Just a few short years ago, we might have expected to see more people choosing organic over ‘conventional’ food. But despite the food scares and concerns over chemicals and additives, organic food sales have declined over the last few years.
Recently, I took a look at how savvy supermarkets are donating unsold food to charity. That’s good, but it’s still not enough. The average household chucks away enough food to sink a fleet of battleships too. MP Richard Benyon MP
There’s nothing more guaranteed to melt the hardest heart than the sight of a young calf skipping happily along beside his mother… until it is presented on our plates, that is. Today, despite huge welfare changes, many of us still
We’re all so self-absorbed these days. I hold my hand up and admit it freely. We get wrapped up in work and family affairs and rarely spare more than a passing thought for things going on in the world around
The great British pub – our ‘local’. Once the hub of the community, British pubs are closing in droves. Village pubs have met the same fate as village shops and post offices. Are the days of this great British institution
Not long ago I watched a re-run of a TV programme based in the 60s. It made me laugh. It wasn’t a comedy. But the characters’ horror at a local restaurant found (by the environmental health police) to have goat
I hate waste. I worry about the world’s lack of resources. I’m scandalised by the amount of food that goes into landfill each year. I’m sickened to hear of people going hungry. In WW2, it was a criminal offence to
“Mum please… I love them. Oh but Mum… all my friends’ Mums buy them… just this once… I’ll tidy my bedroom… please… I promise…” Aw bless (or do I mean BLESS?) them! Sound familiar? It should. Listen carefully and you’ll
