Hemp, flax and rapeseed - not a sexy sounding trio compared to olive oil's Mediterranean aura - but storecupboard essentials if you want homegrown oil
… Our top three alternatives to olive oil Laura Sevier | 23rd April 2010 Ethical Living Food And Farming Olive Oil Hemp Cooking main-flaxfield-pic.jpg A … - not a sexy sounding trio compared to olive oil's Mediterranean aura - but storecupboard …
When it comes to oils we are spoilt for choice, with more than 130 million tonnes of oil consumed every year, according to the WWF. But with demand set to increase, what sort of impact is our appetite for oil having on the planet? And which is the green choice?
… How green are vegetable and rapeseed oils? Rebecca Campbell | 16th May 2012 Ethical Living Palm Oil Rapeseed Oil Biofuels Food And Farming Soy Soya …
The spread of oil palm plantations has come at the expense of vast swathes of tropical rainforest. But the billion-dollar palm oil industry is now mounting a major PR offensive. Alex Helan reports
… Greenwash and spin: palm oil lobby targets its critics Alex Helan | 8th July 2011 News Palm Oil Rainforest Food And Farming Deforestation Biodiversity Greenwashing oilpalm.jpg Oil from the fruit of oil palm …
With vast areas decimated by industrial farming, the salad days are over for mass-produced olive oil. Laura Sevier looks at the effect its rise in popularity has had on the European landscape, and at some more sustainable brands.
… Laura Sevier | 7th August 2008 News Olive OilOil Industrial Farming Sustainable Farming … salad days are over for mass-produced olive oil. Laura Sevier looks at the effect its rise …
Second advert from palm oil industry lobby group is banned for its sustainability claims
… UK bans Malaysian palm oil advert The Ecologist | 3rd November 2009 News Palm Oil Food And Farming palmoil2.jpg Demand for palm oil is growing as a …
Major UK cereal brand switches to more sustainable sources of palm oil following interview with the Ecologist
… Jordans cereals switches to 'sustainable' palm oil The Ecologist | 11th February 2010 News Food And Farming Palm Oil WWF Natural World jordans.jpg Jordans has … it will use 100 per cent sustainable palm oil by the end of 2010 Major UK cereal brand …
Tesco and Waitrose lagging behind on sustainable sourcing of world's most traded edible oil, found in wide range of everyday products from cakes and cosmetics
… Major retailers ranked on sustainable palm oil The Ecologist | 28th October 2009 News Palm Oil Food And Farming palmoil.jpg The palm oil industry in Indonesia has …
Palm oil is in our food, cleaning products and fuel. But it's destroying rainforest and contributing to climate change. Sustainable certification schemes have been set up, but campaigners increasingly question whether they work
… Palm oil: the hidden ingredient causing an … Martin | 14th March 2012 Ethical Living Palm Oil Home Cleaning Food And Farming Beauty … Friends Of The Earth WWF holding.jpg Palm oil is in our food, cleaning products and …
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining rainforests has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia
… Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' … ban Tom Levitt | 25th March 2011 News Palm Oil Africa Natural World Energy Food And Farming Indonesia palmoil.jpg Palm oil giant Sime Darby is …
Organic olive oil is the eco-friendly alternative to butter and rapeseed oils
… Green gold: organic olive oil The Ecologist | 21st February 2011 Ethical Living Organic Olive Oil Food And Drink Italy Food And Farming … Green Living olivetreeedit.jpg Organic olive oil is the eco-friendly alternative to butter …
Land victory will allow Borneo’s indian tribes to fight palm oil industries, although use of sustainable palm oil sits at a mere one per cent.
… Sustainable palm oil usage at unsatisfactory levels The Ecologist | 1st July 2009 News Palm Oil Borneo Sustainable Logging Food And … allow Borneo’s indian tribes to fight palm oil industries, although use of sustainable …
Palm oil is a key ingredient in everything from cereal, biscuits and margarine to shampoo, lipstick and toothpaste. Unless we curb our desire for it critical forests and wildlife habitat will be gone forever, says Dan Bucknell
… Investigations Elephants holding.jpg Palm oil is a key ingredient in everything from … vast majority of us will be consuming palm oil without even realising it, or realising … to the natural world that this is doing. Palm oil is a key ingredient in everything from …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
… Palm oil's forgotten victims: Sumatran elephants … Food And Farming News Investigations Palm Oil Forests Deforestation _mg_6727.jpg Western … the Sumatran elephant to extinction, but palm oil expansion, and we are eating it, washing …
Nestlé is ignoring the social and environmental crimes of its palm oil suppliers says Greenpeace
… | 19th March 2010 News Food And Farming Palm Oil Nestle Natural World oran.jpg Orang-utans … social and environmental crimes of its palm oil suppliers says Greenpeace Orang-utans are losing their forest homes to palm oil plantations that supply Nestlé, according …
Microalgae could help turn the tide on climate change by providing clean, green energy for everything from light bulbs to planes, argues Matthew Aylott. But does the UK have enough space, sunshine - or indeed the stomach - to grow them?
… Forget palm oil and soya, microalgae is the next big … Food And Farming Microalgae Climate Palm Oil Soya microalgae-producing-oil.jpg Microalgae could help turn the tide on …
Campaign groups call for a suspension on lending to palm oil plantation developers after critical internal audit
… World Bank breaks rules in lending to palm oil companies The Ecologist | 27th August 2009 News Food And Farming Natural World Palm Oil Indonesia Politics And Economics palmoil.jpg The palm oil industry in Indonesia has …
A new study found a fatty acid commonly found in palm oil, promoted metastasis in mouth cancers and melanoma skin cancer in mice.
… Palm oil linked to the spread of cancer Nina Massey | 11th November 2021 | News Palm Oil Cancer Food And Farming palm_oil.jpg A new study found a fatty acid …
The use of the jatropha plant as a source of biofuel has gone from environmental hero to zero in the space of two years.
… Jatropha overtakes food crops in oil swindle The Ecologist | 19th June 2009 News Jatropha Biofuel Swaziland Oil Food And Farming Politics And Economics … hailed as a new, sustainable source of plant oils due to its ability to grow on marginal …
Three countries producing 95 percent of European olive oil production could lose billions because Xylella fastidiosa is killing trees.
… Olive oil production threatened by disease Nilima … producing 95 percent of European olive oil production could lose billions because … account for 95 percent of European olive oil production. Strain The findings, published …
Head chef of pioneering Shoreditch eco-restaurant The Water House, Marie Gonfond shares a few recipes...
… with Jerusalem Artichokes puree and chilli oil To serve 2 Ingredients: 2 black bream … Artichokes 2 Fresh Red Chillies Olive Oil Salt, pepper Nutmeg 2 slices of bread A … marinade in around a third of a cup of olive oil for at least half an hour. 2. Peel your …
Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s have been praised for disclosing their ‘forest footprint’ but experts say that consumers are still not aware of the impact of their daily diet
… Food And Farming Deforestation Amazon Palm Oil deforestationlogging.jpg Marks and Spencer … risk commodities’ such as timber, palm oil, beef, leather, soy and biofuels. A number … 'We use 0.1 per cent of the volume of palm oil that Sainsbury’s use. On the one hand we …
Considering its estimated 25,000-plus uses – for producing food, fuel, medicine, paper, plastics and even dynamite – the most wasteful thing you could probably do with hemp is smoke it. Jake Bowers describes hemp’s potential to transform agriculture and the plant’s demonisation by huge and competing industrial interests
… Its most powerful weapon, hemp-seed oil, turns out to be one of the most nutritious oils on the planet. Yearsley says: 'While hemp-seed oil is relatively new to the modern Western …