Those of you who have been around for a while will remember 2008-2009 as the annus horibilis of organics in the UK. Up until this point UK organic sales had shown healthy, double-digit growth peaking in 2007 at a shade under £2billion. Then came the banking crisis and the resultant financial crash. The reflex action […]
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Spanish Lessons
The focus on Corona virus news whilst understandable has meant that some other important stories have gone under-reported. And this to me is a really important one. According to FoodNavigator.com the Spanish government have passed a law which prohibits the sale of food below the cost of production with the government introducing sanctions for retailers […]
So Farewell, Then, Five Lawn Road
Does this address mean anything to you ? If you are involved in Free From food and drink, it should. Because this is where it all began, around a kitchen table in the house of Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, doyenne of the Free From world and founder of the Foods Matter website and the Free From Food […]
Mulling It Over
St.Barnabas’ Christmas Fair saw the final 2019 appearance of the Abundance Southfields team and on this occasion I was joined by Niki Konig who did a great job. The hot mulled cider sold really well and we did brisk business in people taking home bottles of cider for later, many checking to see which street […]
InCider Dealings
Saturday’s Southfields Abundance winter event provided a snapshot of everything that is great about this initiative. Over three hours at Southfields Lawn Tennis Club over 100 locals popped in to sample our various cider batches, buy bottles of cider to take home, admire our fruit picking and cider-making equipment and have a good chat. We […]