Food co-ops are a way of buying fresh, locally grown food for less money. Sustain have produced an online resource, 'the Food Co-ops Toolkit', that explains how to start one up
… How to set up your own local food co-op Stephanie Wallis | 10th September 2009 Activism Green Living Local FoodFood Co-ops Food And Gardening food-co-ops.jpg …
Tamzin Pinkerton & Rob Hopkins's new book, Local Food, is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in creating a local food group. Here's an extract to whet your appetite...
… 10 steps to creating a local food group Tamzin Pinkerton Rob Hopkins | 24th … September 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Food And Drink Transition Town Tamzin Pinkerton Rob Hopkins Local Food Peak Oil Organic Farming robhopkins1.jpg …
With allotment waiting lists more than a decade long in many areas, people without gardens are becoming increasingly creative in their enthusiastic quest to grow their own food. Report by Giovanna Dunmall
… 2009 Ethical Living Gardening Green Living Food Grow Vegetables Allotment … in their enthusiastic quest to grow their own food. Report by Giovanna Dunmall Food not lawns The urban food-growing network …
Starting out growing your own food isn’t hard, it’s just a matter of course, says first-time farmer Matilda Lee
… Learn to grow your own food Matilda Lee | 1st June 2009 Ethical … Starting out growing your own food isn’t hard, it’s just a matter of course, … included two people representing a community food-growing project on a London estate, a guy …
FSA review dismisses health benefits of eating organic but admits to a lack of research on which to base findings
… Organic food report admits to lack of evidence The Ecologist | 29th July 2009 News Food Organic Pesticides Green Living Health Food And Farming carrot.jpg There is no …
Influx of high-fat and high-sugar foods into Central America has increased obesity levels
… American junk food imports hit poor The Ecologist | 12th August 2009 News Food And Farming Green Living Society Obesity Junk Food Politics And Economics burgers.jpg Influx …
A Community Land Bank to negotiate and release areas of land to groups of local people could help solve our growing land crisis
… We need land to grow food. We need a Community Land Bank Jeremy Iles | 17th September 2009 Comment Food And Farming Land Green Living Gardening … to local communities keen to grow their own food is getting a much more positive response. …
A host of communal vegetable gardens are springing up in the concrete heart of East London. Ben Willis meets the woman coaxing life from the urban jungle
… the city Ben Willis | 3rd March 2009 Activism Food And Gardening Case Study Network Hackney … Sustainable Community Organics Green Living Food And Farming HackneyFood_MAIN_02.jpg A host of communal vegetable …
In many ways, Carolyn Steel was born to be an architect: as a child she used to dream of buildings.
… News Green Living Urban Design Hungry City Food Feeding Architecture Visionaries … experience was one totally ordinary thing: food. ‘Food is everywhere and everything,’ she says. …
Alice Waters on dining with the Dalai Lama, edible schoolyards and life in Berkeley, USA
… Q & A: Alice Waters, US food activist and founder of Chez Panisse … Matilda Lee | 19th June 2009 Ethical Living Food And Farming Green Living Food Alice Waters California my-world_july.jpg …
Growing your own food can go beyond fruit and veg if you have space and the right soil. Read on for Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott's guide to grain crops
… Ethical Living Green Living Grow Your Own Food Grain Crops Self-sufficiency A Greener … a-greener-life-barley.jpg Growing your own food can go beyond fruit and veg if you have … sprouting and all make excellent and healthy food. Barley Barley has a variety of uses and …
Unpasteurised milk can be a divisive subject, says Laura Sevier, but most of what you hear about the white stuff is pure whitewash
… 2009 News Milk Health Farmers Market Whole Food Organic Farming Animal Husbandry Organics Organics Food And Health Green Lifestyle Organics Processed Foods Green Living Health …
What can happen when a Transition Initiative and its local authority work together: the Stroud story
… . This was ground-breaking work on local food supply and we were keen to get it round … for Transition Stroud. For the next Inquiry – Food - We would do the research and analysis, … on the content. There are no specialists on Food supply in the Stroud District and we know …
Christine McFadden's new book is a timely celebration of British farm shops
… Shop Cookbook highlights the best of British food Matilda Lee | 25th June 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Food And Drink Farm Shops Seasonal … to research and write about small, local food producers, her new book the Farm Shop …
Capital Growth and British Waterways have teamed up in a bid to convert London’s canals into flourishing floating vegetable gardens.
… 2009 News Capital Growth Urban Agriculture Food Growing Rosie Boycott Growing Concerns … Charities Pre-Industrial Green Living Food And Farming Capitalgrowth_MAIN.jpg … as the first site, and will be used as a food plot and composting scheme. The project …
Insects can be a double-edged sword when it comes to gardening. Andy Hamilton reveals the secrets of harmless, low-impact repulsion.
… an unexpected present with some of our whole foods: a clutch of moth eggs. Once hatched the larvae made short work of our food as they systematically munched through … dry goods. Not content with destroying our food they quickly moved on to the bedrooms and …
Marketed as the ultimate quick food fix, 240 Pot Noodles are eaten every minute in Britain. But what exactly is in the 'slag of all snacks'? Pat Thomas on fats, salt and flavour enhancers
… potnoodle2.jpg Marketed as the ultimate quick food fix, 240 Pot Noodles are eaten every … need to be told that Pot Noodle isn't really food in any sense that we might recognise - … Pot Noodle is a fairly high salt snack. The Food Standards Authority defines a high salt …
'Where do I start?' Paul Kingsnorth answers the oft-asked question of those who want to grow their own food - but are lacking in knowledge, time, space, or all three. No problem. Read on...
… Lifestyle Lessons From Nature Green Living Food And Farming Archive_263.jpg 'Where do I … question of those who want to grow their own food - but are lacking in knowledge, time, … asked by people who want to grow their own food for the first time. The question is: …
Jeffrey Masson's powerful new book, The Face On Your Plate reveals the truth about food. Be it for health, environmental or animal welfare reasons, the less animal products we consume, the better.
… | 19th June 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Food And Farming Vegan Vegetarian Reviews … Face On Your Plate reveals the truth about food. Be it for health, environmental or … psychoanalyst. Subtitled The Truth about Food, The Face on Your Plate clarifies many …
Your compost heap can be an untapped powerhouse of energy, says Paul Kingsnorth - it's just a matter of learning to harness it
… look like a pile of brown sludge, rotting food waste, cut grass, bits of torn-up … earth. Without this, there would be no food. This is the ultimate in recycling, the … as though I’m talking this up a bit, but any food grower will know what I mean – will know …
Paul Kingsnorth on the battle to keep land for people to grow their own food, rather than for developers to grow rich.
… Urban Living Development Green Living Food And Farming Allotments_MAIN.jpg Paul … to keep land for people to grow their own food, rather than for developers to grow rich. … take long for the people who grow their food on the allotments to get wind of the …
A compost pile in a second-floor flat may not be a practical solution to dealing with your food waste, but if you don't have a garden, a homemade wormery might just be the ticket
… 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Compost Food Waste Wormery Home Composting … be a practical solution to dealing with your food waste, but if you don't have a garden, a … a pile of potato peelings into our makeshift food bin. Our council bin had disappeared a …
Michael and Julia Guerra grow 250kg of food in their tiny suburban garden using permaculture techniques. Louise Parry finds out how
… Permaculture food growing in a suburban garden Louise Parry | 30th June 2009 Other Food And Farming Green Living Permaculture … Michael and Julia Guerra grow 250kg of food in their tiny suburban garden using …
Clean, green beauty products for the holiday season
… for the holiday season Weleda' s Skin Food This multi-tasking and heavily praised 100 per cent organic 'Skin Food' has been around since 1926. A intensely … from www.weleda.co.uk and from health food stores and supermarkets around the UK. …