The Science Behind Your Salad

Waves of golden flowers can currently be seen rippling in the wind across many parts of the world as the oilseed rape (B... Read more

In this episode we discover the story behind the sweet, crisp, crunch of the salad leaves. From iceberg to Lollo Rosso, ... Read more

Every year 350 million tonnes of soybean are grown. More than three-quarters of global soy is fed to livestock for meat ... Read more

In this surprise bonus episode, we’ll talk about the meaning of wheat from a seasonal perspective: Different Christmas f... Read more

In this, the second episode exploring the importance of wheat as a crop globally, we discover the ways in which farmers ... Read more

The story of wheat begins 10,000 years ago and becomes the tale of the biggest crop on the planet. Wheat covers more of ... Read more

Seeds are the building blocks of agriculture. You can have the perfect land, the most fertile soil and optimum growing c... Read more

In the second episode devoted to one of the biggest crops on the planet: rice, Jane Craigie explores the way in which ri... Read more

Rice is staple food for over half the world’s population, and when you think of how the crop grows, an image of shimmeri... Read more

Jane Craigie traces the origins of the humble tomato from a small hairy specimen to a juicy plump red fruit, and discove... Read more