September 2009
15 posts
Is it a cow? Is it a stone? No it’s Fridgehenge! →
A bit of fun has been had this week by organic milk cooperative, OMSCo, which has erected a tribute to Stonehenge - made out of refrigerators painted to look like cows.
It’s a nice stunt to raise…
The inevitable sunflower update →
The impartial observers among us are getting the distinct feeling that the great OF&G sunflower competition is all over bar the shouting.
Er, do you think we have a winner yet?
The…
FSA shrugs off French organic study →
Somewhat strangely, the Food Standards Agency has felt the need to publicly dismiss the findings of a French study that called into question its own recently published and controversial report.
The…
Kanye West interrupts our service →
Okay, a bit of fun to start the day. You surely can’t have failed to notice hip hop artist Kanye West being lambasted across the media for his incredibly arrogant and cringeworthy interruption of…
Organic milk positives crop up again… →
It has been a short number of years now since the first evidence appeared linking organic milk to measurable health benefits. Bits and pieces of studies have continued to trickle out since then, all…
OF&G & FWi →
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Standing behind the pledge →
OrganicUK is an extremely important initiative to bring this country’s organic sector businesses together to properly communicate what organic stands for.
We’ve pledged - will…
OF&G & FWi
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French find what FSA missed? →
There’s an interesting study on organic food, including nutrition, that seems to run counter to the report published a few weeks ago on behalf of the Food Standards Agency.
The French Agency for…
OF&G reaches new heights – Everest, to be exact →
Okay, must clarify the headline. No-one from here has actually been to the top of Everest. Maybe one or two have conquered The Wrekin or the Long Mynd and our Certification Manager, Steve, spends…
New funding round for Welsh organics →
Just spotted this piece from Farmers Guardian flagging up a new round of funding from the Welsh Assembly Government for organic conversion.
That’s good to see, though there are a couple of…
You can’t beat a good explanation! →
As the fallout from the strange FSA report on nutrition in organic and non-organic food continues to rumble round the media’s opinion pages, it’s good to see a rational argument now and then.
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Latest organic stats show growth →
Okay, at three per cent land area it’s not huge growth. But the latest figures from the statisticians at Defra show stability and small progress in organics, rather than stagnation or…
A fine addition to the organic inventory! →
This is the kind of news we like to see! As reported by the Food & Drink Innovation Network:
The first ever organic Islay single malt whisky has been released to coincide with the opening of a…
Sunflower fanaticism – an update →
Given that we’re getting more feedback about our sunflower competition and the knitting of a jumper than anything else posted on this blog, I thought you’d better have an update on the current state…