The humid and warm, but not really sunny, summer has led to blight on many tomatoes. To reduce the chances of this, it helps to ensure space between the plants, remove lower eaves and water the soil (avoiding the leaves) in the morning rather than evening, to help...
Simple steps: practical local responses to climate change It’s easy to feel that climate change is such a large problem that our actions won’t count. In fact, facing this crisis depends on actions we can all take, as well as responses from governments. Here are...
Henry Dimbleby’s new report offers an encouraging, coherent set of recommendations which face up to many of the tangles and tensions in UK strategy for food, land use, and related health issues. It’s 140 pages long, but clearly laid out, and worth the effort to...
Held this year for the first time on the Millennium Green in Bridport, the Love Food – Love Bridport Market replaced the popular annual Bridport Food Festival event at Asker Meadows which was not possible to run with the current Covid-19 restrictions. The free...
Many experts are forecasting a much-increased risk of food shortages in the UK, both in the near term and for many years ahead. The immediate reasons for this arise from covid and Brexit, the major ongoing reason is climate change. Many agricultural and horticultural...
We are Chideock Champignons, a gourmet mushroom farm in Chideock, West Dorset. We call ourselves ‘gourmet’ because ‘alternative’ would sound weird and unpalatable, given the fact we’re talking about mushrooms. We grow oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, lions mane, wine caps...
Waste Not Want Not – have your say on its futureWaste Not Want Not are exploring different models for the …