Welcome

Focus on Food • Satish Kumar

Food is a microcosm of the macrocosm.

Frontline

A Fair Trade First • Paul Kingsnorth

The birth of the world's first 'Fair Trade Nation'.

Beyond Words • Sophie Poklewski Koziell

The art of communication through touch.

Creative Construction • Tara Fridhandler

Re-evaluating business practice.

Rainforest Progress • Paul Kingsnorth

Legal agreements that give hope for the future of the Amazon forests.

Keynotes

Natural Religion • Colin Tudge

Where science meets spirituality.

The Silence of the Greens • David Nicholson-Lord

Why do environmentalists choose to ignore the problem of over-population?

Feasting & Fasting

Food for the Soul • Thomas Moore

Food has a profound capacity for meaning and conviviality.

In This Bowl • Miriam Darlington

A poem from Miriam Darlington' s book Windfall.

Joy of Cooking • Madhu Suri Prakash

The kitchen is the place in the home where the juices flow.

Good Intentions • Zia Sardar

The cultural and spiritual significance of Ramadan.

Baking Bread • Giuseppe Mascoli

Baking home-made bread for the first Resurgence Slow Sunday.

Salamongundi • John Moat

The joys of a traditional North Devon Christmas Festival.

The Age of Nutritionism • Michael Pollan

The bad science behind nutritionism?

Raw Vitality • Laura Van Marle

Discover the raw and vegan delights of living foods.

Baking Real Bread • Andrew Whitley

Modern bread is on the road to nutritional nowhere.

People's Food • Mark Dowie

The wondrous variety of the common spud.

What then should we eat? • Will Tuttle

Make an informed decision about what's on your plate.

Food Security • Jonathon Porritt

Eat locally and seasonally.

Regulars

Poetry - The Poetry of Ronald Duncan • Anna Trussler, Alan Munton

Poems from Ronald Duncan's Collected Poems.

Short Story - An Intimate Operation • Andrew Wingfield

For us, you were a living link to another kind of place.

Recipes - Mid-winter Festival • Daphne Lambert

Joyous feasts of the winter solstice.

Nature Writers - The Moth Wood • Roger Deakin

Bringing nature writing alive with words, wit and wisdom.

Letter from America - Mission Impossible • Laird Townsend

Changing the US economy to one that respects the limits of natural systems.

In the Field - The Pink-Footed Farmers • Jules Pretty

The mystery and wonder of watching migrating birds.

Letters to the Editors - The Lie of the Land

Members' Page • Tracey Benton

Let's Feast for Resurgence Slow Sunday.

The Arts

The Space Between • Suzy Murphy

Beauty lies in the places where there is seemingly nothing.

Points of Enchantment • Sarah Fulford

An engaging interview with Ben Okri.

Reviews

Towards the Real • Marian Van Eyk McCain

Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives.

Fundamental Failings • Philip Marsden

Sea Change: Britain's Coastal Catastrophe.

Decisions to Succeed • Miguel Mendonça

Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.

A Progression of Thoughts • Rasoul Sorkhabi

The Bill McKibben Reader: Pieces from an Active Life.

A Good Life Redefined • Rosie Pearson

Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?

Reimagining the World • David Boyle

The Power of Unreasonable People.

Web Exclusives

Article - Christmas Cradles • Julia Ponsonby

Dried fruit and good tidings, all wrapped up in a mince pie.

Article - Going with the Grain • Nick Jones

Artisan flour-milling is playing an essential role in producing specialist flours.

Article - Health Imperative • Satish Kumar

The quality and quantity of food we produce should be in harmony.

Article - Food is Everything • Vandana Shiva

Hunger created by human greed is an expression of a violent and unjust world.

Review - Books in Brief • Juliette Griffiths, Sophie Poklewski Koziell

Review - How Are We Doing? • Paul Kingsnorth

The art of knowing where and who you are.

Review - Recommended reading • Lorna Howarth