Katie Derham speaks to Lord Peter Melchett, policy director of the Soil Association about the organisations recent consultation on whether air-freighted organic food should be banned from carrying the SA's organic food logo. Listen in to discover Lord Melchett's opinions on subjects ranging from food miles and the African economy to GM contamination in organic food ...   

Supermarket shopping bags are bulging like never before, and not just with food. Whether its meat encased in plastic boxes or pots of yoghurt gussied up in decorative cardboard sleeves, it seems you can’t avoid bringing excess packaging home along with your supper. High-profile campaigns from the WI and Independent newspaper has helped to bring the issue to the top of the agenda...

Katie Derham quizzes Peter Ainsworth, Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on his department’s vocal criticisms of Government strategies such as the waste management scheme and plans to increase GM thresholds in organic certified foods...

Katie Derham’s in-depth interview this month covers a wide range of thought-provoking issues with Jeff Rooker, Minister of State for Sustainable Food and Farming and Animal Health at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)...

Fair trade is without doubt a positive movement, in terms of both the financial benefits for small producers and perhaps, more importantly, for the way it has raised awareness about the inequalities of global trade.