UK supermarkets led the world in saying 'no!' to GM foods and ingredients, writes Liz O'Neill. But they faltered on GM feeds for pigs, cattle, poultry and fish, with GM soy and corn dominating the UK's non-organic market. Now campaigners are putting the pressure on supermarkets to make their entire supply chains GMO-free for the sake of animal, human and ecological health.
… Supermarkets: 'Feed me the Truth' about GMOs … Corporations tesco-milk-cut.jpg UK supermarkets led the world in saying 'no!' to … Now campaigners are putting the pressure on supermarkets to make their entire supply …
Eifion Rees reports on the group bringing the heart back to supermarkets with a rooftop vegetable garden
… July 2011 Activism Food And Farming Gardening Supermarkets Rooftop Gardening Tesco Make A … on the group bringing the heart back to supermarkets with a rooftop vegetable garden … development or stockpiled to prevent it, and supermarkets cover a vast area. Take the …
Join War on Want's campaign for a independent supermarket watchdog to help stop supplier bullying
… 2011 Activism Food & Gardening War On Want Supermarkets Workers Tea Horticulture Tesco … to help stop supplier bullying Evidence of UK supermarkets' exploitation of overseas … pickers has been uncovered over many years. Supermarkets have used their buyer power to …
A tireless crusader for rural revitalisation, Kate Eshelby meets the septuagenarian who beat Tesco out of town and is now at the heart of Suffolk’s local food revival
… the district council’s case that big supermarkets cripple local economies. ‘I … and 300 producers would have been affected. ‘Supermarkets dismantle rural life. The country … standing beside a crate of mallards. ‘Big supermarkets screw you down for prices.’ …
No matter how concerned we are about the quality of food we and our families eat, we can be sure governments are putting corporate profit first, writes Sally Beare. But we - Mums in particular - still have our power as consumers to push supermarkets and other retailers into going GM-free and keeping toxic agrochemicals out of the food chain. Let's use it!
… - still have our power as consumers to push supermarkets and other retailers into going … products containing GMOs, and demanding that supermarkets label products containing GMOs … on GM feed. The first step is to insist that supermarkets label animal products from …
If you have bought bananas or pineapples in a supermarket recently did you know that many of the workers that plant, pack and grow them live in poverty?
… TAKE ACTION to stop supermarkets abusing their buyer power! The … plant, pack and grow them live in poverty? Supermarkets are the most powerful actors … buyer power and Make Fruit Fair! http://stopsupermarkets.makefruitfair.org.uk/ READ …
Battling superstore monopolies needn’t be a lone crusade. Kate Eshelby looks at some of the resources available
… | 19th June 2009 Activism Food And Gardening Supermarkets Tesco Superstore … be balanced and realistic in your argument. ‘Supermarkets are not all bad. They drive up …
Activists from Climate Rush this week occupied the oil aisle at a London Waitrose to protest against the 'ethical' supermarket's partnership with Shell
… questionable partnerships between ‘ethical’ supermarkets and oil companies, activists from …
Are demands for higher prices the future of food campaigning? Pay the Price is a Swedish thinktank demanding more expensive food to cover the hidden costs of production
… More Expensive Food Food Campaigning Supermarkets Transparency pay-the-price.jpg … the final food prize. The group demands that supermarkets are more transparent on the …
The Director of ActionAid UK talks to us about ending global poverty, achieving trade justice and making supermarkets accountable
… Society Poverty ActionAid Climate Change Supermarkets Global Trade Make A Difference … poverty, achieving trade justice and making supermarkets accountable What has been your …
Can the delicious revolution reach out to the uncommitted?
… the radar and under constant attack from supermarkets and ready-made meals. In this … vegetables. ‘Gradually these declined as supermarkets grew,' he says. Yet today, the … to the artisanal producer, can ever work with supermarkets. ‘We cannot ignore that 80 per …
If the thought of dropping a live lobster into a pan of boiling water horrifies you, then you're in good company including that of a new campaigning group that wants lobsters to be given the same animal welfare rights as other creatures. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… and lobsters on occasions being found in supermarkets wrapped in plastic shrink wrap, … claws or tails hacked off with knives. Some supermarkets and restaurants do stun … read about live crabs being packaged in supermarkets. In November 2015, a Korean …
In an extract from her new book What to Eat, investigative journalist Joanna Blythman offers top tips on how to make your food pound go further without scrimping on what you believe in
… much less in greengrocers and markets than in supermarkets; certain products, like Parmesan, … when bought in larger quantities in Chinese supermarkets; organic vegetables and eggs from … may well be cheaper than the equivalent in supermarkets. Stick with meat from free-range …
A campaign to force food manufacturers and retailers to reduce their waste is coupled with an innovative celebration of the rejected food
… (or 'dumpster diving') round the back of supermarkets in their local area. What they … of overstocking and high price mark-ups, supermarkets only need to sell a small … UK fruit and vegetable crops are rejected by supermarkets', as expert Tristram Stuart …
As families across the country stock up on food for Christmas feasting, Giulia Barcaro urges them to give a thought to animal welfare - read the label to discover whether the meat you're buying comes from high-welfare farms, or has condemned a sentient creature to a life of suffering.
… of all the labels you might find in UK supermarkets, and the production methods they … - and instead to buy high welfare from supermarkets, butchers, farmers' markets or …
The factory farming of pigs is organised animal abuse, writes Alastair Kenneil, and it imperils the environment and human health. But in the UK we have the choice to buy meat from pigs raised humanely under the open sky. Will you take the Pig Pledge today?
… and instead buy high welfare pork from supermarkets, butchers, farmers' markets or … that supply the shelves of shops and supermarkets in Britain. Outdoors and healthy … of pork in more than two thirds of the supermarkets in Britain. This allows us to …
Free range pig campaigner Tracy Worcester had a surprise encounter after filming horrific conditions in an intensive UK pig farm. She met the elderly farmer who was cutting corners to stay in business under cut-throat pressure from supermarkets and global agribusiness - only to find he shared all her concerns. The answer is for shoppers to buy only high-welfare meat.
… in business under cut-throat pressure from supermarkets and global agribusiness - only to … the global economy along with the way British supermarkets treat farmers left him very … consumers were not prepared to pay for it, supermarkets returned his meat and he couldn't …
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags
… Rebecca Hosing Modbury Campaigns Plastics Supermarkets Health Politics And Economics … was formed and a launch date set. 6 Big supermarkets Handling supermarkets and highstreet chains is one of …
Concerned about the state of your food? Here are some ways to tackle the problem at root - from community gardens to animal welfare
How to campaign for better food Zofia Walczak Matilda Lee | 29th June 2010 Activism Food And Farming Local Food Food Miles Gm Pesticides Food Procurement Community Orchards Capital Growth …
As part of the Ecologist's special investigation into the hidden costs of tea, milk and sugar, here's how to get involved in cleaning up your cuppa
… Organic Agriculture Dairy Farming Sugar Tea Supermarkets cuppapic.jpg How to get involved … to be addressing the issue. With British supermarkets unwilling to clean up their act, …
Her shocking film alerted unsuspecting consumers to the hidden costs of factory farmed pork. She talks to the Ecologist ahead of a special screening of Pig Business at the European Parliament
… and the cruelty simply went abroad as the supermarkets just switched to buying cheap low …
Grow It Yourself is a popular community organisation with a vision of bringing people together in a sustainable and healthier way through organic food growing. Now it has plans to launch further afield in the UK
… them with the skills to do so. While supermarkets provide the convenience of … along the food chain before arriving in the supermarkets, and eventually on to their …
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.
… They are coming mainly in US imports for supermarkets and caterers, and in animal feeds … many of us knowing it. In the UK, large supermarkets sell US imports of GMO food - … GMOs have crept into the UK food chain. Supermarkets sell US imports of GMO food - …