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The chymist’s trade card

An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.

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The sickness in the wellness industry

In recovery from anorexia, Gwen Smith began to realise how the wellness industry needs its followers to feel bad about themselves in order to make money out them.

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Soil health and dairy farming in the UK

Although healthy soil means more nutritious dairy products, modern intensive farming methods pollute and degrade the environment. However, a regenerative agriculture movement is kicking back against mainstream industrial farming.

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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard

Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.

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  • Plantago major (Greater plantain). Shows basal rosettes of long stalked ovate leaves and tall flower spikes. The aqueous extracts have been used a great deal in the cosmetic industry. Crushed plaintain has also been used to stop bleeding in wound management. The stems and seeds have been used as cage-bird food; the distilled water as an eye lotion, and the tincture in home-made dental remedies.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Nestlé makes the very best / Nestlé UK Ltd.
  • Nestlé makes the very best / Nestlé UK Ltd.
  • Food additives : are the risks worthwhile? / Ecoropa.
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