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Sustainable Food Trust (@susfoodtrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🥬 Around the UK, greengrocers are shutting up shop – an estimated two thirds of independent fruit & veg shops have closed in 30 years. Speaking to Wicked Leeks, our CEO Patrick Holden said that these closures have left people “yearning for real food”. wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/fruit-veg…

Alexandra Rose Charity (@alexrosecharity) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Brilliant article in Wicked Leeks. Delighted to have our work featured. Thank you to Nick Easen for highlighting this important issue. “This is about access to good fruit and veg...If we lose those places of retail, then our diet, health and food poverty get worse." Jonathan Pauling

Carrick Greengrocers (@carrickgrocers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‘There’s an underlying yearning for real food now that’s sweeping the nation. People feel they’ve been starved of nutritious fruit and veg for far too long’ We’ve seen this yearning in Carrick too and are so grateful to all our customers.

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The economy of the sea & the future of fish 🐟 We cannot save the sea without fully understanding our fisheries. ⬇️ wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/the-e…

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Sign up to our free digital digest to receive our collated collection of weekly stories from the world of food and farming, direct to your inbox. ✉️🥕🫛 ⬇️ wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/uncategorized/…

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5 a day? It's the minimum not the gold standard. Dr Ann Ashworth PhD breaks down the UK’s recommendations, and shares promising research on the benefits of dietary nitrate from veg. 🥦🥬 wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/5-a-d…

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What does a thriving rural economy that benefits people and the planet look like in today's world? Dr Fatma Sabet talks to a cross-section of growers, artisans, farmers and community project leaders to find out ⬇️ wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/the-r…

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1 in 5 people in the UK are prevented from using the public rights of way network due to mobility issues, writes Amar Latif. 🥾 wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/opinion/openin…

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Thank you to Guy Singh-Watson Riverford for his piece on the upcoming Supreme Court hearing and the huge costs faced by Dartmoor National Park. If you can chip in to the fundraising efforts - please do. justgiving.com/campaign/Backp… wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/opinion/rights…

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Know your chickens: what the standards really stand for. Red tractor, freedom food, RSPCA-assured? Who to trust for a better bird. 🐔 wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/know-…

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Plant milks: What’s the healthy option? 🥛 With plant milks now a regular feature in many households, here’s how to make an informed choice. ⬇️ wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/plant…

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To celebrate #OrganicSeptember, the Soil Association shares what's best to sow, grow & enjoy, season by season 🍂 wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/how-t…

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#FoodForChange: A new campaign, launched this week by The Global FoodBanking Network, aims to draw attention to the links between food loss and waste, hunger and climate change ⬇️ brnw.ch/21wN6Tu

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Dear supermarkets, a plea for integrity… We’ve written to the CEOs of the Big Six supermarkets Tesco Sainsbury's Asda Morrisons Aldi Stores UK & @LidlGB asking them to be honest about where their food comes from & #stopfarmwashing Find out more: stopfarmwashing.co.uk

Dear supermarkets, a plea for integrity…

We’ve written to the CEOs of the Big Six supermarkets <a href="/Tesco/">Tesco</a> <a href="/sainsburys/">Sainsbury's</a> <a href="/asda/">Asda</a> <a href="/Morrisons/">Morrisons</a> <a href="/AldiUK/">Aldi Stores UK</a> &amp; <a href="/LidlGB/">@LidlGB</a> asking them to be honest about where their food comes from &amp; #stopfarmwashing 

Find out more: stopfarmwashing.co.uk
Organic Growers Alliance (@ogagrowers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nice piece by Guy-Singh Watson Wicked Leeks Riverford "As I sat reading Tim’s gentle depiction of the industry I love and the nature it is embedded in, I reflected that I may have sold more veg boxes in the end, but we arrived at a similar place." wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/opinion/forgiv…

Nice piece by Guy-Singh Watson <a href="/wickedleeksmag/">Wicked Leeks</a>  <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a> "As I sat reading Tim’s gentle depiction of the industry I love and the  nature it is embedded in, I reflected that I may have sold more veg  boxes in the end, but we arrived at a similar place." wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/opinion/forgiv…
Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is a crisis facing humanity Wicked Leeks We need to embrace #FoodSystems that are truly nature-based, inclusive, livelihood-sustaining, and carbon-capturing. It means making decent, nutritious, planet- and animal-welfare-friendly food 🌱 Pls RT wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/opinion/the-wl…

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Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin presents a bold new vision for more ethical, sustainable chicken farms in our new book Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets. Find out more in this piece by Wicked Leeks bit.ly/48FdI3t

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“The industry claims we can make animals resistant to disease through gene editing... But a lot of these diseases are stemming from the way in which the animals are farmed” Our Chief Policy Advisor, speaking to Wicked Leeks wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/the-preci…