Posts Tagged ‘organic’

Please stop my creme fraiche from curdling!

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Can anyone help me? I’ve changed from my usual half-fat creme fraiche to the Yeo Valley organic one. The dish I most often use it for is as follows:
I fry various veg/mushrooms (in olive/rape seed oil) with chopped salmon in a large frying pan. I then add the creme fraiche and eat it with pasta.
However, the More…

The Big Green Boob Survey

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

What do you cover yours with?daisygreenmagazine.co.uk is inviting women everywhere to tell us what they want for their best assets.
The Big Green Boob Survey is now online. Do the survey and when the results are in, we will challenge manfacturers to make the best ever ethical bra.
This is likely to be fairly-made from eco-friendly fabric, More…

Help Protect the Honeybees

Monday, October 26th, 2009

When we asked the Ooffoo community recently what they’d like to talk about, one reply that came back from Katherine Watson caught our eye. Katherine wrote:
“I desperately want to raise awareness of the declining numbers of bees. Approx 1/3 of our food relies on pollination and in the UK alone they are worth £200 million More…

Tooth Soap Paste – what’s that?

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

In short – tooth soap paste is made from soap. Not any old soap mind. I make mine from palm oil free soap based on vegan, organic and yogi principles. Palm oil free because I don’t like our rainforests being chopped down and because there is really no need for palm oil in soap – More…

Will you still shop organic after the publication of the FSA findings?

Friday, July 31st, 2009

“The health of man, beast, plant and soil is one indivisible whole”Founder of the Soil Association, Lady Eve Balfour, The Living Soil, 1943
The findings of the FSA literature review are causing dismay and concern.
Is the organic food industry, which we at VegBox Recipes have long been supporters of, about to be crippled by consumers responding to More…

Where for art thou Organic Shredded Wheat?

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

 It was brought to my attention recently, by the biggest shredded wheat scoffer in the whole of england (my daughter), that I have not been able to find organic shredded wheats absolutely anywhere near where I live. We have no specialist organic stores anymore, only supermarkets, and neither sainsburys, asda, tesco or morrisons stock it. I’m reluctant More…

Is Organic Food Sustainable?

Monday, June 1st, 2009

The BBC reported recently that organic food sales are currently down 19%. Is organic food the preserve of the few or is it a crucial step on Britain’s path to increased sustainability? We asked the Soil Association & The Adam Smith Institute for their thoughts. Most importantly though we want to know what you think More…

Goodbye Organic Man

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

  It is with great sadness that I discovered the closure of my local organic store in March. I went on my usual trip, and was dismayed to see the signs in the window, informing customers of the eminent closure in 2 weeks. I cannot describe the sadness which has settled More…

What labels really mean

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Labels were designed to keep us informed, to make it easier for us to make choices and give us clear details.
However it’s not so easy when labels are kept either nicely vague or only give a very limited truth that can be easily mis-interpreted.
It has already been mentioned in the recent article :
Are you More…

The Organic Home

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Mission statement
The Organic Home will be the leader in the development of the use of organic products in the home.
We are a driven and inspired company, fiercely protecting our ideals, aiming to bring a single organic brand into the homes of our vibrant and clear-thinking customers.