Canadian scientists have collaborated with Hong Kong climate campaigners to create meat-free dumplings in the hope of persuading the world’s biggest carnivores to stop pigging out.
China eats more meat than any other nation – twice the amount consumed by Americans alone – and a campaigning Hong Kong business is launching a more sustainable, plant-based diet that it says has less impact on global warming. But all of the taste.
South Devon Chilli Farm began as a hobby, with chillies being grown in back garden greenhouses. Since then, it has grown into a full-time business. In 2005, a fellow farmer offered to sell 10 acres of precious farmland. On this…
Dairy farming in the UK faces the same challenges as the rest of the food world. Growing pressures – economic, environmental, political – are pushing farmers to look for better ways to continue their businesses. Locavore spoke to David Finlay,…
Carly and Fran, the women behind Beeswax Wraps, met at a clothes swap at a mutual friend’s house. Connecting over a shared love for craft, and a desire to do something positive for the environment, they began experimenting with making…
Andrew and Joanne Knowles had dreams of having their own farm. Both had been involved in farming in their youths, before heading off to the bright lights of the city to pursue other careers. Nearly fifty years later, with their…
In 2000, Jan Jacob and Anja Baak upped sticks and moved from the Netherlands to Scotland after being offered the opportunity to manage a country estate. Inspired by the landscape and the abundance of wild deer, they determined to create charcuterie…
Ross Geach spent ten years working as a chef before setting up Padstow Kitchen Garden. Having worked his way up to head chef for Rick Stein, he decided to return to the farm where he and previous generations of his family…
Food waste is not a singe issue. There are myriad causes of waste in the food industry, from by-catch being discarded, to overproduction, to consumer desire for ‘good-looking’ fruit and vegetables. Dan Pawson is co-founder of Sea Chips, who make…
“You don’t want to be hill farmers, do you?” This was the reaction of one local when Peter Mawson and his partner, Nicola, decided on a drastic change in direction and bought a tumble-down farm in the uplands of North…
After years working as a writer and journalist, Tim Smith decided he wanted to bake. With a passion for making quality real breads, he sourced a space in Malton, Yorkshire, in which to open his shop, Zuzu’s Bakery. Locavore spoke…