Food Matters and hopes for 2017

The demon of marketing seems to be back under the microscope. With the World Medical Association (WMA), health campaigners and Scottish government focusing on child obesity. The EU food industry voluntary pledge claims that children under 12 see 88% fewer advertisements for products that do not meet the Pledge's nutrition criteria compared to 2005. The…

Post Brexit autumn organics

Autumn has peeled away the last vestiges of a long hot summer. Daytime temperatures have dropped almost 10 deg C. Overcast skies are delivering a little rain. It being October field work on the sea buckthorn changes direction away and looks towards preparing for the 2017 crop. With each delivery of new plants from Siberia…