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Archive for October, 2009


What Is Sustainability?

By , Friday, October 23rd, 2009

I keep hearing the “Sustainability” word used a lot to describe an aspiration for the sort of food that people would like to buy. There is no definition of sustainability apart from the thee columns that are supposed to support the concept: environmental, economic and social. For many years the economic criteria has been use [...]

Opening up wider markets for a local artisan producer

By , Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Peachey’s Preserves is an artisan producer of jellies, chutneys, relishes and savoury jams and marmalades

Forgotten vegetables

By , Thursday, October 15th, 2009

It seems we have forgotten about eating some of the most delicious seasonal vegetables – or maybe the multiples have not bothered to put them on their shelves. Sprout tops, turnip tops and kale. You can find some kale around, the trendy one is Cavolo Nero, but they can be hard to find: black and green kale [...]