In the run up to the British general election, Pat Thomas says the various party manifestos are starved of sound policies on food security and sustainability
… of the main parties seem to have a clue about food Pat Thomas | 21st April 2010 Comment Food And Farming Election 2010 Politics And … manifestos are starved of sound policies on food security and sustainability Food is a …
Is it healthy? Is it organic? Is it fairly traded? How far has it travelled? At times, making informed choices can feel like a full-time job. Here is a pocket guide to buying food from the new book Stuffed
… How to decode food labels and shop with a conscience Pat … | 16th March 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Food And Farming Soil Association Organic Food Labels Food Miles Packaging Leaf Marque …
Increasing quantities of 'hidden GMOs' are finding their way into our diet, writes Pat Thomas. They are coming mainly in US imports for supermarkets and caterers, and in animal feeds used for meat, dairy and egg production. It's time for chefs, pubs, takeaways and restaurants to take responsibility for the food chains that supply them - labelling the GMOs in their meals, and better still, cutting them out.
… Hidden GMOs in our daily food? Let's get UK chefs talking, and doing! … Pat Thomas | 31st March 2017 Activism GMOs Food Farming UK USA pub-meal-cut.jpg … restaurants to take responsibility for the food chains that supply them - labelling the …
The development of meat-like foods is introducing GM and novel technology into our diets. This presents new risks to our health, but also to the complex development of behaviour to prevent environmental destruction, argues PAT THOMAS
… | 15th August 2017 News Meat Vegan Vegetarian Food Science Gm Technology … The development of meat-like foods is introducing GM and novel technology … to ignore. The glossy PR about the future of food is compelling. But fake meat is no more …
How to make your food your medicine and medicine your food, starting with six common herbs you can use in your recipes and everyday cooking
… 10th August 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Food Health Herbs Aromatherapy Herbal Remedies … Natural Health herbs.jpg How to make your food your medicine and medicine your food, starting with six common herbs you can …
A widely publicised study has suggested that eating organic food doesn't stop you getting cancer. Pat Thomas finds the study deeply unconvincing - and wonders why Cancer Research UK is so quick to trumpet its conclusions.
… Does organic food reduce cancer risk? Pat Thomas | 16th April 2014 Comment Food Farming Health red-cabbage.png A widely … study has suggested that eating organic food doesn't stop you getting cancer. Pat …
Two decades ago the world's first GM foods went on sale, writes Pat Thomas. The consumer flirtation with GMOs soon died away, yet the biotech industry has grown into a global behemoth, driving agricultural intensification and sending agro-chemical sales through the roof. It's time for us to take a stand once again and insist: there are better, healthier ways of growing food.
… | 5th February 2015 Activism GMOs Consumerism Food Farming Corporations Two decades ago the world's first GM foods went on sale, writes Pat Thomas. The … there are better, healthier ways of growing food. "It was 20 years ago today ... " as the …
Marketed as a superfood with almost magical properties, soya protein is found in almost everything we eat. It’s a shame its health claims aren’t worth a bean, says Pat Thomas
… 2009 Ethical Living Behind The Label Soya Gm Food Soya Food And Farming Soya_BTL_MAIN.jpg Marketed as a superfood with almost magical properties, soya …
Is it worse than Mc Donalds? The BLT sandwich is an icon, the ultimate symbol of convenience culture. Tesco alone sells 5 million a year. This is what the £1.80 you pay for your BLT buys...
… Hughes Pat Thomas | 22nd September 2006 News Food BLT Fast Food Junk Food Pigs Bacon Farming Pesticides Proccessed …
Freedom Food was set up in 1994 by the RSPCA as the first farm-assurance scheme to concentrate primarily on animal welfare. The Freedom Food mark found on eggs, dairy, meat, poultry and salmon products means the animals involved have been reared, handled, transported and slaughtered to standards devised and monitored by the RSPCA.
… Behind the eco labels: Freedom Food Pat Thomas | 1st April 2007 Ethical Living Freedom Food RSPCA Viva! Vegetarian Animals Animal Welfare Green Living Food And Farming BTL_Looking_glass_MAIN_11.jpg …
It's the condiment of choice for a million fast-food outlets and a staple sauce in homes around the world, but there's more to tomato ketchup than meets the eye, says Pat Thomas
… Thomas Sauce Tomato Ketchup Heinz Sugar Salt Food Vinegar Food Standards Agency Nutrient Nutrition … the condiment of choice for a million fast-food outlets and a staple sauce in homes …
Over 1,000 juvenile delinquents showed a 44 per cent drop in antisocial behaviour when put on a low sugar diet. So why is the government completely ignoring what we are feeding our children, and yet is happy to spend £2,500 on administering each ASBO?
… Behaviour Orders Nutrition Diet Sugar Junk FoodFood And Health Mental Health Pharmaceuticals Risk Drugs Food And Farming Health Politics And Economics …
Spices don't simply add flavour to your food - they also aid digestion, protect against bacteria and prevent a range of illnesses
… 29th October 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Food And Drink Cumin Coriander Cinnamon … Spices don't simply add flavour to your food - they also aid digestion, protect … Spices generally add a more pungent taste to foods. Wherever possible, it is best to buy …
All organic food must meet a common set of minimum standards, as defined by the EU. Each EU member state has a national control body; the United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards (UKROFS) regulates the activities of six certification bodies in the UK. The oldest and largest, the Soil Association (founded in 1946), currently undertakes 80 per cent of all certification in the UK and is arguably the organic label most trusted by consumers.
… April 2007 Ethical Living Eco Labels Organic Food Market Food And Farming All organic food must meet a common set of minimum …
Humans have been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s only in the last 60 years that we have begun to give babies highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’. Pat Thomas investigates
… Breastmilk vs 'formula' food Pat Thomas | 1st April 2006 News Health … to give babies highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’. Pat Thomas investigates … around £20 per baby promoting this ‘baby junk food’, compared to the paltry 14 pence per …
An exciting new project has been launched to give children a chance to join in the GMO debate, writes Pat Thomas. With young people speaking up and becoming more aware of food, health and environmental issues, they deserve the platform to voice their concerns and join in a wider global network of youth working for positive change in the world they will inherit.
… people speaking up and becoming more aware of food, health and environmental issues, they … change in the world they will inherit. Our Food Our Future is asking kids in the Americas … and other important issues in the ongoing food debate. The aim is to help kids in the EU …
Food is supposed to be good for you, which is why many people believe that functional foods such as cholesterol-lowering spreads are a ‘good thing’. But are they? Pat Thomas reports
… Label Flora Flora Pro-activ Margarine Spread Food And Health Green Living Health FLORA_NOV06_MAIN.jpg Food is supposed to be good for you, which is why many people believe that functional foods such as cholesterol-lowering spreads are …
In this special online collection of Pat Thomas' acclaimed 'Behind the Label' series, we bring you five food products that shouldn't be on your kitchen shelves...
… Five foods you shouldn't buy Pat Thomas | 12th … April 2007 Ethical Living Behind The Label 5 Food You Shouldn't Buy Food And Health Green Living Food And Farming …
After a week of events throughout the UK aimed at highlighting the health risks of eating genetically modified foods, Pat Thomas highlights a key health message that many of us have missed.....
… | 12th September 2013 Comment Gm Pesticides Food And Farming pesticides.jpg Pesticide use in the US, where the vast majority of GM food crops are grown, has increased by around … health risks of eating genetically modified foods, Pat Thomas highlights a key health …
Genetically modified food. It’s a big issue. Increasingly, we are handed the notion that GM food is just like any other food, only better, because of its almost magical power to solve our most immediate crises of poverty, hunger, fossil-fuel depletion and climate change.
… Multinationals Yields Drought-resistance Food Safety Campaigns Gm Products Food And Farming Science And Technology … Investigates_54.jpg Genetically modified food. It’s a big issue. Increasingly, we are …
“We’re busy doing nothing, working the whole day through, trying to find lots of things not to do...”
… drug phenylbutazone, or bute, was in the food system. The cascade of events has … anything? We may never know; when it comes to food politics there are agendas wrapped in … thrust of the Tory manifesto’s commitment to foods was to ‘Buy British’ – a fantastic …
How we farm matters, writes Pat Thomas - not just for water, insects, birds and the wider environment, which benefit from organic farming, but also the nutritional value of our food. It's time to value the quality of what we eat, instead of prizing quantity above all.
… Pat Thomas | 1st August 2014 Comment Food Farming Health Organic … but also the nutritional value of our food. It's time to value the quality of what … According to the scientists, eating organic food could boost a person's antioxidant intake …
The human species has been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s only in the last 60 years that we have begun to give babies the highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’.
… give babies the highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’. The health consequences … around £20 per baby promoting this ‘baby junk food’, compared to the paltry 14 pence per … In this narrow context – where no other food was available – formula was a lifesaver. …
Four trustees of the Soil Association just resigned, 'more in sorrow than in anger'. Joanna Blythman, Lynda Brown, Andrew Whitley and former Ecologist editor Pat Thomas all decided they were unable to contribute further to the organisation, the UK's leading organic certifier and the 'mother ship' of British organic farming.
… Pat Thomas | 1st December 2014 Comment Food Farming UK Organic leek-picking-cut.jpg … it. We think that the organic approach to food and farming is ecologically coherent, … our long-standing and varied track record in food policy, campaigning, journalism and …