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21 September 2012
Bovine TB causes suffering to cattle, has already caused more cattle deaths than foot and mouth disease and causes trauma for the farmers involved. TB has cost over £500 million of taxpayer’s money in the last decade. The Soil Association's position... |
21 September 2012
In the week that the Advertising Standards Authority declared an industrial baker using a photo of hands kneading dough to advertise its factory loaves was not misleading, the Real Bread Campaign and the Soil Association host The Cake & Bake Show’s ... |
20 September 2012
The Soil Association welcomes continued and much needed long-term research into the potential health effects of the widely used herbicide Roundup, and the genetically modified maize that has been engineered to tolerate it. The new study published in... |
19 September 2012
Don’t miss this important news story on the BBC’s Today programme which vividly illustrates the case against GM crops. |
13 September 2012
The focus on agricultural innovation is welcome, but does not go far enough in recognising that new approaches will be needed in a new era of resource and climate constrained agriculture, rather than simply more of the same. Organic and other agroec... |
07 September 2012
Roast Dinner Day 2012 is a chance for all Food for Life Catering Mark holders to celebrate the great British roast dinner, and encourage more customers to try your delicious food. Previous Roast Dinner Days have seen over one million meals served, a... |
05 September 2012
This year’s Organic Food Awards feature a special dairy award for Best Organic Dairy, with Acorn Dairy of Darlington taking the hotly contested prize. The award was based on extra criteria including farm management, conservation, animal welfare and ... |
05 September 2012
The winners of the Soil Association Organic Food Awards 2012 have been announced as part of this year’s Organic September, Europe’s biggest celebration of all things organic. [1] Now in their 24th year, the Soil Association Organic Food Awards recog... |
04 September 2012
Though this US study is of limited application in Europe, we are pleased to see that it recommends organic food as a way for people to avoid pesticides in their food. Indeed, this remains consumers’ top reason for choosing organic. The report, in fa... |