Silence from the Food Standards Agency

It’s apparently GB Game Week (#GBGameWeek) where the shooting industry tries to persuade us all to eat game meat.  Although I am veggie for four days a week, the freezer has quite a lot of venison in it – and very enjoyable it is too.  But I know where that venison comes from, it’s shot…

My article on UKHillWalking.com

    Here’s an article by me on the UKHillWalking website – seems to be going down well. Have a look at the comments too – some interesting ones there. GWCT is bleating that they want a say – but they haven’t left a comment on the article so far. It would be good to…

Guest blog – Conservation 21 by Ian Carter

Ian Carter has worked as an ornithologist for more than 25 years. He was involved with the Red Kite reintroduction programme in England and has a keen interest in the conservation of raptors, bird reintroductions and wildlife management more generally. He is particularly interested in human attitudes towards wildlife and the complex ways in which…

Wild food (17) – Useful Books by Ian Carter

That’s useful books used by me (not written by me) just in case that wasn’t obvious. These are a few of the books I refer to most often or have found especially inspiring. Mainly they are about the essential business of identification but they also describe how to go about tracking down edible species and…