The Food for Life 'Catering Mark' is bringing fresh, healthy and local food into schools, hospitals and canteens, writes Peter Melchett - while driving big increases in the volume of organic food we eat, and growing the market for organic farmers and local food producers.
… 'Catering Mark' is helping to deliver good food for all Peter Melchett Soil Association | 24th February 2015 Activism Food Farming Organic Health fresh-fruit-cut.jpg The Food for Life 'Catering Mark' is bringing …
A major new scientific report reveals how organic agriculture can help feed the world whilst reducing the environmental impacts, PETER MELCHETT, of the Soil Association delves into the data.
… Peter Melchett | 27th November 2017 Comment Food Organic Meat Vegetarianism And Veganism … Nature Communications, by scientists from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and … "whether producing a certain total amount of food, in terms of protein and calories, with …
The way food is produced has a profound impact on its nutritional profile, according to research published in the British Journal of Nutrition. Not only is organic farming better for animal welfare, the environment and wildlife, writes Peter Melchett, but organic meat, dairy, fruit and vegetables all have tangible health benefits for the people who eat them.
… Organic food is well worth paying for - for your … Soil Association | 4th March 2016 News Food Farming Regulation Organic UK Health organic-boxes-cut.jpg The way food is produced has a profound impact on its …
A Unison survey of UK meat hygiene inspectors found that, last year, 51% of respondents had been the victim of bullying and harassment. One inspector said the situation was so bad he had considered suicide. Campaigning reporter, ANDREW WASLEY investigates
… and intimidation in abattoirs threatens food safety checks Andrew Wasley | 19th April … reporter, ANDREW WASLEY investigates Food safety and animal welfare checks in … hygiene inspectors and vets working for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) endure regular …
Lord Krebs, self-appointed spokesman for industrial agriculture, used the Oxford Farming Conference to attack organic systems for causing more climate change - a claim as demonstrably false as it is ludicrous, writes Peter Melchett. But across the city, the upstart 'real farming' conference was showing the way to a cleaner, greener and healthier future.
… Peter Melchett | 8th January 2015 News Food Farming GMOs Health Climate Change … demoted from the "future for all farming and food" that was heralded in the 1990s. Under … the English Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is happy to forget that …
Almost all our food is grown in soil, writes Peter Melchett. Yet we are treating it like dirt: spraying it with toxic chemicals, depleting vital nutrients, and releasing its carbon to add to climate change. With World Soils Day coming up tomorrow, let's change our ways - and renew our commitment to organic food and farming.
… Peter Melchett | 4th December 2015 Comment Food Farming Organic Natural World Health … Change pd soil 1-cut.jpg Almost all our food is grown in soil, writes Peter Melchett. … ways - and renew our commitment to organic food and farming. "The health of soil, plant, …
The government’s consultation on future farming policy in England ended last week. Many see it as a unique opportunity to make some positive changes - not least in the provision of information about differences in quality and production systems, says PETER MELCHETT of the Soil Association
… May 2018 Comment DEFRA Health And Harmony Food And Farming Brexit … show superior quality compared to other food. We accept that there are clear … so with our largest manufacturing industry: food and farming. Championing quality …
The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the 'scientific high-ground' by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated 'anti-science' luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables
… Peter Melchett | 31st December 2012 News Gm Food And Farming News Science gmo.jpg The … the views of citizens, and most sales of GM food have relied on secrecy - denying … or citizens concerned about the safety of the food they eat. Scientists who are critical of …
Genetically modified food is flooding into the UK through the back door. Few consumers know that the meat and dairy products they eat may have been made from animals fed a diet containing GM crops.
… How GM food is finding its way into your diet Andrew Wasley | 22nd February 2014 News Gm Food Farming Food GMOs milking.png Genetically modified …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different
… it being linked to conflicts over land, food security and growing hunger in developing … with poor soils, thus not competing with food production. But, according to … has been given over to jatropha, threatening food security. Promised incomes have also …
A radical experiment in community supported agriculture is attempting to break farming's reliance on fossil fuels and unsustainable practices. Andrew Wasley met green farmer Ed Hamer for this exclusive extract from The Ecologist Guide To Food.
… Andrew Wasley | 28th January 2014 Comment Food Farming Fossil Fuels Community … exclusive extract from The Ecologist Guide To Food. The countryside around the village of … In the village centre there's a packed wholefood cafe and health food shop that sells lots …
UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation.
… 2019 News Editor’s Picks Beef Imports Food And Farming Amazon Deforestation Thought … McDonald’s, Burger King and other huge fast food chains around the world, bought cattle … have been accused of deforestation — Minerva Foods and JBS — was directly imported to the …
US researchers behind a study that showed links between gas drilling and sickness in livestock say a moratorium should be imposed on fracking in the UK until its impact on food safety can be assessed. Andrew Wasley reports
… Fracking poses risk to UK farm animals and food safety, experts warn Andrew Wasley | 17th September 2013 News Fracking Energy Food And Farming News Investigations Gas Dairy Farming Food Safety hunger after miling endless …
It was bred to aid the rural poor, but one bird is also helping break industrialised farming’s stranglehold on India. Andrew Wasley meets the remarkable Giriraja
… Development Industrialised Farming Food Factory Farming Farming Food Security Natural World Food And Farming The_Forest_King_MAIN.jpg It …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different. Andrew Wasley reports
… it being linked to conflicts over land, food security and growing hunger in developing … with poor soils, thus not competing with food production. But, according to … has been given over to jatropha, threatening food security. Promised incomes have also …
Following scientific confirmation of the severe hazards to health caused by residues of glyphosate weed killers in food, the Soil Association is calling on bakers and retailers to stop 'pre-harvest' spraying on arable crops. The SA's Peter Melchett just sent out this letter - adapt as necessary and send to retailers, bakers, makers of cereals, pasta, biscuits and others.
… Keep glyphosate out of our food! Peter Melchett | 3rd September 2015 Activism Food Farming Health Corporations … by residues of glyphosate weed killers in food, the Soil Association is calling on …
A new study sets out the huge benefits of organic farming to people and the environment, writes Peter Melchett, including more wildlife, healthier consumers and farm workers, lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduced soil erosion and increased water retention. We need more of it, fast!
… Association | 23rd March 2017 Comment Farming Food Organic Pesticides Health Water … a fair and environmentally sustainable food system. The authors note that organic … levels of beneficial nutrients in organic food, as well as to the absence of pesticides …
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. Andrew Wasley reports
… meat Andrew Wasley | 13th October 2009 News Food And Farming Genetic Modification Soya … use of pesticides, deforestation and rising food insecurity. The film, Killing Fields: the … groups including Friends of the Earth, Food and Water Watch and with European …
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence
… meat Andrew Wasley | 13th October 2009 News Food And Farming Genetic Modification Soya … use of pesticides, deforestation and rising food insecurity. The film, Killing Fields: the … groups including Friends of the Earth, Food and Water Watch and with European …
Much of our meat and dairy produce is made from animals raised on GM feeds. Alarming new claims suggest that the GM diet is affecting animal health - prompting fears over human safety. Andrew Wasley reports ...
… 28th November 2013 News Gm Animal Health GMOs Food Farming Investigations News Food Safety Livestock … in cattle, says farmers - and the wider food industry including supermarkets - should …
BASF are to halve their GM research and development and reduce the time spent on developing these technologies, writes Peter Melchett. Given the many problems that GM agriculture is facing, and that new non-GE technologies offer such valuable benefits as increased crop yields, does BASF's announcement spell the beginning of the end of GM crops?
… The demise of GM and the new future of food Peter Melchett | 8th March 2016 News Gm … in the largest global consumer market for GM food, the USA, where the non-GMO label is the … grocery label in supermarkets, and some big food manufacturers, along with Chipotle, are …
The illicit supply of clams, cockles and oysters could spark a serious outbreak of food poisoning from E.coli, novovirus or salmonella. But gangmasters are cashing in on the lucrative trade. Andrew Wasley reports
… at risk Andrew Wasley | 30th May 2012 News Food And Farming Gangmasters Exploitation News … and oysters could spark a serious outbreak of food poisoning from E.coli, novovirus or … with tonnes of potentially contaminated seafood feared to be entering the food chain, an …
Jordans cereal bars and Warburtons bread have been found to contain traces of glyphosate - a controversial herbicide that campaigners say poses a risk to human health. Andrew Wasley reports ...
… 31st December 2013 News Pesticides Glyphosate Food Farming News GMOs Food Safety GM Crops warburtons.png Jordans … bread, bakery products, cereal bars and other foodstuffs. Safe, pure and wholesome? …
Brazil sent a million salmonella contaminated chickens to the UK in two years.
… Alexandra Heal | 3rd July 2019 News Chicken Food And Farming Brazil Bureau Of … five of its birds are contaminated with the food poisoning bug salmonella. The country … the elderly. Risk The head of the Brazilian food safety authority has admitted that the …