I didn’t mean to match my nail varnish to the oyster knife…
Oysters are possibly the most “raw” food experience you can get, in fact they are probably still alive when you eat them… Read more
Late spring in the Highlands: Blooming rhododendrons
Rhododendron blooms frame the Torridon hills in June.
The rhododendrons are in bloom across the Highlands and I must admit they look beautiful – but they look better in a bonfire. Read more
A winter in the Highlands: Or how I learnt to love waterproofs and hate rhododendrons
Stunning views out to Ben Alligin now the rhododendrons are cleared.
Apologies if I have been a wee bit quiet on the blogging front. Rather embarrassingly for an environmental journalist, I have been involved in a major deforestation project. Read more
Could social media revolutionise farming?
A ‘felfie’ snapped with some Hereford cattle
Is Twitter and Facebook an opportunity for farmers to sell food direct to the consumer and tell the ‘truth’ about their industry or just and excuse for posting ‘felfies’? Read more
Book Review: Badgerlands by Patrick Barkham
What is it about Patrick Barkham finding himself in compromising positions to spy on wildlife?
Are genetically modified organic community-owned farms the future?
Microdosing crops with fertiliser using a bottle cap. Copyright Gordon Conway
It was a perfectly nice day out in the Suffolk countryside but the organisers of Aldeburgh Food Festival decided to liven things up with a ‘Frankenstein’. As Sir Gordon Conway pointed out to the audience at Snape Maltings he was part human, part pig. Read more
Climate Change Toast
For the last five years I have been at the centre of most breaking environment stories. So it was a little odd not to be at the launch of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [1] Read more
