Environmental elite: Relae in Copenhagen won the Sustainable Restaurant Award for the second year in a row

How to put sustainability at the heart of restaurant operations. Here are some ideas from Relae Restaurant in Copenhagen. The now two-time winner of the Sustainable Restaurant Award is not only the only Michelin-starred certified organic restaurant, but the only one with its own organic farm, at just 45 minutes out of town. The restaurant … Read more

A switch to ecological farming will benefit health and environment – report

The world needs to move away from industrial agriculture to avoid ecological, social and human health crises, say scientists

Fifteen years in the world of food

Observer Food Monthly, our award-winning magazine, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. We look back on the people, issues and moments that defined an era in which food became central to British culture

Greenhouse in the sky: inside Europe’s biggest urban farm

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Investing in sustainable agriculture by converting farms to ‘beyond organic’

A San-Francisco based fund aims to target conventional farms and make them sustainable while providing high returns to investors. Can it work?

Will eating organic food make you healthier?

A major new study has found that organic foods contain higher levels of antioxidants and less harmful chemicals than conventionally farmed produce. But does that mean they are better for you? With your help, Karl Mathiesen investigates.

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