Stories
- Podcast
Farmland
Fruit and vegetables link our hungry bodies to the world of plants. Yet many of us have little understanding of the farming industry and the impact that bringing crops to our plates has on the planet.
- Article
Drops of water
In the compulsory isolation of lockdown, Daisy Lafarge’s repeated visits – via a new microscope – to the miniature worlds contained by drops of pond water provided her with the company and escapism she craved.
- Article
Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
- Article
Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.
Catalogue
- Books
Vegetables in the Middle Ages / John H. Harvey.
Harvey, John H.Date: 1984- Pictures
Vegetables against a yellow ground; advertising the eating of vegetables. Colour lithograph, 1943 (?).
Date: [1943?]Reference: 679652i
- Pictures
- Online
Vegetables and citrus fruits represented as reducing the risk of cancer. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Kankerbestrijding/KWF, 2001.
Date: [2001]Reference: 749561i
- Pictures
- Online
Vegetables available from a grocer are laid out on a green background. Colour woodcut by Shigenobu, 1866.
Shigenobu.Date: Month 5, 1866Reference: 37014i
- Ephemera
- Online
Smile! : regional organic vegetable box scheme available in your area / Riverford Organic Vegetables.
Riverford Organic Vegetables (Firm)Date: [2006]
