Our Articles

Welcome to our blog, where you'll find lots of organic-focused articles, competitions and events.

• 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.

• Women in Organic

  Happy International Women's Day!
  Today we would like to celebrate all women and to acknowledge the contribution of those in the UK organic sector. We would like to thank them for their hard work in promoting organic across various industries.

• 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.

• How to ‘grow your own’ 2022 Festive Feast from scratch

  With the festive period now fading from memory and everyone looking forwards to the new year, our friends, organic gardening experts at Garden Organic, have created this growing schedule so you can make your next Christmas dinner a sustainable DIY one!

• 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.

• CLEARSPRING LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE UNPASTURISED MISO MADE FROM ORGANIC CHICKPEAS

  Leading authentic Japanese and Organic Fine Foods brand Clearspring has added an innovative new product, with a unique twist, to its authentic Japanese miso range: Organic Unpasteurised Japanese Chickpea Miso. Made from whole organic chickpeas, mixed with rice and koji culture (rice inoculated with Aspergillus oryzae mould spores), the resultant non-soya recipe miso is truly innovative and one of the only such misos available in the UK and Europe.

• HAYMAX WINS WGTD 2021 GOLD AWARD

  With over 50 awards and counting, HayMax, the makers of the famous organic drug-free allergen barrier balm for hay fever, pet and dust allergy sufferers, is very proud to have won a Gold WGTD 2021 Award.

• PAN UK's Pesticide Supermarket Rankings Unveiled

  Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) has surveyed and ranked the ten supermarkets with the largest share of grocery sales against eight criteria related to pesticides, including what support they provide to their suppliers to use non-chemical alternatives. Here are their results...

• ORGANIC CHRISTMAS HAMPERS FROM DAYLESFORD

  Brimming with the very best artisan food, drinks and homeware from their organic farm, Daylesford’s hampers make the perfect present.

• 12 Top Tips for a Sustainable Christmas

  ‘Tis Christmas time. A time of joy, merriment and…well...excess. The question is, how do we have all of the fun with less of an impact on the planet? We asked some of our favourite organic brands for their top tips...

• 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...