Throughout history people have foraged for local foods and used them in cooking, so what’s changed in the last few decades?
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In praise of digging for potatoes.
Community gardens can create access to local, fresh food that reduce reliance on convenience food.
Those who grow their own food in gardens and allotments waste less and eat more healthily – but not everyone has the chance to do so.
Maintaining a diversity of insects may be key for crop pollination in cities.
UK supermarket shelves have been left bare of fresh produce in recent weeks – growing more fruit and veg in cities could reduce the severity of future shortages.
A ‘right to grow’ law encouraging more locally-grown food could boost health, community pride and food supply resilience.
Helping more city-dwellers to grow their own fruit and veg could improve health, wellbeing and food security for growing populations.
Allotments and repairing old clothes are just aspects of 1970s life that are making a comeback.
Between the 1950s and the present day, there has been a 65% reduction in allotment land in the UK.
Nurturing enthusiasm for growing food closer to home could benefit people, wildlife and the global food system.
Saving seed is a way of protecting the world’s vegetable varieties, saving money, and increasingly, a political statement too.
Evidence-based advice from experts on how to make your garden a friendly environment for pollinators.
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Research Fellow in Environmental Change, University of Sheffield
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Chair Professor in Sustainability, Lancaster University
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Senior Research Fellow in Ecology, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor in History of Modern Science and Technology, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer in Plant Sciences, Cranfield University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Appetite and Obesity, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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75th Anniversary Research Fellow, Soil and Agrifood Institute, Cranfield University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in SCHARR, University of Sheffield
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MSc Supervisor, Urban Planning & Education, University of Edinburgh
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Visiting Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University
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Professor of Plant-Soil Interactions, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor and political economist, Birmingham City University
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Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Co-lead for "Food consumption, health and sustainability" research pillar at the Institute for Sustainable Food (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sustainable-food), University of Sheffield