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Colin’s Corner
What happens after Covid-19? There could be at least some silver lining in the horrible black cloud of coronavirus. It might prompt the general… read more
A Matter of Vocabulary Colin Tudge writes (February 15 2020): I reckon it is worth making clearer than we perhaps do the meanings of… read more
The College for Real Farming and Food Culture: new courses Still time to book places on three of this year’s courses! The College for Real Farming and Food Culture is… read more
Food Culture
Meat-Free anchovy recipes From classic summer salads such as Caesar and Niçoise, to the hot Bagna Caoda dip for winter vegetables, broccoli &… read more
Spelt Recipes British grown spelt is very versatile. Pearled Spelt can be used to make sweet or savoury "Frumenty", whilst the flour… read more
Edible Weeds The first things to start growing in Spring are usually weeds - but thankfully many of them are edible. Here… read more
The Passing Scene
Small emergency loan programme Providing critical funds to the food sector during the Covid-19 crisis The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the fragility and vulnerability… read more
Crop diversity or intensive monocultural farming – guess which is better for biodiversity and climate change? Here's the abstract for this new study published in Nature March 18 volume 579, pages 393–396 (2020) Authors: J. Nicholas Hendershot, Jeffrey… read more
ORFC in the field @ FarmED July 7 & 8 2020 We're pleased to announce that the first ORFC in the Field will be going ahead on 7th and 8th July,… read more