How climate change is transforming British wine
The average temperature in Sussex is a degree warmer than it was for most of the 20th century, with practical implications for the region’s vineyards
Promised Land
Gus Van Sant’s tale of humble folk resisting the temptation to sell the fracking rights on their land is sentimental fare
Scottish town that changed the world fights for its rights
New Lanark, home of Robert Owen’s attempt to give dignity to factory labour, is a world heritage site. Now it’s at the heart of a new dispute
Endangered garden birds continuing to decline in the UK
House sparrow and starling numbers dropping at alarming rate, but prolonged winter brings new species to backyards
London to produce its first organic wine since the middle ages
In a vineyard in Enfield, 50 volunteers are tending 7,000 vines with the aim of providing white and sparkling wines to the capital’s high-end restaurants
We must fight to preserve traditional English foodstuffs and techniques
Einkorn is just one traditional wheat that we rarely see – and for some good reasons. But if we allow it and other unfashionable crops, breeds and production methods to vanish, we will regret it
Processed meat scare: A bacon sandwich won’t kill you … will it?
As a new scare over salami and sausages emerges, is it time to ditch processed meat products from our diet?
Ethical economies of scale – Can they really work?
Ethical grocers offer an alternative to supermarket chains, but can they hope to expand while maintaining their principles?
How to cut food waste
Up to half of all food is wasted. From treating use-by dates sensibly to picking ‘ugly’ veg, there are measures we can all take
Cream pour la crème
Beckington, Somerset: Two vans leave the dairy farm at midnight to deliver to stores such as Fortnum & Mason
David Attenborough: ‘I wouldn’t be prepared to sit on an egg’
Britain’s most famous naturalist talks about filming penguins in 3D, what a penguin might taste like – and why you can’t use them to de-ice your windscreen
A palaeontologist’s view on Ice Age: Continental Drift
This fourth film is great fun, but as ridiculous as the rest of the series – some of the animals definitely weren’t around at the same time
Bumblebee lost to UK makes comeback on Dungeness shingle
Natural History Museum scientist leads reintroduction of Bombus subterraneus with insects imported from Sweden
Has London 2012 been greenwashed?
Sponsorship deals with Dow Chemical and BP threaten to derail the Olympics’ sustainable aims. It’s not too late to cancel them
Seabird species face extinction as invaders storm empire’s last outcrops
RSPB warns Foreign Office of threat to wildlife without tenfold increase in spending
The inside story on climate scientists under siege
Michael Mann reveals his account of attacks by entrenched interests seeking to undermine his ‘hockey stick’ graph
