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 …
Channel 4's newest foodie series has plenty for eco warriors to love. The Ecologist catches up with Tim Cresswell to talk foraging
… Styles | 23rd January 2012 Ethical Living Food And Drink Three Hungry Boys Channel 4 Food And Farming Foraging Hugh Fearnley … River Cottage holding.jpg Channel 4's newest foodie series has plenty for eco warriors to …
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 …
The Ecologist's Green Living Editor finds answers to your ethical dilemmas. This week she’s looking at eco-labels
… | 13th September 2011 Ethical Living Labels Food Beauty Ecocert Soil Association RSPCA Food And Drink Food And Farming istock_000010675191xsmall.jpg …
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 …
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 …
Whether you’re looking for seasonal veg or slaughter-free milk, Britain’s box schemes make avoiding the supermarket a cinch
… Styles | 16th January 2012 Ethical Living Food And Drink Shopping Veg Box Food And Farming Delivery Schemes Tesco … make avoiding the supermarket a cinch Organic food sales might have taken a …
Combining style and sustainability, Bournemouth’s Green Room restaurant is a wild-food lovers’ dream
… | 20th January 2011 Ethical Living Reviews Food Restaurant Organic Bournemouth … Bournemouth’s Green Room restaurant is a wild-food lovers’ dream Just a few minutes walk … daily to accommodate the foraged and seasonal foods that make up the bulk of Gordon’s …
Want to know how and where your favourite meat is produced? Ruth Styles asked four industry experts to give their verdict on the realities of animal welfare in the UK today
… July 2011 Ethical Living Meat Animal Welfare Food And Drink Farming Shopping Food And Farming holding.jpg Want to know how … that look after them. Governments, food retailers and the consumer, all have a …
High in fat and with a carbon footprint to match, cow’s milk is neither the greenest or healthiest milk available. So what are the alternatives? Here are 10 of the best
… | 13th April 2011 Ethical Living Milk Soya Food And Drink Rice Goat Buffalo Food And Farming istock_000011108998xsmall.jpg … cow’s milk are legion. According to Tim Lang, Food Commissioner at the Sustainable …
The European Parliament just voted to re-authorise glyphosate, writes Peter Melchett - but with significant restrictions on its use. So what does the vote mean for the world's biggest selling herbicide? And how come the UK's National Farmers' Union welcomed the decision as an unqualified victory?
… | 15th April 2016 Comment EU UK Farming Food Pesticides Health Politics Science … harvesting. Spraying a probable carcinogen on food crops to kill them so they can be … wheat that makes our bread, flour and other food like biscuits and cereals. In the last …
By not properly discussing agriculture at national or international climate negotiations, we are avoiding tackling not just a huge source of emissions, but also a potential carbon sink
… | 7th December 2009 Comment Climate Change Food And Farming Agriculture Soil Association … on the table for discussion at Copenhagen. Food, farming, forestry and land use change … from soils, balanced against quantity of food produced and a host of other variables, …
Organic farming has changed, but for the better, writes Soil Association head of policy and Norfolk organic farmer Peter Melchett. As never before, organic inspections are central to the delivery of environmental and animal care, and food you really can trust.
… growth Peter Melchett | 24th May 2014 Comment Food Farming Regulation Organic UK … of environmental and animal care, and food you really can trust. I've been an … started organic farming in 1975. Organic food is rightly under far greater scrutiny. …
Soil Association policy director Peter Melchett takes issue with The Land editor Simon Fairlie's characterisation of its policy towards organic yields and meat consumption
… UK Peter Melchett | 22nd April 2010 Comment Food And Farming Organic Meat … and Wales under organic Agriculture: how much food could be produced? ', Centre for … now. It has formed part of our work on school food which began in 2002, our work on hospital …
From food to fun, we've got the skinny on how to make this year's festivities the greenest ever
… 2011 Ethical Living Christmas Eco Xmas Guide Food Gifts Decorations Ecologist Guide Green … Seasonal Local Organic holding.jpg From food to fun, we've got the skinny on how to … the Soil Association , involves 49,0000 extra food miles, while of the 10 million turkeys …
Divine chocolate has blazed an ethical trail with its pioneering business model and Fairtrade principles. But does ethical also mean green? Divine MD Sophi Tranchell says that for her company, it does
… Chocolate Green Business Fairtrade Cocoa Food And Farming Green Living … Green business: Ella's Kitchen Organic baby food company Ella's Kitchen is already big in … addiction. GREEN LIVING How to decode food labels and shop with a conscience Is it …
Crack open the champagne and bring out the bunting: Ruth Styles looks at green ways to throw a suitably stylish Royal Wedding shebang
… Living Royal Wedding Kate Middleton Party Food And Drink Fashion Decorations Society … terrible effect on the environment. Synthetic food colouring, cheap alcohol and plastic … decorating your cake is a different story. Food dyes, with their chemical ingredients and …