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Embracing sell-o-vision

For fashion and beauty snobs there’s no dirtier acronym than QVC. The…

Matt Chittock

Roll up, get your black candyfloss here

Over the weekend of September 6-8 the Food Organisation of Denmark delivered…

Simon Wright

If you are testing for vitamin D, don’t forget the calcium!

You name it, vitamin D now appears to fix it! Everything from…

Jim Manson

Three cheers for ethical mob rule

We used to fear mob rule. But if the ‘mob’ is all…

Craig Sams

Little supermarkets, big threat?

Having left local high streets for dead the big supermarkets are re-colonising…

Craig Sams

Stopping the Government from Backtracking on their Herbal Practitioners Promise

You don’t have to work in politics to realise that the Government…

Jim Manson

Drugs, bugs and environment…

It’s always fascinating to see how trends come and go especially in…

Jim Manson

Food for (psychiatrists’) thought

In-fighting among psychiatrists over what constitutes mental illness has hit new levels.…

Craig Sams

Sugar – are you a user or an abuser?

As experts flail around not solving the global obesity crisis Craig Sams…

Craig Sams

Only organic can rescue our dried out planet

Water trumps everything. Water is food. But the worldwide well is running…

Craig Sams

Serious about sustainability, having fun along the way

Dr Julia Wright reports from the recent Biofach event on why organic…

Jim Manson

No place to hide

The internet is the most powerful tool for transparency ever invented. There…

Craig Sams

GM – Dream or nightmare?

The American people are going to be very, very angry when the…

Craig Sams

Civilising influences

The ancient Mayan civilisation collapsed over a thousand years ago, but its…

Jim Manson

Festishistic? No, just enjoying food and having fun

You Aren’t What You Eat takes pot shots at fetishistic ‘foodists’ while…

Jim Manson

It’s independents who are growing organic sales – let’s support them!

Independent retailers are organic's true believers and best promoters. Let's use the…

Jim Manson

Do as I say, not as I do

Our democratically elected leaders have a nasty track record of forcing GM…

Jim Manson

Who gives a toss about tiny differences in vitamins and minerals?

The fixation with tiny nutritional differences between organic and non-organic is a…

Craig Sams

These bio fools are killing us

Bio-fuel subsidies cost the US taxpayer $6 billion – for an end…

Craig Sams

Pay us your $3bn fine – we’ll start a nutritional revolution!

This week global drugs industry giant GSK was hit with an eye-watering…

Jim Manson