Who wants to eat food containing substances that have no reason to be there? What are the long term, cumulative effects of consuming chemical residues day in and day out?
If you have a baby on the way or a toddler in tow here’s a list of baby products that work well and are eco-friendly and safe, as chosen by the founder of online eco baby store, Hello Charlie.
Exploring some of the criticisms about organic farming and erroneous claims about fertilisers and pesticides and their use in growing organic food. We look at Brian Dunning’s ‘InFact’ programme and discover he presents no reliable facts at all.
Baba Ganoush is similar to houmous but its base is eggplant, also known as aubergine. Having grown your own organic garden produce, you can have lots of fun deciding how you’re going to eat it.
A recipe for a nutritious and delicious green salad and goat cheese made with vegetables grown in your own organic garden, including instructions on how to plant the seeds. This meal makes a delicious starter or light lunch.
Most people water their garden plants, but all plants benefit from a little bit of extra nutrition. Here’s how to feed your garden the organic way without any costs and using nothing more than lunch and breakfast leftovers.
More stringent than organic farming, biodynamic methods are holistic and look to achieve self sufficiency by creating fertilizers for crops and food for animals through natural processes. The emphasis is on putting back in what you take out and adding vitality to the plant, soil or livestock.
Pesticide residue used in coffee farming is having an appalling effect on eco-river systems as well as the fish from the rivers. Endosulfan, one of the most toxic pesticides available, is still licensed for use on coffee plantations in Jamaica today.
The advantages of home-growing fruit, vegetables, herbs or flowers. The size of your plot doesn’t matter. Whether you’re growing herbs in container pots or wild flowers in an orchard, the benefits of organic gardening remain the same and are many.
95% of Americans want to know if and when food has been geneticially modified. The California Ballot Initiative on GM food gives voters the chance to have their say on GM food labelling. If agreed the whole of the US will have to follow suit.