On Saturday St Barnabas Church in Southfields bravely ran an Autumn Fair. Sophie and the team did a great job in ensuring social distancing and a one-way flow, Ian did a deal with God to ensure we had wonderful sunshine all day and the Abundance Southfields crew gave away apples and sold all their cider […]
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Is 2020 the new 2009 ? The resilience of the organic sector
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 […]
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 […]