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Allotments get smaller as councils struggle with plot provision, reports Ian Hodgson

Many farmers are battling for their future in the face of financial crises and the climate emergency. We ask: who are the pioneers leading the charge for change and what is at stake for the rest of us?

Before you start your autumn clean-up, spare a thought for our overwintering pollinators, says Jean Vernon

IT HAS BEEN a funny old month. Towering triumphs and crashing disasters. I am trying, like the poet says, to face them both the same, as both are temporary and both will pass. Let’s start with the goo

I’ve had a great year with many of my fruit and veg crops