As a supporter of Slow Food UK I have long wanted to contribute to the annual Slow Food celebration that is Terra Madre but have been unable to justify the financial and ecological cost of travelling to Italy. This year the entire Salon moved online, allowing me to contribute. My session was an online chocolate […]
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Abundance is Back!
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 […]
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 […]