There are many benefits of eating organic meat and fish, both to oneself, and to the environment. Organic food and organic farming really are the best options for a happy and healthy future. With organic food in general, food that has not been grown or produced with the aid of [...]
Many people believe that organic food and organic products are good for one’s diet, nutrition, and health, as well as being good for the planet. On a basic level, organic food and anything that is by nature ‘organic’, has been grown or produced without harmful chemicals and fertilisers. Evidence is [...]
Eating organic bread, be it made from white or brown flour and wheat, made from purely organically produced ingredients, using a variety of available recipes, is a healthy and delicious experience. Baking the bread and following a recipe (or doing it from memory) is especially a truly satisfying experience. Many [...]
Organic fair trade chocolate is good for you, the environment and the third world too! How many more reasons do you need to eat it? What is organic chocolate? Does it taste better? Does organic in the name mean it's Fair Trade chocolate? Here we're hoping to answer some of [...]
For those of us who choose to live an organic lifestyle at home, by eating mainly organically produced food, and using organic products in our home and for work, this choice is a lifestyle choice, which we want to continue wherever we are, including when we travel abroad either for [...]
Many people use herbs when they are cooking to add flavour and colour to their dishes but in doing so don’t stop to consider just how much pesticide and other chemicals are used in their growing. Herbs that are sold in supermarkets are normally grown to such proportions that pesticides [...]
The term FairTrade means that producers of produce and products are getting a fair and equitable price for their product. This means that the consumer is paying a decent price for the product, and then the middleman and supplier is passing that cost down the line to the producer, who [...]
Across the UK, in big cities and small towns, regular farmers markets take place, where consumers can buy food direct from the farmers and growers who produce it. In all of these markets, a range of food can be bought, and sometimes tasted there and then. From vegetables and fruit, [...]
One of the first differences consumers notice when they start cooking with organic food is the freshness and real taste of the food. Organically grown vegetables can sometimes be smaller than conventionally grown vegetables, but they are certainly packed with pure goodness.They are grown without the aid of pesticides and [...]
A box scheme is a delivery of a box of organic vegetables and fruit, organised by either a farm or a specialist company, and either delivered direct to the householder or to a group of friends and neighbours. It is a very effect way of making sure a family or [...]
When a consumer decides to look for and buy organic food products the range of available products can be bewildering. It is true that the range of organic products available is nearly the same as that of non-organic products – the range of food available to consumers at the moment [...]
One of the main issues held by the organic movement is that it is important to reconnect people to food grown and produced in their local area. This belief is held for several reasons; the first is that around 44% of all organic food in the UK is actually imported [...]
We can adopt an organic lifestyle by buying organic food and products but how about growing organic food as well? Growing fruit and vegetables, either at home in the garden or even in window boxes, or at a community neighbourhood allotment, has long been one of the favourite hobbies of [...]
