Monthly Archives: August 2007

Tagged for a blog meme: the Fantastic Four

By Nick Saltmarsh | Published: August 16, 2007

My answers to the Fantastic Four blog meme questions

Posted in food on the web | Tagged england, fish, food on the web, fruit, meme, mushrooms, norfolk, scotland, Suffolk | 7 Comments

Making Sense of Foot and Mouth

By Nick Saltmarsh | Published: August 8, 2007

The re-emergence of foot and mouth disease in the UK last Friday is a tragedy, most of all for the blameless farmers who have seen their livestock struck down, but also for livestock farmers across the country; the meat trade, from hauliers and abattoirs to butchers and pie-makers; rural tourism businesses; and everyone who enjoys [...]

Posted in food and disease, food from the farm | Tagged abattoir, British, defra, disease, FMD, food from the farm, landscape, livestock, meat | 2 Comments

Harvesting rapeseed: black seeds for golden oil

By Nick Saltmarsh | Published: August 3, 2007

Early August and the harvest of the winter sown oilseed rape (Brassica napus, its edible varieties also known as canola) is well underway in the UK. Rape is combine harvested to yield its tiny black seeds, destined to be crushed to produce oil for food, industrial uses and, increasingly, biofuels. A growing number of farmers are cold pressing the seeds themselves to produce extra-virgin rapeseed oil.

Posted in food from the farm, food matters | Tagged crops, defra, environment, number, oil, rapeseed, Suffolk | 3 Comments

Amazon gets fresh

By Nick Saltmarsh | Published: August 2, 2007

Amazon.com has today announced a new venture: AmazonFresh will be delivering fresh (and frozen and “shelf-stable”) foods, ordered online, to households in Seattle. The foods available will include “highest-quality fresh fruits and vegetables” and a “leading assortment of natural, organic, and specialty brands”. Some of the produce is described as “farm-fresh” but there’s no further [...]