Why eating insects won’t save the planet
Growing crops to feed bugs for humans to eat does not make sense, particularly when insecticides are wiping out hundreds of thousands of species
Dr. Amir Khan puts Food and Health under the Microscope
Last Saturday (15th March), it was a great honour to welcome Dr Amir Khan to the stage of the magnificent Sheldonian Theatre to deliver our 2024 Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Oxford Literary Festival.
What David Attenborough Taught Me About Hope
Deep among forest-clad slopes of Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains, a young David Attenborough was creating one of the most iconic moments in wildlife history.
How David Attenborough’s encounter with wild mountain gorillas had a happy ending
When naturalist David Attenborough met Poppy, a young mountain gorilla, and her family, their future looked precarious. But the story turned out to be a source of hope
Ending Farmageddon
After almost 20 years as CEO, I’ve learned that the way you lead constantly has to change. I’ve come to see too that embracing kindness is a much-needed strength.
OCEANIC DEAD ZONES AND NITROGEN POLLUTION
On a boat 15 miles off the coast of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico was blisteringly hot. All around were oil rigs. Some were huge tangles of scaffolding and metal beams; others resembled small cities.
US-style Mega-Farm Invasion Enough to Make Old MacDonald Weep
Old MacDonald has a lot to answer for. Many generations have started out listening to that tale of a farmer and his various animals in perhaps the world’s most recognisable nursery rhyme. That early childhood imagery has been one that
Nitrogen: Diet and food waste key to tackling one of the great pollutants of our time
Nitrogen pollution is a large contributor to the triple planetary crisis of climate, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
We must halt the invasion of the US mega farm to our countryside
Old MacDonald has a lot to answer for.
Be Kind to Animals
Have you ever experienced the love of an animal? Felt that extraordinary connection between two species that needs no words?