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Pertwood expands organic production

Pioneer organic farm and cereal producer Pertwood is expanding organic production on…

Jim Manson

UK organic sales looking healthy

According to the latest retail figures from Kantar Worldpanel, over the past…

Jane Wolfe

Pesticide firms too close to bee death research say MPs

A committee of MPs says that the Government has allowed pesticide manufacturers…

Jim Manson

Natural ingredients specialist reports high demand for organic

Leading natural ingredients importer, blender and packer EHL Ingredients is again reporting…

Jim Manson

Top speakers lined up for obesity crisis debate

Britain’s worsening obesity crisis will be the subject of a major panel…

Jim Manson

B vitamins “won’t prevent Alzheimer’s” concludes Oxford team

Taking B vitamins doesn't slow mental decline as we age, nor is…

Jim Manson

Whole Foods: sales soar but losses are up too

Whole Foods Market saw sales from its UK operation soar by 28.6%…

Jim Manson

Scientists challenge antioxidant hypothesis of organic food study

A number of scientists have questioned the significance of the recently published…

Jim Manson

Natural products retailers quick to embrace Bristol Pound

Bristol’s natural products retailers have been early adopters of the Bristol Pound,…

Jim Manson

Organic’s higher antioxidant levels equivalent to two extra five-a-day portions

In the largest study of its kind, an international team of experts…

Jim Manson

Soil Association calls for ban on MI, MCI

Soil Association policy director Peter Melchett has called for a ban on…

Jane Wolfe

Newly authorised chromium form “absorbed 10 times better”

With Britain's  diabetes crisis deepening and the need for preventative action becoming…

Jim Manson

Soil Association calls for ban on MI, MCI

Soil Association policy director Peter Melchett has called for a ban on…

Jane Wolfe

Regenerative organic agriculture could ‘decarbonize’ the planet – Rodale

Organic farming practices could counteract the world’s annual carbon dioxide output, according…

Jim Manson

UK expert group wants target for sugar intake halved

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has published a draft report…

Jim Manson

The word on the street …

Viridian Nutrition and As Nature Intended recently partnered on a striking ‘street…

Jim Manson

Ecover puts algal oil trial on hold as activists target brand

Ecover says it has put on hold commercial trials of algal oil…

Jim Manson

MP urges Hunt to consider herbal solutions to drug resistance

The Conservative MP and natural health supporter David Tredinnick has called on…

Jim Manson

MP urges Hunt to consider herbal solutions to drug resistance

The Conservative MP and natural health supporter David Tredinnick has called on…

Jim Manson

Dr Oz under fire from senators over ‘miracle’ claims

The American TV host and natural health champion Dr Mehmet Oz has…

Jim Manson