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03 August 2018

This week's selection of the best from Locavore
and our reading from around the web.

profiles | recipes | news
 

 
 

Farms not factories: campaigning for an end to cruel pig production

In a guest column for Locavore, Tracy Worcester, founder of Farms Not Factories, explains why she started campaigning for high welfare pig farming and how by using the power of the purse we can close down inhumane and dangerous factory farms.


Sharing food security - SeedsShare
Esiah Levy is the founder of SeedsShare, sending organic seeds to individuals or community gardening groups, for just the cost of post and packaging.


Book – How To Grow by Hollie Newton
Self-taught gardener Hollie Newton divulges all the secrets she’s discovered over the past few years as she’s journeyed from gardening novice to vegetable-grower-extraordinaire – all from her pint-sized London garden.


Recipe - chicken and ceps
Also known as porcini or penny buns, ceps (Boletus edulis) are among the very best wild mushrooms to be found.


From Google to agronomist - the Severn Project
The Severn Project was founded in April 2010. Beginning with a disused plot of land, no growing skills, and a small pot of money, it is now a successful and thriving urban farm.


Good bread for all - Zuzu's Bakery
After years working as a writer and journalist, Tim Smith decided he wanted to bake.  With a passion for making quality real breads, he found a space in Malton, Yorkshire, in which to open his shop, Zuzu’s Bakery.


Crop insurance is good for farmers, but not always for the environment
Crop insurance might be making our agricultural system less resilient to future changes in the climate than it would otherwise be.


 
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events | offers | jobs | listings
 

 
 

Food on the Edge

 October 22nd - October 23rd

Food on the Edge is a two-day symposium that takes place annually in Galway city, Ireland. It is for chefs & food enthusiasts all around the world who want to create a better global network. It is a coming together of chefs to listen, talk and debate about the future of food in our industry and on our planet.


Win dinner for two at the Ethicurean

We’ve got together with the brilliant Ethicurean, near Bristol, UK, to offer dinner for two including accommodation and £100 spending money. The Ethicurean Restaurant is founded on ‘a sense of place’. This is the idea of having a connection with the native land, the community who grow seasonal food upon it, preparations with harmonious flavours, and the understanding of its history.

 

Local Food Map

 Search for slow, seasonal, and sustainable food near you using Locavore's Local Food Map. From online supermarkets, to bakers, to publishers, find interesting and innovative companies and artisans by location.
 

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what we're reading
 

In Kenya's Maasai Mara, detection dogs are a ranger's best friend
via Mongabay

The startup making shirts out of cow poo
via The Guardian

We are all scutoids: a brand-new shape, explained
via The New Yorker

Natural burials are rising, and that's good for the planet
via PacificStandard

Carbon emissions could throw Europe back to ancient tropical climate
via The Independent

Fruit flies farm their own probiotics
via Science Daily

The future of the sea? How the ocean economy can fight plastic pollution
via Earth Times


Earth Overshoot Day: How businesses can 'move the date' to create a sustainable future
via edie

Rediscovering the promise of nuclear power
via Project Syndicate

 
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