Hugh's Fish Fight win Grierson Award 2011
Hugh's Fish Fight tonight won Best Documentary at tonight's Grierson British Documentary Awards in London (November 1).The Grierson Awards commemorate the pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker...
View ArticlePulling together at River Cottage
I'm so shocked to hear the news of the fire in our barn at Park Farm, our River Cottage HQ. I'm filming a long way away right now and it's just impossible to imagine. Obviously it's a huge relief that...
View ArticleOut now: River Cottage Herbs handbook (No. 10)
Herbs are central to the River Cottage way of cooking. It’s high time that a volume on these lovely ingredients was added to our other handbooks, and I’m delighted that Nikki has been the one to write...
View ArticleA satisfying day!
I’m coming back on the Eurostar, and it’s been a satisfying day (Monday 19 March). Discard disaster has been averted as the French (Spanish, Portuguese and Belgian!) revolution just didn’t happen....
View ArticleJoin me, Gill and the gang at Park Farm
Hi there, Summer is here at long last (or at least it was, until half term started) and there’s a glorious harvest of fresh, homegrown fruit and veg to be enjoyed. The River Cottage Summer Members’...
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Tell the ministers you care about the future of our fish stocks!
Dear Fish Fighters, Remember our last massive - and successful - Twitter campaign in February which stopped the French from derailing the discard ban proposals?Well tomorrow Europe's Fisheries...
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River Cottage: Three Go Mad
I will once again be opening the doors of River Cottage, this time to welcome some familiar faces who are famous for everything but their cooking skills. The special episode from Park Farm will be...
View ArticleMitch Tonks: a response
Yesterday food writer Mitch Tonks started a fish fight with me for warning people off cod in this article for The Telegraph. Mitch is setting an admirable example by sourcing Marine Stewardship...
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The price of milk (Times, Thursday 19 July).
Sir, It is shocking that many dairy farmers are to be paid less for their milk than it costs to produce it. Dairy farming in this country is fast becoming unviable. Milk is a brilliant food but we...
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Filming in Weston-super-Mare on Thursday
Hi Fish Fighters, We’re filming for our new series this Thursday between 2.30pm and 4pm, down on the beach at Weston-super-Mare. It’s going to be a spectacle in what we hope will be glorious...
View ArticleReaction: Marine Conservation Society downgrades mackerel
It's very sad news that fears about overfishing of mackerel have led the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) to take this wonderful fish off their 'Fish to Eat' list. Fish Fight always follows the...
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MEPs back fishing policy reform: our supporters deserve nothing less
Hello there,It's fantastic news that MEPs in the European Parliament voted today for a strong discards ban and a legally-binding end to overfishing. I hope in years to come this will be seen as a...
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Join our march to Westminster
Hello, To show the government how much support there is for more marine protection, and the 127 MCZs (Marine Conservation Zones), I’ve joined up with our friends at the Marine Conservation Society,...
View ArticleFish Fight: Open letter to Dr. Ruth Brown
Dear Ruth, Thanks for taking the time to write with your views on the latest Fish Fight programme. I am sorry that you feel disillusioned with the campaign, and that you feel we misrepresented your...
View ArticleLast night's discards ban
Hello,I'm delighted that Europe's fish ministers are still agreeing that discards will be banned, but the devil is in the detail. What they agreed last night is weaker and harder-to-enforce than the...
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