Monthly Archives: November 2009

Twittered morsels for 2009-11-27

What do we want? Better GM labelling, including on products from animals fed GM feed. When do we want it… http://j.mp/8NCDdL # RT @MorethanOrganic @funnywhitedog Dark side of palm oil: report wins journalism prize http://bit.ly/6B72To # Organics v climate change: organically farmed soil stores 20-28% more carbon http://j.mp/5lI4M0 @SoilAssociation report via @provenancefood #

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Twittered morsels for 2009-11-26

1st English whisky in 100+ years to be released by Norfolk's English Whisky Co in December http://j.mp/51rlsQ distilled by @distiller # Pests & plants: @nicolatwilley interviews Kew's Plant Health & Quarantine Officer + beautiful chart of terrible pests http://j.mp/7cBsIf #

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Twittered morsels for 2009-11-23

RT @ofgorganic @Jakedrum Bali declares itself "an organic island" in bid to prevent further land degradation http://bit.ly/4Al3pB # Arla plans new billion litre/year dairy for London, largest in world, with potential to supply milk for 11 million people http://j.mp/7qQJL0 # "How to feed the world: business as usual won't do" says Economist http://j.mp/6JgZY4 Or does [...]

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Twittered morsels for 2009-11-19

Hunger summit disappoints: FAO head, Jacques Diouf, question world leaders' commitment to feeding world's billion+ hungry http://j.mp/45iXV7 #

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Twittered morsels for 2009-11-16

A truly magnificent cep http://j.mp/4kWkE7 #

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Twittered morsel: decline of the ready meal

RT @SoilAssociation Ready meals "in terminal decline", ASDA chief tells Soil Association conference http://bit.ly/hcakJ #

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Twittered morsels: close brassicas, sustainable supermarkets? sustainable meat?

A very close look at some brassicas http://j.mp/1I4uMZ # Consumer Focus rates supermarket support for sustainable choices: grade A to M&S, Sainsburys; D to ASDA, Aldi, Lidl http://j.mp/7KtfT # Eating the Planet? Eating meat 3 times a week compatible with "planet-friendly & humane farming" http://j.mp/30WAj1 @wwwfoecouk @ciwf report #

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Brassicas up close

Organic curly red kale, broccoli, purple sprouting broccoli, cavolo nero, romanesco and Savoy cabbage – all from Home Farm, Nacton, on the Orwell Estuary in Suffolk.

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Twittered morsels: not fresh, the key, PLANEAT

Not from concentrate orange juice isn't fresh: all about flavour packs etc http://j.mp/2xrYlf RT @VintageEats @FairFoodFight @cheeseslave # "Sustainable Agriculture: The Unrecognized Key to Reversing Climate Change. Unrecognized by whom?" http://j.mp/2v2N6s Policymakers, alas # PLANEAT: new documentary exploring how meat & diary threaten our health, environment & planet http://j.mp/kJSL9 RT @BexLondonTown @AddToAny #

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Twittered morsels: farmers, go green!

UK Government gets tough with farmers, tells them to go green. Or else. http://bit.ly/1be6dV RT @SoilAssociation @HelpSaveBees #

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