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Soup is one of our most primordial foods, cooked since whenever a pot was first hung over a fire, a source of nourishment and warmth – the attributes that make winter the prime soup making season.
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One of the co-founders of the annual Oxford Real Farming Conference, Colin Tudge, reflects on its phenomenal growth and impact since its tentative launch in January 2010. Does the obvious success of the ORFC reflect a global mindshift? Is this a much-needed “green shoot”? Even if the ORFC folded tomorrow (which heaven forfend!) it will…
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The post-Christmas period is one in which I used to enjoy reading the latest new cookery publications, but there have been very few of quality in recent years. So, I was more than happy when Colin suggested I devote an entire blog to one of our enduring favourites – Dorothy Hartley’s Food in England.
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The launch of a new series to explore the ramifications of a huge and very tricky concept that has become a buzz word and is the subject of new laws. By Colin Tudge Developers or anyone else who aspires to change Britain’s landscape significantly is required these days to demonstrate that their project will achieve…
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An introduction to the first of four sections of an intended series on the infinitely complex issue of biodiversity. By Colin Tudge What, first of all, do we mean by “biodiversity”? Most obviously it is taken to mean the number of species in a given habitat. But this immediately raises a whole raft of issues.…
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We could still aspire to the Sunlit Uplands, says Colin Tudge – but the world’s leaders are taking us and our fellow creatures in the opposite direction. The “People-led Renaissance” is necessary and urgent Truly, humanity has reached a fork in the road; and, influential creatures that we are, whichever way we go we will…
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A People’s Takeover might sound very revolutionary but growing your own orchard fruit is an easy step to take.
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A new report from economist Tim Jackson at the University of Surrey tells us that our “addiction” to junk food is costing Britain £268 billion per year — which far exceeds the total budget of the NHS. Professor Jackson calls for “bold, ambitious leadership aligned across government” to provide a more propitious “legal, fiscal and…
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Colin Tudge questions the wisdom of one of America’s seminal texts How can we explain the rise and now the resurrection of Donald Trump – who didn’t simply seize power in some coup as so many autocrats have, but was actually chosen by the people in an apparently unrigged election? The commonest explanation is that…
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Financial pressures are leading more of our “out of home” food spend to be diverted to ingredients that can be cooked at home. This has to be a good step.
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