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Starting where the people are

In her foreword to the Soil Association's new strategy paper The Road…

Jim Manson

Setting a course for the future of organic

Over the past few months the Soil Association’s new director, Helen Browning,…

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Sweet spot

Last week I visited the brand new £225 million Pembury Hospital, just…

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Artisan, my a***

Two thoughts came to mind when I was casting around for something…

Jim Manson

It’s the system, Mary

So, Mary Portas, Queen of Shops, has been drafted in by Coalition…

Jim Manson

Can technology be the making of community retailing?

Several health store owners I spoke with at last month’s Natural &…

Jim Manson

Could your store do with a spot of re-cluttering?

Two or three years ago (just like their UK counterparts) America's biggest…

Jim Manson

Prepare for the organic surge!

How many scientists does it take to change a climate sceptic’s mind?…

Jim Manson

Why real change is best served up on a plate

At the back end of last year the former director of the…

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A precautionary tale

Environmental campaigners have for decades argued in favour of the ‘precautionary principle’.…

Jim Manson

Yours awesomely,

“Wow, your blog is awesome. I literally just stumbled across it, but…

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Anti-organic, moi?

I felt almost nostalgic seeing John Krebs having a go at organic…

Jim Manson

Goodbye to all that?

To delist, or not to delist, that was the question being asked…

Jim Manson

But is it art?

For many people in the natural healthcare field professor Edzard Ernst is…

Jim Manson

Signed, sealed and jiggered?

In her opening speech at last week’s Biofach exhibition and Congress, IFOAM…

Jim Manson

So, you think you’re normal?

Deprived of the low-hanging fruit of medical research, the drugs industry now…

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Nice Bentley, Mr Scabbins

The keynote speaker at last Friday’s National Health Store Conference, Geoff Burch,…

Jim Manson