Multi-million pound brand Good Natured Fruit is marketed in Asda and Sainsbury's as 'pesticide free', but the company now admits it allows chemicals to be used during plants' life-cycle
… Good Natured Fruit 'pesticide-free' claims in doubt Tom … News Food And Farming Pesticides Good Natured Fruit goodnaturefruit.jpg Good Natured Fruit is targeted at …
Oranges, grapes and Granny Smiths are so last year, says Emma Cooper. This autumn, tuck into goji berries, strawberry spinach and wonderberries instead...
… Strange fruit: 8 tempting ideas from the orchard to … Ethical Living Green Living Food Drink Apple Fruit Orchard Wineberry Goji Wonderberrey … spinach and wonderberries instead... Fruits are the jewels of any kitchen garden, …
Strawberries, cherries, blackberries and raspberries are all coming into season over the next few months. Valentina Jovanovski looks at how to make the most of the soft fruit glut
… Soft fruit special: how to make the most of the … looks at how to make the most of the soft fruit glut Ripe, fresh and plentiful, the abundance of soft fruit is one of the best things about summer. …
Adam Leith Gollner's new book is a journey of discovery through the science, history, art and politics of fruit
… The Fruit Hunters by Adam Leith Gollner Miriam … August 2009 Reviews Reviews Food And Drink Fruit Organic fruit-hunters.jpg Adam Leith Gollner's new …
Packed with helpful hints and detailed explanation, The Fruit Tree Handbook is a must-read for ‘top fruit’ enthusiasts, says Andy McKee
… The Fruit Tree Handbook Andy McKee | 3rd November 2011 Reviews Top Fruit Apples Pears Mulberries Medlars Gardening Orchards Trees Books fruit-tree-handbook.jpg Packed with helpful …
Whether you live in the city or in the heart of rural England, planting your own fruit trees provides you with a free source of fruit and a boost for biodiversity
… The beginner's guide to growing your own fruit Mark Briggs | 14th May 2012 Ethical Living Orchard Trees Gardening Fruit Natural Organic Natural England Tree … the heart of rural England, planting your own fruit trees provides you with a free source of …
A simple guide to freezing fruit, vegetables and herbs from the book Grow Your Own, Eat Your Own
… by Peter Cassidy A simple guide to freezing fruit, vegetables and herbs from the book Grow … jams and syrups are made from briefly frozen fruit; once the fruit has been burst by freezing, the juice …
Modern practices mean that more than ever, people are disconnected from nature, writes Damitha Rajapakse. In Sri Lanka - a biodiversity hotspot which is full of endemic plants with unique properties - a conservation programme is under way to teach the new generation about the rich heritage of native fruits which surrounds them.
… Conserving and popularizing wild fruits in Sri Lanka - the Native Forest … March 2016 Ethical Living Sri Lanka Heritage Fruits Farming sames as in present … generation about the rich heritage of native fruits which surrounds them. Sri Lanka is a …
Fruit consumption levels in London are woeful, and as a nation we import huge amounts from abroad. Why not grow more, closer to home, amongst the communities that will most benefit?
… The London Orchard Project: bringing fruit to car parks Jason Gleeson | 17th March … Marshes London Orchard Project Blackberries Fruit Community Orchards Transition Town apples.jpg Fruit consumption levels in London are woeful, …
As the supermarket doors glide open there they are – cosmetically perfect, irresistibly firm, brilliantly coloured fruit and vegetables. And yet, when you get them home, they taste of nothing. Is it the way you cooked them, or have you just selected badly? No, you’ve been conned.
… News Fresh Produce Flavour-grown Supermarkets Fruit Local Economies Produce Veg Vegetables … irresistibly firm, brilliantly coloured fruit and vegetables. And yet, when you get … that’s on offer there. Entering via the fruit and vegetable aisle, he or she might …
Ruth Stokes tells The Ecologist about an ingenious new online tool that encourages all of us, especially the yet-to-be-converted, to indulge in the free edible goodness found throughout our urban spaces
… Falling Fruit: A global collaborative foraging map … throughout our urban spaces Foraging for fruit just got easier, with a map bringing … first effort on such a large scale, Falling Fruit is a massive, collaborative urban …
The predatory activity of America's smallest raptor could lead to more jobs and a welcome boost to the economies of a number of states according to a new study. CATHERINE HARTE reports
… . The birds dine on - among other things - fruit-eating birds. Introducing more kestrels to the country's fruit fields would mean fewer birds and less … $84 to $357 of sweet cherries are saved from fruit-eating birds. To scale up the …
Is orange juice as healthy and natural as it claims to be? Can it ever be 'eco'? Pat Thomas reports
… better sources of vitamin C such as fresh fruits and vegetables, orange juice may well … and antioxidants. Even so, the UK market for fruit juices and health drinks (i.e. … was worth an estimated £2.92bn in 2007, and fruit juices accounted for around half of …
There's more to apples than Golden Delicious and Granny Smith. As this year's Apple Day approaches, Laura Sevier outlines the who, what and where of rare and local varieties
… Green Living Local Food Rare Apples National Fruit Collection Brogdale Farm apple-day.jpg … a single rare variety. Cut to the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale Farm in Kent a … the hundreds.' I later meet Joan Morgan, a fruit historian and pomologist and co-author …
Fruit and veg box schemes used to be the preserve of ‘deep-greens’. Now everyone’s in on the act, however, is green shopping becoming greenwashing, asks Matilda Lee
… Should I feel guilty about the bananas in my fruit & veg box? Matilda Lee | 1st November … 2008 Ethical Living Dilemma Green Living Fruit And Veg Box Organic Box Farming Organics Food And Farming Dilemma_MAIN.jpg Fruit and veg box schemes used to be the …
The pioneers behind Apple Day - Sue Clifford & Angela King of Common Ground - have recently published a handbook on community-owned fruit orchards. Here they give the Ecologist their top tips and advice on getting started
… Community Orchards Local Food Common Ground Fruit Sue Clifford Angela King … published a handbook on community-owned fruit orchards. Here they give the Ecologist … of tall trees changing with the seasons, fruit of many kinds, good soil and an array of …
A charge of 'criminal defamation' against Andy Hall, the Finnwatch migrant labour researcher who revealed the plight of migrant food sector workers in Thailand, was dismissed today. But with another three civil and criminal cases pending, he's back in court tomorrow.
… charge brought against Andy Hall by Natural Fruit Company Ltd, which owns a pineapple … 120 of the criminal procedure code. Natural Fruit has launched multiple criminal and civil … serious human rights violations at Natural Fruit's pineapple juice production facilities …
Traces of 123 pesticides, including those linked to cancer, hormone disruption and damage to brain development, have been found in fresh produce supplied to primary school children through a government scheme aimed at promoting healthy eating habits. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… Cocktail of pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables given to schoolchildren … Early | 5th September 2017 News Pesticides Fruit Vegetables Schoolchildren 405240.jpg … A government-funded scheme providing free fruit and vegetables to all four to six-year …
Solar energy is not just about electricity, writes Anne Wheldon. It's also about heat - and three innovative projects highlighted by the Ashden Awards are showing how solar heat can dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of food processing and farming, while helping agricultural businesses increase profits
… to oyster mushrooms Uganda business Fruits of the Nile, a 2008 winner of an Ashden … Uganda has a great climate for growing fruit, and for many smallholder farmers it is the main cash crop. But a lot of fresh fruit goes to waste because of the long …
Conservationists search for Rufous-necked Hornbills in West Bengal, through rich forests threatened by unrest and development.
… calls, Great barbets like heavy bombers. The fruits that they were feeding on were … chillies. When we went looking for fallen fruits to identify the species, we were in for … flowers that give rise to clusters of fruits enclosed in capsules. In time the …
A BBC documentary claimed 90% success for a controversial GM crop in Bangladesh, Bt brinjal, writes Claire Robinson. But as journalist Faisal Rahman discovered, there's no evidence to support the claim, the BBC relied on biased sources, and its journalists failed to investigate reports of widespread crop failure. Was it all an exercise in pro-GMO propaganda?
… plants have either died out prematurely or fruited very insignificantly compared to the … didn't have to spray insecticides to kill the fruit and shoot borer pest (though he still … the effectiveness of the crops in resisting fruit and shoot borers. One farmer said his …
Armed with just a good idea and big dose of enthusiasm you can transform a bleak area into a mini orchard. Plus, the best way to approach a station manager...
… Persuading your local station to plant fruit trees Laura Laker | 2nd March 2010 … Green Living Grow Your Own Transition Towns fruit-trees-digging2.jpg Planting fruit trees and shrubs at Harringay Green …
Bats serve as a natural reservoir for the Ebola - but we cannot blame them for the epidemic. In Ghana alone people eat over 100,000 fruit bats a year as 'bushmeat', yet the country has escaped the epidemic. Much more research is needed to discover the mechanisms of transmission, and to devise effective, appropriate interventions.
… October 2014 News Health Ghana Africa Ecology fruit-bat-ghana-cut.jpg Bats serve as a … In Ghana alone people eat over 100,000 fruit bats a year as 'bushmeat', yet the … insects every night, or dispersing seeds from fruit trees across large areas, bats provide …
What does Coca Cola’s 58 per cent share in one of the UK’s most distinctive and ethical brands mean for the future of the company? If you believe Innocent Drinks founder, Richard Reed, nothing but good. Peter Salisbury went to find out more
… on luxury items; among them, Innocent’s pure fruit smoothies. The company returned an … moment that we aren’t a business, we are a fruit distribution charity,’ says Richard … the meeting room of Innocent’s headquarters, Fruit Towers - in reality a slightly prosaic …