For Food's Sake

The urban-rural divide is more pronounced than ever. The 'last acceptable prejudice' - that against rural people and pla... Read more

The continued expansion of industrial-scale chemical-intensive agriculture around the world relies on one central powerf... Read more

Over the past decade, Monsanto has become a pop cultural bogeyman. Surrounded by controversy, cover-ups, and conspiracie... Read more

We are on the cusp of a post-antibiotic era. The golden age of miracle drugs may be coming to an end. To understand why,... Read more

What role can livestock play in a sustainable food system? In Meat: A Benign Extravagance, Simon Fairlie lays out a conv... Read more

Four grain trading giants - collectively known as the ABCDs - dominate international grain trade in our global food syst... Read more

When we stop treating dirt like dirt, when we accept it’s neither ‘dirt cheap’ nor ‘dirt poor’, we will come to realise ... Read more

Farm subsidies are central to agricultural policy. But do farmers need them? In this episode, we discuss the ins and ou... Read more

The end of Capitalism is nigh. Or we should certainly hope so. Raj Patel makes a convincing case for the urgent need to ... Read more

The global fertiliser market is a $200 billion industry. But who does it serve? Produced in large-scale, centralised fac... Read more

Monsanto has been found guilty in the world’s first-ever court case over claims its Roundup herbicide causes cancer. It ... Read more

Shifting mindsets at the grassroots level lies at the heart of The Art of Living’s approach to sustainable agriculture. ... Read more

Are you a Wizard or a Prophet? Two largely forgotten 20th century thinkers – Norman Borlaug and William Vogt – continue ... Read more

This week, we talk with Natalie Pukasemvarangkoon about the Paleo diet. Natalie has experimented with pretty much every ... Read more

Restaurants around the world are taking action against Climate Change by going carbon neutral. A new generation of chef... Read more

Is chocolate going ‘extinct’? Are we heading towards a ‘world without chocolate’? In this episode, we explore what lies... Read more

In this episode, we talk to Patrick Holden about the hopes and fears of British farming after Brexit. Patrick is a pio... Read more

In the Age of People, the plow was, and remains, one of the most destructive inventions. In his new book Growing A Revol... Read more

As the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) comes to a close in Bonn, Switzerland, where do we stand on our climate co... Read more

This year for Thanksgiving, Americans will consume 46 million turkeys. Factory farming has never been more 'efficient'. ... Read more