Archive for the ‘food miles’ Category

You know when you get something new, and you suddenly notice that they’re everywhere? A few days ago I went to the Natural Products Show at London’s Olympia on the hunt for new eco products. It was a successful trip and I found some great new things that’ll be appearing on the site any day now.

Strangely, the thing that struck me most at the show was the number of coffees…

The Soil Association have been toying with the idea of removing organic certification from food flown in from countries like Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia on the grounds that freighting food overseas damages the environment. Airfreighted food has too high a carbon foorprint, runs the argument…