The news that beef burgers and ready-made lasagne contain horsemeat has rightly caused alarm. Whatever the health implications - officials are only now beginning to admit there may indeed be a risk - consumers clearly have a right to know what's in their food.

But we should perhaps...

A disturbing new investigation by the Ecologist has shone a light on the appalling labour conditions experienced by some Burmese migrants working onboard Thai fishing boats.

The investigation - carried out by the Ecologist Film Unit in conjunction with Link TV and SwedWatch - has linked the problem...

A highly lucrative underground trade in shellfish is putting the health of consumers at risk with tonnes of potentially contaminated seafood feared to be entering the food chain. That's the worrying finding of a joint investigation by The Ecologist magazine and The Independent newspaper.

Our probe into...

Exploitation in the food industry is alive and well. That's according to the latest grim report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which studied the experiences of some of the migrant workers (almost invisibly) toiling in our fields, factories and restaurants.

According to the report's authors, who interviewed more than...

Some of the sponsorship choices for the London 2012 Olympics have proved controversial in recent weeks, with Dow Chemicals, BP and Rio Tinto, amongst others, coming under sustained fire from environmental and human rights campaigners. Activists say the involvement of these 'unethical' companies brings the games into disrepute...

As part of a major Ecologist investigation into the horticulture sector - focussing in particular on the often-unreported stories of those picking the fruit and vegetables we eat - I've just returned from southern Italy where a good deal of our tinned tomatoes (and other processed tomato products)...