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A place for food in pro-development planning?

by on August 1, 2011 in Opinion

The launch of the UK’s new draft National Planning Policy has food and environmental groups fearing for the future of the country’s green spaces and town centre, as the coalition government’s idea of ‘sustainable development’ has a strong pro-development flavour. The draft, available here, was launched last week and is open for consultation until October. [...]

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Consumers and the African entrepreneurial (and sustainable) spirit

by on July 29, 2011 in Opinion

Trying to be sustainable when buying food in Africa can be a bit of a problem for an expat (like myself). In Uganda, open markets still dominate agri-food retailing, but the retailers closest to the areas where expats concentrate in Kampala are… supermarkets, of course. Not that they are there only to play the role of a [...]

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