Crowdfunding scheme salvages ‘imperfect’ fruit and veg following the country’s wettest autumn, winter and spring on record When 31-year-old Dutch farmer Bastiaan Blok dug up his latest crop, the weather had taken a disastrous toll. His onions – 117,000 kilos of them – were the
Angela Richardson accuses campaigners against polluted water of putting Conservative MPs in danger The Conservative party deputy chair Angela Richardson called the sewage crisis a “political football” and claimed opposition parties and activists had put Tory MPs in physical
Outgoing Green MP calls for combined strategy to ensure net zero will not be done ‘on the backs of the poor’ Labour must combine tackling the climate crisis with pursuing social justice, if elected, to show that achieving net zero will not be done “on the backs of the poor”,
RHS reports 35% surge in orders, while garden designers note pond trend at Hampton Court Palace flower show A pond boom is happening in Britain’s gardens as people try to halt wildlife loss by digging water sources for amphibians and other aquatic life. Data from the Royal
Lycra, neoprene, polystyrene and other potential pollutants have become near-ubiquitous but there are alternatives – if you know where to look Read more in this series Pre-1950, we just didn’t take plastic to the beach. Now it’s virtually impossible not to, even if it’s just