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As a journalist and writer specialising in food, farming and environmental science issues my work has featured in chinadialogue, the Ecologist, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, CNN, MSN, The New Agriculturalist, Farmers Guardian and has been picked up by the New York Times amongst others.

‘Craggy Island’ fights plans for Europe’s biggest salmon farm
- Independent, May 2013

Special report: Rise of the mega-farms for pigs, fish and dairy
- Independent, May 2013

Urban farming on brink of corporate era
- chinadialogue, April 2013

Overfished and under-protected: oceans on the brink of catastrophic collapse
- CNN, March 2013

China’s elitist approach to overseas investments
- chinadialogue, February 2013

Agroforestry: meet the UK’s most pioneering farmer
- Farmers Guardian, February 2013

US cities suffer impact of downwind Chinese air pollution
- Financial Times (Chinese edition), January 2013
Also on Chinafile

Exposure to pesticides linked to long-term brain damage in farmers
- chinadialogue, December 2012
Also in The Ecologist

Is climate change moving too fast for trees?
- CNN, November 2012

GM crops blamed for rise in “superweeds” in the US
- chinadialogue, October 2012

The $1 billion dollar mission to reach the Earth´s mantle
- CNN, October 2012

What are the ecological impacts of China’s food imports?
- Financial Times (China edition), September 2012

Lab-grown meat provides food for thought
- CNN, August 2012
- Also in FT China

How Fairtrade bananas are failing migrant workers
- Guardian, May 2012

Crisis or rebirth? The future of Ethiopia’s pastoralist tribes
- The Ecologist, May 2012

21st century pastoralism in southern Ethiopia – in pictures
- Guardian, May 2012

Ghosts of farming: how sheep farmers were poisoned by pesticides and then forgotten
- The Ecologist, March 2012

Academics accused of ‘exaggeration’ in new battle over antibiotic use in farm animals
- The Ecologist, January 2012

Programmed to be fat: everyday chemicals linked to obesity and diabetes
- The Ecologist, January 2012

Common infections will become ‘untreatable’ if antibiotic misuse continues
- The Ecologist, November 2011

Is it time to forget about 2 degrees of warming?
- The Ecologist, November 2011

Video report: Food speculation fuels Mexico’s tortilla crisis
- The Ecologist, September 2011
- Also covered in Grist: Lost in the maize

Can the palm oil we eat ever be wildlife-friendly?
- The Ecologist, July 2011

Special report: what’s really in your cuppa?
- The Ecologist, April 2011

Barclays ‘making up to £340 million’ on food price speculation
- The Ecologist, March 2011

Uganda’s flower dilemma
- New Agriculturalist, March 2011

Exclusive: Monsanto agrees to clean-up Brofiscin quarry in Wales
- Guardian, February 2011

UK rejects veterinary advice to ban antibiotic drug adverts
- The Ecologist, January 2011

UK says it will ignore medical advice on pesticide-spraying
- The Guardian, December 2010

What is the environmental footprint of super-sized dairy farming?
- The Ecologist, November 2010

How the seed market is controlled by Monsanto, DuPont, Bayer, Syngenta and Dow
- Ecologist, October, 2010

UK farmers face dilemma over 8,100-cow ‘super dairy’
-The Guardian, September 2010
-Also picked up by Treehugger

How a 22-year old student uncovered peak oil fraud
- The Ecologist, March 2010

How the legal system is preventing environmental justice
- The Ecologist, February 2010

Is aid without climate adaptation a waste of time?
- The Ecologist, January 2010

The psychology of climate change: why we do nothing
- The Ecologist, August 2009

Climate Camp: saviour of the environmental movement
- The Guardian, August 2009

Special report: coastal flooding in the UK
- MSN, October 2008

Is Ireland getting it right on TB?
- Farmers Guardian, November 2006