All together now
Bernie Mullin is a working-class Liverpudlian who made (very) good in the US of A. While avowedly non-political, he has decided that he owes it to his adopted country to …
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Malnutrition is a weapon of war
Generations of Gaza’s population have been below the breadline since Israel came into being as a state. Frances Coppola explains. “Famine, what famine? There’s no famine in Gaza. Look at …
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The wall of money
Anne Pettifor, veteran campaigner, economist and author, has a mission, possibly her last one before retiring to her garden. She wants people to understand better how global financial markets, particularly …
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The die in diet
While we depend on food, water, air, and shelter to survive, only our requirement for food demands that we rely on a complex international trading system for our day-to-day needs. …
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Power planting
Rohini Kamal outlines the promises and problems for Bangladesh in building solar arrays on its farmland. More than 100 countries met in Dubai during November last year where they pledged …
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The truth and the way
Bélair is an intrepid researcher who walked miles in Tanzania to increase her chances of finding the truth. She was trying to understand how the high-stakes game of farmland investment …
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Through the past darkly
A banquet beggars belief as Verity’s charming Prinz saves the day. Thomas, my sainted husband, is currently recovering from organising the 1,100th anniversary of Cuthbert’s Cabbage. It turns out our …
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Small ideas
Smaje is a social scientist turned grower in Somerset. When he is not working the fields, he is thinking and writing about what a future food system might look like. …
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Money for nothing
Stewart Lansley tells how fat cats have made money while they sleep. Writing in The Times, Keir Starmer called wealth creation Labour’s “Number one mission”. Real wealth creation that boosts …
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Trading security
Uneven production, thin trading, climate change and increasing demand will keep food security out of balance. Jayan Jose Thomas and B. Satheesha explain in the wake of India’s rice export …
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