Blog Articles

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

• Organic Spotlight: Local Greens

  Local Greens is a not-for-profit, organic veg bag scheme operating out of the railway arches in Herne Hill. The inspiration for the initiative came from Growing Communities, an ethical organic veg box scheme and garden in Stoke Newington, established over 20 years ago. Co-founded by Jean and Therese, who wanted to provide their neighbourhood with organic and biodynamic seasonal vegetables gown as near as possible to South East London. With a commitment to their local community, any profits go to support local community projects.

• Food Waste Action Week

  Food waste is a big problem. It is one of the biggest contributors to climate change using water, land, energy, time, and transportation to produce our food. In UK homes we waste 4.5 million tonnes of edible food every year - enough to make 10 million meals!

• GOTS and Sustainable Fashion

  We are sure that you’ve heard about sustainable fashion – but do you know what it means, why the movement has developed and you can know what ethical fashion really is?

• Vintage Roots - The Organic Wine Specialists

  Vintage Roots have been in the organic wine industry for over 30 years - that's quite an achievement! We took the opportunity to learn more about them and find out what is so special about organic wine.

• Organic Supplements

  Do you use supplements and if so, how much thought do you put into choosing which ones to take? Are synthetic supplements as effective as natural, organic ones?

• 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.