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 …
Food
The frustrations of shopping for the super sensitive
A few days ago we got an email from the mother of super-allergic little boy. She was furious and frustrated by the fact that every delicious looking freefrom food that she found on the FFFood Awards website was effectively barred to her because, although it was being sold as …
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 …
Another public relations disaster – Tesco’s ‘may contain nut’ warnings
Companies spend a fortune on 'public relations' so how do they so often get it wrong? They employ specialist PR agencies, set up focus groups 'to gauge public feeling', recruit dedicated teams to run their Twitter accounts and their Facebook pages, and yet the gaffes continue. …
FFFood Awards 2014 – the party, the buffet, the winners – the kiss…
The winners' tasting buffet is definitely the highlight of the FreeFrom Food Awards party these days – especially this year when Chef Dean and his very artistic minions had had a go at it! And whereas last year there was a mad scramble at the end of the presentations to get …