Topics: Ecological issues

  • EXPERT COMMENT: Why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest

    EXPERT COMMENT: Why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest

    Activists are using food to draw attention to some of today’s most pressing issues. In an article written for The Conversation, Ekaterina Gladkova, Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Northumbria University, discusses why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest.

  • The researchers taking samples from a Newcastle allotment

    Allotment soil is safer than national guidelines suggest

    With the rise in popularity of people growing their own fruit and vegetables, it may be surprising to know that many urban allotments have soil with lead levels above UK guidance values. However, new research from Northumbria University suggests that the national soil guidance should be revised as it does not accurately recognise how lead is stored in the soil and transfers to vegetables.

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