A distressed comment on a recent post reviewing Vicky Hird's book Rebugging the Planet (see here) chimes only too well with a deeply worrying newsletter from Arthur Firstenberg at the Cellphone Task Force a few weeks ago. Sandwich terns and bird flu Bird flu is believed to be …
Environmental Issues
Biolab goes into administration
I was horrified the other day to go to the Biolab site in search of some information about a past conference to be met with the following announcement: 14th July 2022 Biolab Limited has gone into administration due to the delay by The Care Quality Commission in processing …
The drop in key nutrients in our food over the last 40 years and – attending a festival with food allergies
If you are wondering - you are quite right - the two topics have nothing in common, beyond the fact that alerts for both dropped into my inbox this morning and I thought both deserved a wider airing. The drop in key nutrients in our food over the last 40 years This alert came …
Take Hunger Off the Table – 20-21st March
So - there are now more food banks in the UK (well over 2,000) than McDonald's restaurants (1300)? Actually that figure is now well and truly out of date. Thanks to the rising cost of living and the uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine, there must now be more than twice as …
Armageddon for bugs – armageddon for us….
In my role as a judge for the Investigative Writing category of the Guild of Food Writers annual awards, I have just read Vicki Hird's Rebugging the Planet. This is an indepth look at the crucial role insects and bugs play in underpinning our whole eco system, their catastrophic …