My old friend Andrew Whitley (founder of the Village Bakery way back) is crowdfunding for his Flour to the People initiative - a brilliant project to connect people through flour and bread which has just won the Food Innovation category of the BBC Radio 4 Food & Farming …
Nutrition
Call on the government to buy from British farms
Sustain, the umbrella group which represents organisations working for better systems of food and farming, are calling on the government to buy British for schools, hospitals, prisons and the armed forces. In the wake of last summer's National Food Strategy Defra are due to issue …
The toxic load our children bear
If you want to shock yourself, go to the website for the Global Alliance for Our Children's Future, a north American network that 'creates and disseminates tools to educate professionals, the public, and policy makers on holistic models of health for our children'. First read …
The Gut-Brain Axis
How gut microbes talk to the brain - with thanks to Professor Ted Dinan whose fascinating slide I have borrowed to illustrate the theme of the webinar. An excellent webinar organised by Yakult in its quest to educate us all about our guts and the importance of feeding them …
Mitochondria – how our health is dependent on theirs
This is a very long report of a totally fascinating day organised and led by Dr Rachel Nicoll under the auspices of the Biolab Medical Unit. It was designed for health professionals so much of the supporting science was way above my head, but the message was clear. Mitochondria …