Britain's favourite tipple faces big challenges over coming decades, writes Ann-Marie Brouder. A new report sets out the challenges and proposes sustainable solutions to keep the 'cup that cheers' on the nation's tables.
… Tea - a 'hero crop' for our times? Ann-Marie … Comment Food Farming Forests Corporations tea-plantation-watering.png Britain's … the 'cup that cheers' on the nation's tables. Tea is big business: three billion cups of it …
Mountain gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are at risk from tea plantations that would obliterate the adjacent Kafuga Forest, a vital buffer zone for local people, writes Richard Sadler. Deprived of foods, herbs, medicines and clean water from the forest, human pressure on the gorillas would inevitably increase, and expose them to potentially lethal diseases.
… Uganda: Save Kafuga Forest and gorillas from tea plantations Richard Sadler | 27th January … Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are at risk from tea plantations that would obliterate the … forest for farming. A group of more than 250 tea growers, backed by district government …
The Tea Party of Miami put up a convincing demo last week to oppose a 'land grab' that would see 46,000 acres of sugar farm land restored for Everglades conservation. Just one problem - the 'protestors' were actors each being paid $75 for the two-hour shift.
… Tea Party's fake protestors for Big Sugar … Waste Water big-suar-protest.jpg The Tea Party of Miami put up a convincing demo … Palm Beach Post the protest was sponsored by Tea Party of Miami and Florida Citizens …
India's tea capital, Assam, has been hit by devastating floods for the second time in three years, writes Sneha Krishnan. But the government has failed to address key environmental issues like deforestation and soil conservation, or involve local communities in developing solutions. So ever more fertile land is lost to erosion, and millions of the country's poorest people suffer.
… Forests morigaon-dist-300612-cut.jpg India's tea capital, Assam, has been hit by … and poor working conditions on local tea plantations, while armed conflicts between … even more unstable. Perfect conditions for tea - and flooding Assam is best known for its …
If the roll call of scary ingredients has put you off conventional creams then antioxidants could be the alternative you’re looking for
… out more: www.akamuti.co.uk Green and white tea Drink it: High in polyphenols, green tea is one the most best antioxidants around … studied the health benefits of white tea, amongst other foods. ‘It appeared that …
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
… of healing techniques, such as massage and steam inhalation, which involve the use of … sage is licensed as a standard medicinal tea to treat gastrointestinal upsets and night … you need them. Always use the fresh herb and tear, don't cut the leaves. Gently crushing …
A new photographic exhibition - Made in Coorg - looks at what life is like for the coffee growers of the Coorg district of southern India, where the highly fertile land is increasingly sought after for larger plantations and tourism projects
… And Drink Coffee India Plantation Farmer Bean Tea Indigenous Kodava Coorg Cotton Farmer … India’s rural economy is dominated by tea and cotton, so the coffee farmers are …
Austerity is not holding back the organic shopper, latest sales figures show. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… sales boom in cereals, biscuits and flavoured teas, which have seen 39 percent growth in … Innovation across categories including teas, nut butters, free-from products, energy …
The mighty Grocery Manufacturers Association is to sue Vermont for making food companies label GMOs in their products. Ronnie Cummins calls on all concerned consumers to boycott GMA companies and products - starting with their 'traitor brands' ...
… the GMA when they buy brands like Honest Tea, Kashi, Odwalla and others whose parent … Frappucino Coca-Cola ($3.2M) - Honest Tea, Odwalla Nestle ($3M) - Gerber Organic, Sweet Leaf tea Kraft/Mondelez ($2.4M) - Boca Burgers, …
More than a 100 pesticides are licenced for spraying on the humble lettuce. As well as posing a threat to consumers, workers harvesting the crop can face contamination and poisoning
… ANALYSIS Special report PG Tips and Lipton tea hit by 'sexual harassment and poor … at its Rainforest Alliance-certified tea plantation in Kenya are subjected to …
Ditch the high street and shop ethically this Christmas. Laurie Tuffrey shows you where to look
… from www.allthingsgreen.net For her Reusable Tea Lovers Cup, £11.95 The paper cups employed … of making use of old fruit juice cartons? Instead of throwing them away, and contributing … to... make your own Christmas decorations Instead of heading to the supermarket for your …
There's nothing more satisfying than watching a curd slowly start to thicken says Susan Clark...except, perhaps, knowing that your key ingredient was growing in the hedgerow just a few hours earlier.
… Jane Austen and Mr Darcy must be coming to tea. And that I might even put on a skirt to … be cooking your curd over the heat of the steam from the water in the saucepan. This …
Eating wild plants and mushrooms is a pleasure we should all indulge in, believes open air gastronomist Humphrey Birley - and this new edition of 'Wild Food : a complete guide for foragers' is just what's needed to get us exploring woods, hedgerows, meadows and salt marshes in search of edible delicacies.
… herbs, Fruits, berries, nuts and fruits , and Teas, beers and wines. Recipes ... plus …
We get an entertaining selection of press releases each week at the Ecologist. Recently, however, amid claims for the greenest 4x4s ever, vegan-friendly breastmilk ice cream and strip-mining with a heart, one stood out.
… and start sucking, chewing and snorting instead. Anti-smoking campaigns and smoking bans … loose leaf or in pouches that look like small tea bags. May be placed between the cheek and …
A child’s food allergies can be terrifying in the first instance, but they shouldn’t mean being sentenced to a lifetime of unexciting food. Matilda Lee offers suggestions for a healthy, tasty, non-allergenic diet
… every label of every food to be eaten. Plain tea biscuits that contain skimmed milk, pasta … allergies is not to eat food with labels; instead cook from scratch using fresh, seasonal … that aims to ‘wean you from the corporate teat while at the same time saving you money …
From deforestation to fertiliser; our taste for coffee has left some of the world’s most precious eco-systems in a precarious state. George Blacksell looks at how the coffee industry is cleaning up its act
… consumer come in? Despite our dedication to tea and our low global ranking (47th) in the … is no guaranteed price for the growers; instead, the organisation aims to ‘conserve …
Federal Agencies have capitulated to an armed militia protecting a Nevada rancher running his cattle on 100s of 1,000s of acres of public land reserved for 'threatened' Desert tortoises - despite multiple court orders and over $1 million in unpaid fines.
… at the Center for Biological Diversity. "Instead it is allowing a freeloading rancher … has also been enthusiastically espoused by 'Tea Party' supporters and Fox News. Federal …
Oranges, grapes and Granny Smiths are so last year, says Emma Cooper. This autumn, tuck into goji berries, strawberry spinach and wonderberries instead...
… strawberry spinach and wonderberries instead... Fruits are the jewels of any kitchen … an acquired taste, but can be used for herbal teas and fruit leathers. The plants themselves …
Coffee may be grown all around the tropics, writes Fiona Hesselden, but it originates in just one place: the 'coffee rainforests' of the Ethiopian highlands. We depend on the wild plants for new genes and varieties, yet the forests are falling fast to the advance of farmers. To preserve the forests and all their biodiversity, the original people of the forest must receive their just rewards.
… investor interest in commercial coffee and tea plantations, has seen agricultural land …
Newly assertive citizens and consumers are putting the world's most feared and powerful corporations on the defensive, writes Ronnie Cummins. Now is the time to press home our advantage!
… some of the biggest: Coca-Cola (Honest Tea and Odwalla), Pepsi (Frito-Lay and Naked … soybeans and RNAi corn), opting instead for high-tech, and less controversial … vegetables under development, reverting "instead to good old-fashioned crossbreeding, the …