Opinion

Here we bring you the thoughts of the natural and organic products industry’s leading commentators and opinion formers.

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Do as I say, not as I do

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

Jim Manson

Don’t leave it all to a few heroes

“Some people join associations to make problems go away. It’s not enough.…

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 GM protests were 10,000 years in the making

I'm not sure when the phrase 'reconnecting people with their food' was…

Jim Manson

Hardy ‘millennials’?

Forget the Baby Boomers and Generation X (oh, and the Echo Boomers…

Jim Manson

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

Organic and Green? It’s our bling.

Residents of Tunbridge Wells are usually acutely aware of their ‘disgusted of’…

Jim Manson

Give yourselves a sporting chance this summer!

Robert Taylor – vice president at Vitabiotics and HFMA Council member –…

Jim Manson

Back to the earth

The philosopher Mary Midgley has written extensively about what modern thinkers can…

Jim Manson

How a downfall in organic sales is good for independent retailers

In March the Soil Association released their Organic Market Report 2012 .…

Simon Wright

Can I get my NHS no-claims bonus?

Isn’t it amazing that the ‘hippy diet’ the authorities once warned would…

Craig Sams

Appy New Year?

Industry analyst Organic Monitor has an intriguing New Year prediction. Not only…

Jim Manson

Hippy days are here again

Isn’t it amazing that the ‘hippy diet’ the authorities once warned would…

Craig Sams

Still making waves

As Rainbow Warrior III sets sail Craig Sams congratulates Greenpeace on being…

Craig Sams

Environmentally challenged

I wonder if George Osborne might come to regret the slightly self-satisfied…

Jim Manson

Ängavallen: Making a case for kindness

Ängavallen Farm in southern Sweden, 20km south of Malmö, has been a…

Jim Manson

Starting where the people are

In her foreword to the Soil Association's new strategy paper The Road…

Jim Manson

Confessions of an organic vegetarian

Meat Free Monday (and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday and Friday and…)

Simon Wright

Setting a course for the future of organic

Over the past few months the Soil Association’s new director, Helen Browning,…

Jim Manson