farming on the edge

Ellie Costigan checks out a quiet revolution happening on the edge of our cities.

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Can local food topple supermarket giants?

With a growing number of people shifting away from supermarkets and towards local and farmer-focused options, Sustain’s Amy Luck and James Woodward explore what this means for farmers, suppliers and shoppers alike.

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Can local food topple supermarket giants?

With a growing number of people shifting away from supermarkets and towards local and farmer-focused options, Sustain’s Amy Luck and James Woodward explore what this means for farmers, suppliers and shoppers alike.

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Seeds of change: the young gardeners

Inviting young people to open up about their relationship with growing food, Amy Vernon and Jed Coiley dive into why it’s attracting a younger audience and what needs to be done to entice more.

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Seeds of change: the young gardeners

Inviting young people to open up about their relationship with growing food, Amy Vernon and Jed Coiley dive into why it’s attracting a younger audience and what needs to be done to entice more.

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Reader's corner - A Small Farm Future

At the ‘Eel we were excited to get our hands on Chelsea Green Publishing’s recent release on small-scale farming as a way forward for society. ‘A Small Farm Future’ is a refreshing read, vital for food activists. Amy Luck spoke to author, farmer and former social scientist Chris Smaje, about his new release.

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Reader's corner - A Small Farm Future

At the ‘Eel we were excited to get our hands on Chelsea Green Publishing’s recent release on small-scale farming as a way forward for society. ‘A Small Farm Future’ is a refreshing read, vital for food activists. Amy Luck spoke to author, farmer and former social scientist Chris Smaje, about his new release.

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Roots to Work: The Greener-Grocers

Not a pair likely to let a pandemic stand in their way, Rob Slater chatted to Shrub Provisions cofounders and veg-fighting duo Harry Dyer and Sam Best about starting up when restaurants were closing down and supplying London with produce from the finest agroecological growers around.

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Roots to Work: The Greener-Grocers

Not a pair likely to let a pandemic stand in their way, Rob Slater chatted to Shrub Provisions cofounders and veg-fighting duo Harry Dyer and Sam Best about starting up when restaurants were closing down and supplying London with produce from the finest agroecological growers around.