Opinion

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

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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

Legal, decent, thruthful and honest? Oh, come off it!

Major airlines and detergent brands runs rings round the ASA while the…

Jim Manson

Sweet spot

Last week I visited the brand new £225 million Pembury Hospital, just…

Jim Manson

Guest blog: Amarjit Sahota from Organic Monitor

Leading natural beauty brands are taking their products worldwide in search of…

Jim Manson

Artisan, my a***

Two thoughts came to mind when I was casting around for something…

Jim Manson

There’s only one option with nuclear. Get rid of it.

Nuclear power threatens everything that all living plants and creatures have struggled…

Craig Sams

Beware of cluttered thinking on store layout!

I’m not sure which consumer behavior experts were being referenced in your…

Jim Manson

It’s the system, Mary

So, Mary Portas, Queen of Shops, has been drafted in by Coalition…

Jim Manson

Can technology be the making of community retailing?

Several health store owners I spoke with at last month’s Natural &…

Jim Manson

Could your store do with a spot of re-cluttering?

Two or three years ago (just like their UK counterparts) America's biggest…

Jim Manson

So, where are all the bodies?

A new 200-page report from the American Association of Poison Control Centers concludes…

Jim Manson

Prepare for the organic surge!

How many scientists does it take to change a climate sceptic’s mind?…

Jim Manson

Why real change is best served up on a plate

At the back end of last year the former director of the…

Jim Manson

A precautionary tale

Environmental campaigners have for decades argued in favour of the ‘precautionary principle’.…

Jim Manson

Yours awesomely,

“Wow, your blog is awesome. I literally just stumbled across it, but…

Jim Manson

Organic naysayers at it again

This week we’ve seen a few news outlets grabbing eagerly onto another…

Jim Manson