The global food system is in much more trouble than we think.
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Sea Change
At last people are waking up to the fishing industry’s devastating impacts.
Population Panic
The obsession with the birthrates of the poor has a grim history, and is used by the rich to transfer blame.
Sold Out
The government intends to use a US trade deal to bypass democracy, override Parliament and rip down our public protections.
Culpable Negligence
The disastrous collapse of the UK’s pandemic response has been caused by the deliberate evisceration of our health services. Worse is coming.
A Slow-Burning Scandal
The government refuses to act on toxic flame retardants in our bedding and furnishings.
Saving Our Bacon
Farmfree foods might be the only thing that gets us – and much of the rest of the living world – through this century.
Platform for the Planet
The political parties have finally woken up to the environmental crisis. But the media hasn’t
The Problem is Capitalism
It is a weapon pointed at the living world. We urgently need to develop a new system.
An Electrifying Idea
What if we abandoned photosynthesis as the means of producing food, and released most of the world’s surface from agriculture?
Rebelling Against Extinction
When governments abandon us, we must step up
Farmed Out
The government’s Agriculture Bill seeks to replace regulation with public money. Who will contest this new protection racket?
Obesophobia
In 1976, we ate more than we do today. So why are we fatter?
In Memoriam
As our wildlife and ecosystems collapse, remembering is a radical act.
Butchery of the Planet
Defending the living world and its people requires a shift from meat to a plant-based diet
Payments for Not Mugging Old Ladies
This is George Monbiot’s response to the government consultation document Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit
Resisting Resistance
A US-UK trade deal threatens to export the horrors of US corporate livestock production
Eating the Earth
A rough transcript of my speech at the Oxford Farmers’ Conference debate, on the motion “This House Believes Eating Meat Will Be A Thing of the Past by 2100”
Comfort Zone
If you want to see real no-platforming, look at the newspapers
We Can’t Keep Eating Like This
This is the question everyone should be attending to – where is the food going to come from?