In 1952, Rachel Rowlands’ mother Dinah established the UK’s first organic dairy farm near Aberystwyth with a small herd of Guernsey cows, working ‘in harmony with nature, the elements, the seasons and wildlife’. In 1966, Rachel took over the farm and founded the Rachel’s Organic Dairy brand, which was sold to Horizon, a subsidiary of Dean Foods, in 1999.
… dairies. This article first appeared in the Ecologist December 2007 For ethical and … and Drink goods and services check out the Ecologist Green Directory here …
The Seeds of Change trademark was created in the 1980s by a small organic seed cooperative from Santa Fe, New Mexico, which set out ‘to help people and future generations improve their lives and enjoy wholesome, natural, chemical-free foods’. Seeds of Change expanded its enterprise in 1996 to include a range of organic soups, cereal bars, pastas and sauces. A year later it was bought by Mars and launched in the UK in 1999.
… range. This article first appeared in the Ecologist December 2007 For ethical and … and Drink goods and services check out the Ecologist Green Directory here …
Founded in 1991 by Craig Sams and his wife Josephine Fairley, Green & Black’s brand was conceived to represent the ‘green’ concerns of its founders and the ‘black’ of the cocoa bean.
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From plantation to consumer: a tale of chemicals, slavery and CO<sub>2</sub>
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Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… and Northern Europe? An analysis by former Ecologist editor Simon Fairlie in The Land … is a freelance journalist Mark Anslow is the Ecologist’s senior reporter References 1 Andre … London. This article first appeared in the Ecologist March 2008 …
From theory to practice, how one man in Totnes is helping a community respond to the threat of peak oil – from its own currency to relearning lost arts. Ed Hamer reports
… ‘permaculture’ was developed by Australian ecologists Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in … community. This article first appeared in the Ecologist November 2007 …
February 1968. From South Vietnam the explosive Teêt Offensive has dealt a final blow to shattered US troops and sparked a worldwide appetite for insurrection. Left destitute by standards of living and provoked by a three-year war on their ideological comrades, student leaders across Europe rise up with a single voice ‘We shall fight. We will win. Paris, London, Rome, Berlin.’ Within six weeks, 20,000 protesters will besiege the American embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square. It is the Spring of Discontent, and revolution is the air.
… journalist Jon Hughes is deputy editor of the Ecologist This article first appeared in the Ecologist February 2008 …
Ed Hamer questions the sanity of agricultural policies that increasingly threaten the sovereignty of the British farmer, as well as the food security of the nation
… Devonshire This article first appeared in the Ecologist June 2008 …
With controversial plans to allow farmers to cull badgers later this year, Ed Hamer asks whether Bovine TB is really a health problem for either cows or humans
… in how our milk and cheese is produced. The Ecologist visited two dairy farms - an indoor, …
The community supports the farmer and the farmer supports the community. Why isn't everyone taking part in the latest agricultural revolution, wonders Ed Hamer
… This article first appeared in the Ecologist September 2008 …
The uniting of 800 million rural workers against the loss of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. Resistance is far from futile, says Ed Hamer
… (ISEC) This article first appeared in the Ecologist April 2009 …
What could be more cheerful than this ubiquitous breakfast fruit? But if you’re not buying them Fairtrade and organic, argues Ed Hamer, then you’re buying into a modern agricultural scandal
… foods. This article first appeared in the Ecologist September 2007 …