“It’s crazy and indefensible,” says the MP Charles Walker. “Venison is a wonderful, sustainable resource but is seen as too posh to eat, ergo –…
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‘Every day is doomsday’: how a food bank is struggling to keep up
The shelves should be chock-a-block with baked beans, soup and tuna but it looks as if someone has played Supermarket Sweep and Angela Gardiner admits…
View More ‘Every day is doomsday’: how a food bank is struggling to keep up‘A small but mighty role’: local farms give low-cost access to healthy food
Every Wednesday during the growing season, Emilyn Sosa picks up a box of produce from a community center in Brooklyn crammed with the week’s harvest.…
View More ‘A small but mighty role’: local farms give low-cost access to healthy foodWhat are the cost of living payments – and how much can you get?
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced a £15bn package of measures to help UK households deal with inflation. These include discounts on energy bills and…
View More What are the cost of living payments – and how much can you get?‘The most amazing link to our history’: the farmers reclaiming their heritage one seed at a time
The walls of Bonnetta Adeeb’s basement in a suburb of Washington DC are lined with album covers, African art, musical instruments and – a more…
View More ‘The most amazing link to our history’: the farmers reclaiming their heritage one seed at a time‘Golden era’ of cheap food is ending, says ex-Sainsbury’s boss
The UK’s “golden era” of cheap food is coming to an end, the former Sainsbury’s boss Justin King has warned, saying households should be prepared…
View More ‘Golden era’ of cheap food is ending, says ex-Sainsbury’s bossJohn Lewis boss calls for Covid-style cost of living aid package
The boss of John Lewis has urged the government to intervene with a financial package of support to protect families from the cost of living…
View More John Lewis boss calls for Covid-style cost of living aid packageBlue corn and melons: meet the seed keepers reviving ancient, resilient crops
On a windy winter day in Acoma Pueblo in north-eastern New Mexico, Aaron Lowden knelt beside a field near the San Jose River, the tribe’s…
View More Blue corn and melons: meet the seed keepers reviving ancient, resilient cropsUK ministers under pressure to ease impact of cost of living crisis
Ministers are coming under growing pressure to intervene to soften the impact of the cost of living crisis amid fresh warnings that millions of low-income…
View More UK ministers under pressure to ease impact of cost of living crisisCost-of-living crisis: Jack Monroe hails ONS update of inflation calculations
Concern that rising inflation is having a disproportionate impact on people in poorer households in the UK has prompted government number-crunchers to provide a more…
View More Cost-of-living crisis: Jack Monroe hails ONS update of inflation calculations