Our farmers can both feed us and fight climate change
Sustainability expert Richard Lindsay says farmers need to play their part in helping to control greenhouse gases.
Elsewhere
I’m a human not a customer
Treating people as customers when using public services may do more harm than good, argues Catherine Needham
Let everyone get ‘married’ – even friends
Human rights campaigner Peter Tachell discusses a radical proposal to extend the legal status of marriage with Artemis Photiadou.
Food labels are too complicated for most shoppers to understand
Clearer and more standardised food labelling would help shoppers make better nutritional choices, says psychologist Dawn Liu
The negative aspects of zoos cannot be overlooked
Poor animal welfare persists even in so-called good zoos, says Naomi Housego Day
These Davids reflect the UK’s social mobility problem
Lee Elliot Major of the Sutton Trust and Stephen Machin of the London School of Economics explain how Britain has become less mobile particularly at the top and bottom of society
Parents who complain about racism become villains not victims
Some schools are more concerned with their reputations than tackling racism , says Kalwant Bhopal
Simply hoping that women will ‘trickle up’ has not been good enough
Artemis Photiadou of the LSE discusses gender equality with Brenda Hale, the first woman to be appointed President of the UK’s Supreme Court
Citizenship tests can do more to impair integration than enhance it
David Bartram reveals evidence that UK citizenship tests can alienate new citizens
The UK’s wildlife has been decimated through centuries of threats
Ecologist Louise Gentle highlights the five main threats to Britain’s wildlife and how they can be controlled