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To many of us, especially those who grow our own, the idea that organically produced fruit and veg is good for you just seems...

Making the switch to organic agriculture on a global scale and turning waste biomass into biochar offers the real prospect of being able to...

Walk into any department store in Europe and you’ll find yourself assaulted on all fronts by a dizzying array of cosmetic counters, a thick...

Ask the people behind most fledging natural brands where they want to be in five years’ time and they’ll usually mention the name of...

The ‘convention’ is that wholegrains should be a major part of our diet and that a small fraction of people, one in 3,000, are...

After a few years of what economists might euphemistically call ‘negative growth’, the organic market is back on the march as Osborne’s ‘green shoots...

The natural food trade should take a lead in exposing the hypocritical regulation of herbal medicine, says Craig Sams A bust in Denver: “Okay, kid,...

What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re an ambitious natural beauty company that needs to communicate everything good about your brand through the well-chosen...

The free-from food category has been a soar-away success for independent retailers – and now there’s every chance the sector’s sparkle might be rubbing off on the skincare market too.

My discussions with lots of business owners about social media mainly fall into two groups. The first group say they don’t use social media in...

“Every cosmetics product on the market in Europe is safe to use,” announces the comforting blurb on the website of cosmetics trade organization Cosmetics...

With a treasure trove of exciting, tasty, differentiated products to try, love and buy, I believe everybody is a potential customer. True? Then why...

Who needs big organisations that are inherently inefficient in this age of smartphones and smart farmers? The future is small, the future is beautiful...

By turning your store into a real community asset, valued by the local council and consumers alike, you stand to win lots of news...

For fashion and beauty snobs there’s no dirtier acronym than QVC. The original home shopping channel is associated in some people’s imagination with chintzy...

Over the weekend of September 6-8 the Food Organisation of Denmark delivered a first rate consumer show which inspired and delighted visitors to Aarhus ...

You name it, vitamin D now appears to fix it! Everything from osteoporosis through to psoriasis and even depression would benefit from a dose...

We used to fear mob rule. But if the ‘mob’ is all nice people who you’d be happy to introduce to your mother, well,...

Having left local high streets for dead the big supermarkets are re-colonising them at a rate of knots with new small-format stores. Big threat...

You don’t have to work in politics to realise that the Government sometimes promises something with the maximum of fanfare and then, after a...