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Marianne Landzettel

Marianne Landzettel is a journalist writing and blogging about food, farming and agricultural policies in the UK and the rest of the EU, the US and South Asia. She was UK and Ireland correspondent for German Public Radio and worked for the BBC World Service for 10 years. She recently co-authored a book (in German) on food, farming and climate change. She lives in London.

Detroit's Eastern Market

Detroit’s Eastern Market: Supporting food producers in a crisis

By Marianne Landzettel, Sustainable Food Trust

The Eastern Market cooperates with community groups and charitable organisations across the city – from garden initiatives helping growers to Detroit Kitchen Connect, which supports food entrepreneurs every step of the way.

  • December 1, 2020
potato varieties

Nature’s store of wisdom: The value of open-pollinated seeds

By Marianne Landzettel, Sustainable Food Trust

To a plant, its genetic base is like a huge toolbox that helps it adapt to changes in weather and climate, and fight diseases and pests. Plants grown from open pollinated seeds have this genetic toolbox.

  • September 10, 2020
Silvoarable

Trees in the Field: Taking Farming to a New Dimension

By Marianne Landzettel, Sustainable Food Trust

As positive as it all sounds, the £65,000 investment is a lot. Are the trees worth it? They definitely are, says Briggs, and because trees grow on only half of the farm, he can make a direct comparison. The arable yields per hectare are the same and the trees only take up 8% of the available space. If he can press the apples into juice, the trees are as profitable as wheat or oats would be on the same acreage.

  • November 12, 2019
soil

‘Dirt to Soil’ – How to Make Money in Farming and Save the Planet

By Marianne Landzettel, Sustainable Food Trust

To Brown, it’s not about increasing the yield, it is about maximising the profit per acre. One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture, is the subtitle to his book which summarises his insight that everything on the farm hinges on the health of its soils.

  • October 25, 2018
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