Guest blog: Amarjit Sahota from Organic Monitor
Leading natural beauty brands are taking their products worldwide in search of future growth, writes Amarjit Sahota, president of Organic Monitor. But where are...
Artisan, my a***
Two thoughts came to mind when I was casting around for something to write about this week.
Thought 1. I’ve just got back from a...
There’s only one option with nuclear. Get rid of it.
Nuclear power threatens everything that all living plants and creatures have struggled for since the miracle of life began, writes Craig Sams.
I had a...
Beware of cluttered thinking on store layout!
I’m not sure which consumer behavior experts were being referenced in your May editorial who concluded that “the messier and more confusing a shop...
It’s the system, Mary
So, Mary Portas, Queen of Shops, has been drafted in by Coalition ministers to lead an independent review into the state of British retailing.
Straightaway...
Can technology be the making of community retailing?
Several health store owners I spoke with at last month’s Natural & Organic Products Europe told me that footfall had been significantly down over...
Could your store do with a spot of re-cluttering?
Two or three years ago (just like their UK counterparts) America's biggest retailers started slimming down their inventories and clearing aisles for a cleaner,...
So, where are all the bodies?
A new 200-page report from the American Association of Poison Control Centers concludes that nutritional supplements were the cause of zero deaths in the US...
Prepare for the organic surge!
How many scientists does it take to change a climate sceptic’s mind? No, not a joke, a question posed by New Scientist last week.
The...
Why real change is best served up on a plate
At the back end of last year the former director of the Soil Association, Patrick Holden, undertook a coast to coast tour of the...
A precautionary tale
Environmental campaigners have for decades argued in favour of the ‘precautionary principle’. When the possible consequences of something are simply too serious to risk...
Yours awesomely,
“Wow, your blog is awesome. I literally just stumbled across it, but now I’m going to tell all my friends about it!”....“What a great...
Organic naysayers at it again
This week we’ve seen a few news outlets grabbing eagerly onto another story knocking organic farms.
The two highlights of this story, based on research...
Anti-organic, moi?
I felt almost nostalgic seeing John Krebs having a go at organic on last week’s IQ2US debate in New York (see story). It was...
Patrick Holden — Natural Products Outstanding Achievement Award winner
Patrick Holden, the Soil Association director, was named the winner of the 2010 Natural Products Outstanding Achievement Award at last week’s Natural & Organic...
Burt’s Bees CEO, John Replogle
Earlier this year Burts Bees CEO John Replogle addressed the One Young World Leadership Summit in London, a global forum for young people of...
Goodbye to all that?
To delist, or not to delist, that was the question being asked earlier this week at the Ex-Factor Seminar at Natural & Organic Products...
GM potato? I prefer blight-resistant beauties
I love the look of these potatoes and their healthy interesting purpleness.
They have just had their own launch in London at the sustainable London restaurant,...
Kinetic energy
Alexander and Kim Barani are two of the health food trade’s biggest personalities, while their company Kinetic is one of the best known names...
But is it art?
For many people in the natural healthcare field professor Edzard Ernst is sadly best known for his criticism of complementary medicine. So much so...