12 January 2010
The waiting is almost over as the eagerly anticipated new Oscar-tipped documentary Food, Inc is about to be launched. |
05 January 2010
Responding to the Government's Food 2030 report Emma Hockridge, Soil Association policy manager, said:
"Food and farming can play a critical role in improving the nation’s health, and helping in the fight against climate change. With the UK Go... |
10 August 2009
Soil Association Policy Advisor Helen Browning said:
"In the face of the huge challenges to worldwide food supplies posed by climate change, diminishing oil, gas and water supplies, we need to completely transform the way we will feed ourselves in... |
24 June 2009
The Soil Association welcomes a new independent report by the University of Reading, funded by the Soil Association and an independent trust, which shows that organic farming has "much to offer" and "is, perhaps, mainstream agriculture in waiting." |
22 May 2009
At a meeting yesterday (21 May), representatives of organic businesses, the Organic Trade Board and the Soil Association told Hilary Benn that the UK government should stop voting a consistently pro-GM ticket in the European Union. |
12 May 2009
Green seedlings? Recession boosts grow-your-own veg:
Garden centres have reported a huge increase in sales of their Grow Your Own range as customers seek to save money and eat more healthily. Dobbies Garden Centre, which has 24 stores across Scotl... |
27 April 2009
The Soil Association, supported by the Daylesford Foundation [1], are launching 300 Organic Farm School courses over the next two years. [2] |
21 April 2009
Minister for Environment Roseanna Cunningham today launched a new programme to help agricultural businesses prepare for the impacts of climate change. |