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Population growth and food: A systems perspective

July 12, 2018

Population growth and food: A systems perspective In this age of the Anthropocene, it is necessary to look inward as well as outwards to find systemic solutions. People may or may not be “a plague on earth” as David Attenborough has stated, but we are without doubt the dominant force on this planet. Some introspection […]

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Relocalising the food chain: Why it matters and how to do it

May 25, 2018

Relocalising the food chain: Why it matters and how to do it One of the positive aspects of Britain’s departure from the EU is that it has sparked off a debate on the future of UK farming, requiring us to question fundamental assumptions. Should we see food as a commodity for export, or to feed […]

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The Flavour of Good Farming

January 26, 2018

The Flavour of Good Farming Earlier this month, I was at the Oxford Real Farming Conference, where I was thrilled to be immersed in lively discussion about the power of sustainable food production systems to change the world for the better. Real farming holds the promise to restore lost biodiversity to the rural landscape, preserve […]

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Honeybees: A holistic perspective on a superorganism

January 2, 2018

Honeybees: A holistic perspective on a superorganism It is a great privilege to call myself a beekeeper. Having bees in my life, constantly reminds me to notice the sheer wonder of the world around me and often leaves me with a visceral sense of my place within this world. Honeybees have seen a dramatic rise […]

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From grower to grocer: Building community food systems

January 19, 2016

From grower to grocer: Building community food systems Across the UK the food sovereignty movement is growing. A budding plethora of networks are challenging the current corporate control of the food system and sowing the seeds of structured community food chains and holistic food economies. What roles do these small food chains and alternative distribution networks play […]

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Antifragile Food Systems

January 13, 2016

Antifragile Food Systems ‘The alpha person at a gathering of “high status” persons is usually the waiter.’ In the film, No Escape, Owen Wilson and Lake Bell’s characters play a stereotypical USAnian couple, Jack and Annie Dwyer, cast abroad like fishes out of water. He is a corporate engineer in charge of putting a water plant into […]

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City Region Food Systems – Part IIIA – Scale and Production Strategy

July 14, 2015

City Region Food Systems – Part IIIA – Scale and Production Strategy This is the first of a two-part blog looking at scale and production strategy.  In this piece I analyze critiques of smaller scale and alternative production strategies from several angles.  In the second I will discuss problems inherent in the argument that small […]

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