Claims: The battle over peat: why do some gardeners still insist on using it?
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- title: The battle over peat: why do some gardeners still insist on using it? Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/15/peatlands-carbon-horticulture-peat-free-planting Source
- summary: Peat bogs are essential to the environment, holding twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests. But in the UK, 80% are damaged, most of what is extracted is used in horticulture – and some campaigners fear the problem is getting worse ‘I don’t see how I can possibly do my job and eat mushrooms,” says Sally Nex, a campaign advocate for the Peat-Free Partnership . “An awful lot of the food you buy in the supermarket is grown in peat: field mushrooms and little button mushrooms, salads and man… Source
- published: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:00:08 GMT Source