Processed Foods: 1/14 of 14
CASE STUDY: baking and selling real bread
Laura Sevier
22nd May, 2009
The creation of the modern loaf is an industrial process that uses a cocktail of artificial ingredients - but for taste, bite and goodness, nothing beats the old ways. Laura Sevier meets a baker bidding to become the saviour of our daily bread more...
Raw milk - magic bullet or health hazard?
Laura Sevier
21st January, 2009
Unpasteurised milk can be a divisive subject, says Laura Sevier, but most of what you hear about the white stuff is pure whitewash more...
Grow your own
Tim Lang
1st April, 2008
The World Bank’s 2008 World Development Report makes a grim prediction of what is to come: more...
Whole Foods failure
Chris Milton
1st March, 2008
Only a few years ago, stories about Whole Foods Market became famous for their poetic quality, as journalists waxed lyrical about how the fresh, organic fruit in their stores was proof that you could be a successful business while remaining environmentally friendly. Last year, however, sustained questioning by consumers and regulators alike saw the shine come off the company’s glossy image. more...
Supermarkets: The naked truth
The Ecologist
15th January, 2006
The Ecologist September 2004 issue caused a sensation with its report on supermarkets: From the chemicals in a bagged salad to the destruction of local shops the report reveals all the facts the supermarkets don't want you to know...more...
Special Report Supermarkets: Bread
Joanna Blythman
1st September, 2004
Supermarket in-store bakeries are nothing but bogus ‘retail theatre’ more...
Special Report Supermarkets: Chicken
Felicity Lawrence
1st September, 2004
Wander down the meat aisle of any supermarket and you will find mountains of chicken being sold at unbelievably cheap prices. The real reasons for this cannot be found on the label. more...
Ready Meals
Joanna Blythman
1st September, 2004
No European country is as reliant on supermarkets for its food shopping as Britain. It is no coincidence that the UK also has the worst eating habits in Europe. more...
Bagged salads
Felicity Lawrence
1st September, 2004
Fresh, convenient, versatile or overpriced leaves soaked in pesticides and produced by slave labour? more...
The great British supermarket sandwich
The Ecologist
1st September, 2004
Supermarket take-away sandwiches - are they such a great step forward? more...
Advertising to children
Debate
1st April, 2004
With childhood obesity becoming epidemic in the UK, should food advertising to children be allowed to continue?FOR: Jeremy Preston vs. Neville Rigby AGAINST more...
McLabour Exposed
Solomon Hughes
1st March, 2004
New Labour’s close ties to the fast-food industry are working against the interests of public health more...
Processed Foods: 1/14 of 14
Cargill: size is everything
Brewster Kneen
1st April, 2003
If you want to understand why globalisation is so destructive, you need look no further than the invisible food giant Cargill. By Brewster Kneen. more...
Fatal Harvest
The Ecologist
1st November, 2002
In the second part of our adaptation of Fatal Harvest’s iconoclastic analysis of agribusiness propaganda, The Ecologist reveals the real cost of industrial food.more...
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