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Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) has released its 2021 ranking which scores the UK’s top ten supermarkets on their efforts to tackle pesticides.

We kick off the new year with a podcast special: the secret of good soil. It's your essential guide to what makes your soil great.

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There’s more bad news for bees exposed to pesticides. Recent studies in the US show that solitary bees can ingest pesticide-laced pollen twice (as larvae and as adults) and consequently suffer a terrifying 75% decline in populations when exposed over 2 generations.

Grab your coat and wellies as we head down to one of the UK’s best known organic farms, owned by Helen Browning, Head of the Soil Association.

We like nothing better than receiving news of a variety from a grower who thinks that they have a rarity that we might be interested in including in the HSL Collection.

Last year, we supported a movement to stop supermarkets from selling pesticide products. We are delighted to report that two retail giants, the Co-op and Waitrose, have now committed to removing all high-risk synthetic pesticides from their gardening range.

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Kim Stoddart explains how to nurture microbial life for the health and vitality of plants, person, and planet...

As the daylight hours diminish and the colder weather sets in, the available time that there is to spend on the allotment becomes less and less. I’m now squeezing in an hour here and there, but still managing to get my fix.