Diversify plant foods to boost health benefits say Harvard researchers
Diversifying plant foods – adding in more wholegrains, nuts and pulses – could provide more health benefits than aiming for higher fruit and veg...
Pertwood expands organic production
Pioneer organic farm and cereal producer Pertwood is expanding organic production on its Wiltshire farms.
Lower Pertwood Farm, which started its organic journey back in...
UK organic sales looking healthy
According to the latest retail figures from Kantar Worldpanel, over the past 12 months sales of organic produce grew by over 5%, up £44...
Pesticide firms too close to bee death research say MPs
A committee of MPs says that the Government has allowed pesticide manufacturers too much control over research into how their products could be causing...
Natural ingredients specialist reports high demand for organic
Leading natural ingredients importer, blender and packer EHL Ingredients is again reporting a high demand for organic. For the third year running the Stockport...
Top speakers lined up for obesity crisis debate
Britain’s worsening obesity crisis will be the subject of a major panel discussion at this year’s camexpo event.
One of the big name speakers lined...
B vitamins “won’t prevent Alzheimer’s” concludes Oxford team
Taking B vitamins doesn't slow mental decline as we age, nor is it likely to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, a study by researchers at Oxford...
Whole Foods: sales soar but losses are up too
Whole Foods Market saw sales from its UK operation soar by 28.6% to £81.5 million in 2013, reports The Guardian
But figures just filed with...
Scientists challenge antioxidant hypothesis of organic food study
A number of scientists have questioned the significance of the recently published study by Newcastle University into the compositional differences between organic and conventional...
Natural products retailers quick to embrace Bristol Pound
Bristol’s natural products retailers have been early adopters of the Bristol Pound, launched in 2012.
In just two years, nearly 700 businesses – The Better...
Organic’s higher antioxidant levels equivalent to two extra five-a-day portions
In the largest study of its kind, an international team of experts led by Newcastle University, UK, has shown that organic food is up...
Soil Association calls for ban on MI, MCI
Soil Association policy director Peter Melchett has called for a ban on the preservatives methylisothiazolinone (MI) and methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI), commonly used in cosmetic products.
Melchett’s...
Newly authorised chromium form “absorbed 10 times better”
With Britain's diabetes crisis deepening and the need for preventative action becoming ever more pressing, EFSA's approval last month of ChromoPrecise was strikingly topical.
Increasing...
Soil Association calls for ban on MI, MCI
Soil Association policy director Peter Melchett has called for a ban on the preservatives methylisothiazolinone (MI) and methylchloroisothiazolinone, (MCI), commonly used in cosmetic products.
Melchett’s...
Regenerative organic agriculture could ‘decarbonize’ the planet – Rodale
Organic farming practices could counteract the world’s annual carbon dioxide output, according to a new white paper from the Rodale Institute.
Rodale is the US...
UK expert group wants target for sugar intake halved
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has published a draft report advising that the current target for added sugar intake should be halved.
The...
The word on the street …
Viridian Nutrition and As Nature Intended recently partnered on a striking ‘street advert’ campaign.
Around 40 jointly branded ads were positioned on pavements on the...
Ecover puts algal oil trial on hold as activists target brand
Ecover says it has put on hold commercial trials of algal oil while it debates with NGOs and scientists on the biotech process used...
MP urges Hunt to consider herbal solutions to drug resistance
The Conservative MP and natural health supporter David Tredinnick has called on the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to consider herbal solutions to the growing...
MP urges Hunt to consider herbal solutions to drug resistance
The Conservative MP and natural health supporter David Tredinnick has called on the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to consider herbal solutions to the growing...