Simple explanations for complex problems are always very tempting but they rarely prove to be the answer. This is especially true in our modern medical world where diverse, debilitating and ever more common conditions such as allergy, coeliac disease, Parkinsons, MS, ME and …
Big Business
‘World Bank accused of destroying traditional farming to support corporate land grabs’
Received this morning: Today, the Oakland Institute and /The Rules, along with other NGOs, farmer and consumer organizations from around the world launch a campaign, Our Land Our Business, to hold the World Bank accountable for its role in the rampant theft of land and …
Update on organic versus GM
As I have started to emerge from the awards frenzy of the last few months I have been catching up what has been happening in the rest of the world... And I thought that these three bits of news deserved a wider airing. Russia not interested in genetically modified …
Brief musings on social media
Prompted partly by Alex's round-up of 2013 'freefrom' news (nearly all of which took place on Facebook, on Twitter or on someone's blog) and partly by an article in the NY Times, I was mulling gently about how social media had totally subverted the way we work - and the way we …
Battling the big guy….
Would you think of taking on McDonalds? Well no, nor would I – but it can be done - and you can win.... Yesterday I was talking to Gillian White of 24Vend, sponsors of the new and very popular 'Food to go and for vending machine' category in this year's FreeFrom Food Awards, …