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 […]
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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 […]
“If it’s got soil on it, it’s organic, right?”
Presentations made at the Soil Association Organic Trade Conference on October 23rd illustrate both the challenges and opportunities for UK organics. David Preston of brand agency The Crow Flies demonstrated that consumers are highly receptive to messages about sustainability and environmental benefit, which in theory organics is well placed to address. When organic principles were […]
You Can’t Save The Planet Without Saving The People
Attending the 25 Years Of Fairtrade Celebration Supper on Wednesday night has got me thinking. Twenty five years since I helped develop Green & Black’s Maya Gold, the first product to be licensed by the Fairtrade Foundation. It is hard to believe now the negativity we faced. “No one cares where cocoa comes from” , […]