Less is better – responding to ‘Meat in a Net Zero World’
23rd Jul 20
There's a meaty omission from an industry commitment to reduce meat waste.
Updates
Reflections from working on Sutton Community Farm
14th Jul 20
Being totally immersed in food is something I really enjoy about being on the farm.
The meat industry makes a lot of money for financiers – never mind that it’s killing us and the planet
10th Jul 20
We’re reaching Peak Livestock just as we are Peak Oil – a reality that will cost investors dear if they prove slow to act.
Banks and pension funds among investors bankrolling meat and dairy
10th Jul 20
£380bn in backing comes despite calls by scientists for large reductions in meat consumption to help avoid climate crisis.
Butchering the planet
8th Jul 20
Meat and dairy are a climate issue. But from the scale of investments and lending to Big Livestock, you wouldn't know it.
Experimenting with spent grain
3rd Jul 20
Spent grain makes up around 80% of the waste from commercial breweries in the UK.
Development Banks have no place in factory farming
2nd Jul 20
Development finance institutions should neither materially, nor symbolically support environmental degradation.
Want to eat a healthy and sustainable fish diet? Drop the farmed salmon
25th Jun 20
We set out to find out whether eating farmed salmon fed on wild fish was a good way to get micronutrients in our diets.
Cut ‘wasteful’ Scottish farmed salmon and eat a more diverse range of fish for a sustainable seafood diet
25th Jun 20
Farmed salmon industry challenged to overhaul feed practices to protect wild fish
Our Alchemic Kitchen continues to serve the community
11th Jun 20
We will serve 3000 soups and we will serve 3000 more.
On World Environment Day we urge a transition to plant-rich diets
5th Jun 20
The tragic impact of Big Livestock on the Planet needs to end.
The urgent need to break from herd mentality
29th May 20
The Brazilian government is dismantling environmental regulations under the cover of the Covid19 crisis.
Bioenergy isn’t a cure-all for excessive meat production and food waste
29th May 20
Foodrise responds to measures in the EU's Covid-19 recovery package.
EC Farm to Fork Strategy missed the opportunity on ecofeed
27th May 20
Foodrise encourages the EC and the UK government not to lose sight of the enormous gains that a review of the feed ban rules could deliver
Foodrise responds to the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy
20th May 20
The EU's role in a food system that meets climate ambitions.
Coronavirus offers chance to create fairer UK food supply chain
19th May 20
There is a chance for the government to treat this moment of crisis as an opportunity to reshape supply chains.
Why a post-COVID recovery must ensure a transformation of our food system
12th May 20
Food is a right, not a luxury, and it’s time for our food system to reflect this.
The Big Beetroot Glean
7th May 20
Every time I visit a farm, I am amazed by the amount of work that goes into growing food that we end up paying so little for in supermarkets
Why growing food isn’t the same as making cars
6th May 20
Our food system is not a car, but we act as if it is – if it breaks down, we can replace it with a more technologically advanced version.
whose side are we on?
21st Apr 20
Foodrise launches our report making the case that Big Livestock, like Big Oil, by its very nature belongs on the wrong side of history.
Make Free School Meals accessible to everyone
17th Apr 20
At this incredibly difficult and uncertain time, the right to good food should be ensured for everyone.
Foodrise joins with NGOs in demanding no further delays in the publication of the Farm to Fork Strategy
15th Apr 20
An open letter on the importance of publishing the Farm to Fork strategy: no further delays, keep April 2020 as publication date.
What does Covid-19 mean for the UK food system?
9th Apr 20
We have set out how things currently look and developed scenarios for the UK’s fresh food in 2020 in light of Covid-19.
How the Alchemic Kitchen is responding to Covid-19
2nd Apr 20
As a team we put our heads together and decided on how we could best utilise our resources to help our community during this difficult time.
