British politicians almost never discuss issues around land use and land ownership.  "The Land" is a magazine which breaks that taboo and is dedicated to land issues and to getting people more involved in active management of the countryside/land.  Based in Bridport in Dorset, the magazine is a low cost, high quality publication that comes out a couple of times a year.  I always look forward to getting my copy and think it's an absolute bargain at £5 per copy including postage - for 72 pages of thought-provoking pieces.  If you want to economise, though, you can read the material at: www.thelandmagazine.org.uk The Land Magazine has discussions on big issues of land ownership, access and land use, but it is also full of practical articles such as Cathy Ashley's article on the practicalities of buying land and "why solicitors might be useful after all".  On the more political side there are articles supporting small scale and organic agriculture - one of them envisages a world where labelling is reversed - the "chemical-mongers" would have to alert food buyers to their activities with the default assumption that unlabelled packets mean that food is organic. Read more...