Tagged as Environment

By making a few simple changes you can learn to live organically, affordably. Here are some tips to help you to be kinder to the environment.

• Rhug Estate set to become largest private provider of Rapid Electric Vehicle Charging Points in Wales

  Rhug Estate has teamed up with InstaVolt to bring in the latest evolution of its service – the installation of rapid electric vehicle car charging points.

• Clever clover and organic farming

  St. Patrick's day is a great day to celebrate a wonderful plant like clover, a herb with three toothed leaflets, for its amazing qualities used in environmentally friendly gardening and farming.

• Greenwashing in Textiles

  In her new article, journalist and founder of Live Frankly, Lizzie Rivera looks into the issue of greenwashing in organic and synthetic textiles.

• Better Food independent retailer sets the sustainability bar high

  Bristol based independent retailer Better Food, specialising in organic, local and ethical food and products, has released their first impact report.

• Organic Spotlight: Rookery Farm

  We are pleased to introduce Rookery Farm as one of our latest members - a producer of delicious organic eggs based in Flansham, West Sussex.

• WIN A COPY OF 'MY VEGAN YEAR' BY NIKI WEBSTER

  Create your very own vegan year with the help of best-selling author Niki Webster, of Rebel Recipes. Niki continues to fill a gap in the market for the younger audience by creating a complete ‘365-day’ guide into bringing celebrations to life, with everything anyone would need to know in order to effortlessly glide through the seasons and create their own vegan year.

• Does your t-shirt have stains? Why we need to support organic cotton

  When guest writer Vicki Hird explored the impact of cotton production on invertebrates for her book ‘Rebugging the Planet’, she was alarmed to see how toxic this everyday textile can be. Yet she also found that better cotton is possible, and we could all be supporting a significant and critical shift in this industry. Here Vicki explores further...

• Improving the Carbon Footprint at Helen Browning’s

  At Helen’s Eastbrook Farm, they are undertaking a study to measure and improve their carbon footprint. Angus, an agricultural student at the University of Reading, has joined the farm for his placement year as a researcher: collecting field data as well as an extra pair of hands on the farm. He is looking at areas of the farm that are good at carbon sequestration and areas that can be improved.

• Organic Spotlight: Teifi Cheese

  A warm welcome to our newest member, Teifi Cheese, the longest established artisan cheesemaker in Wales.

• The True Cost of Non-Organic Food

  It’s an all-too familiar question: “Why is organic food more expensive?” But, have you ever considered the alternative to that? Guest writer Lizzie Rivera looks deeper...

• Hero Stories - Mr Organic

  Mr Organic believes in a more conscious and organic way of living, to leave the planet in a better way than we found it, for generations to come. Everyone is invited to get involved, get creative, think fresh and make positive little steps towards a delicious, exciting future.

• Hero Stories - Clipper Tea

  Fiercely committed to organic and natural ingredients, Clipper Teas has long-standing, direct relationships with its organic tea estate partners. The brand only works with estates who use natural alternatives to pesticides and chemical fertilisers to produce the highest-quality, natural tea leaves. Guided by its organic principles, Clipper tea bags are also always unbleached, non-GM and fully biodegradable.