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Good food?
on Jan 5, 2007 in Fair Trade Organic Food From The Economist print edition, Dec 7th 2006.If you think you can make the planet better by clever shopping, think again. You might make it worse“You don't have to wait for government to move... the really fantastic thing about Fairtrade is that...
Modern Agriculture
on Feb 12, 2007 in Organic Food I just attended the annual winter NOFA conference and I learned a lot. I was pleased to see how much the organization had grown over the last few years. George Bush has truly united this country against himself and his way of thinking. We always...
we’re back
on Apr 22, 2007 in organic food eco shopping it’s been a while! almost a year in fact since we last updated the blog… well in that time we’ve set up our own shop - The Organic Pantry which is an organic grocery shop and local home delivery service : which is more than a veg b...
Back to the land: organic farming returns to roots
on Apr 22, 2007 in Green House Gas Emissions organic food community-supported agriculture Wendy SmithTempestOrganic started out as a more environmentally friendly way of eating. So why has the industry become equally as culpable as conventional agriculture when it comes to climate change, and how can ecologically conscious foodies minimiz...
do you want folic acid supplement in your flour?
on May 22, 2007 in organic food “The Food Standards Agency’s Board has unanimously agreed that a form of mandatory fortification of a food with folic acid should be recommended to UK health ministers. This would be as part of a package of measures to help prevent neural...