Blog Articles

Welcome to our blog, where we hope you'll find plenty of food for thought!

• How to shop organic

  We often talk about the many reasons why you should shop organic, but we don't often cover how you shop organic. So we've put together this little guide for you!

• Look for the Logo

  Are you confused about what products are organic? Can anyone claim to produce or sell organic products? Here is a quick guide on what logos to look out for to ensure that the products you are buying meet the strict organic standards required in the UK.

• The full Sustainable(ish) Podcast Mini Series

  To celebrate Organic September this year, we teamed up with Jen Gale for a mini series of podcasts diving into all things organic. We've rounded up all of the episodes in one handy little blog post for your listening pleasure!

• Dignity in Food

  In this interesting and, in some places, challenging article by guest writer Lizzie Rivera, she examines the question - what does dignity in food mean to you?

• Scotland's Organic Feast - Converting to Organic

  During November, we are championing and thanking Scotland’s organic farmers and producers with SOPA (the Scottish Organic Producers Association) by showcasing the range of amazing things being grown, nurtured and created within the #organicscotland community.

• Shimpling Park Farm - Organic Farming through COVID-19

  As with many businesses this year, Shimpling Park Farm has not had an easy ride. We spoke with John Pawsey about how they've coped, what obstacles they have had to overcome and how the farm has learned to adapt.

• Celebrating 20 years of Rhug Estate!

  Rhug Estate is celebrating its 20th anniversary of farming organically this month. Lord Newborough and his team successfully transformed the farm from being a low input / low output traditional beef and sheep farm in 2000, to the successful, organic, farming business it is today.

• Food for Thought - Celebrating the Joy of Eating Well

  Phil Haughton, founder of award-winning organic retailer Better Food, opens up about the importance of food, family and community in an uplifting and thought-provoking book - Food For Thought.

• Yeo Valley - Putting Nature First

  Yeo Valley Organic is Britain’s largest organic dairy brand and this Organic September it has put the word ‘organic’ back in the centre of its iconic logo heart, along with their new campaign to Put Nature First. In this article by Tim Mead, dairy farmer and owner of Yeo Valley, explains why now is the time for organic, and how ‘regenerative organic agriculture’ should lead the debate in trying to help reverse climate change.

• Organic and the Climate Crisis with Jen Gale

  In this two-part episode, Jen talks to Anna de la Vega from The Urban Worm about the role organic systems can play in the climate crisis and then to Tim Mead from Yeo Valley organic and regenerative agriculture works on their farm.

• Go organic, and then a step further!

  Biona and Pip Organic - two organic brands who are looking to the future and taking an extra step to make a better world for the next generation.

• The climate crisis is the problem. Could organic farming be the answer?

  Today marks the end of the Organic September 'Nature has the answer' campaign and in this incredibly informative and thought-provoking article by Lizzie Rivera, we explain why organic farming could be the answer to the climate crisis.