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Friday, March 19, 2010 5:10 AM

Soil Association

Type: Organization

Name: Soil Association

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Organic farming has sold out as lost its way

The dreams of the early organic pioneers have been subsumed into a rush for global supply chains, strict regulations and fast-selling brandsBack in 1975, when I first started converting my farm to organic agriculture, there were no standards for production ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by The Ecologist]

Entities: Agriculture, Organic, Soil Association, Cattle

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009

What if we all traded energy between ourselves?

The time may soon be coming when every government will need to think about rationing fossil fuel usage. What's the quickest and most equitable way to do it?This is a difficult time to promote personal carbon rationing. A February poll by Ipsos Mori found ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by The Ecologist]

Entities: COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009, David Fleming, Soil Association, Ipsos MORI

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 1 Documents

Organic Market Report to launch in London

The Soil Association’s next Organic Market Report is to be launched on Monday 12 April at Natural and Organic Products Europe, taking place at Olympia, London. ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by Freshinfo]

Entities: Organic, London, Soil Association

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 1 Documents

Soil Association chief hails community food strategies

The Soil Association (SA) director Patrick Holden has praised initiatives aimed at bringing food production closer to communities. "It's an exciting time to be involved in designing things like this," he said. ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by Horticulture Week]

Entities: Soil Association, Patrick Holden, Induction

First Reported Feb 27 2010 - Updated Feb 27 2010 - 1 Documents

CCTV for all UK abattoirs

Freedom Food hopes to be first to make this mandatoryWe are calling for all abattoirs to have CCTV installed as part of our ongoing work to improve the welfare of farm animals at all stages of their lives.With such a large number of animals going through ... [Published Feb 27 2010 by RSPCA]

Entities: Social Welfare, Soil Association, United Kingdom, Organic

First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 25 2010 - 1 Documents

UK must be 'readier to explore' GM food as farmers' woes increase

Lord Smith of Finsbury, chairman of the Environment Agency and the former culture secretary, said that the introduction of GM food could help farmers mitigate the impact that wetter summers and warmer winters will have on crop-growing patterns.His comments ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by Telegraph]

Entities: Genetically Modified Foods, Genetically Modified Crops, Agriculture, Global Warming/Climate Change, Soil Association

First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 1 Documents

Alyasra Foods opens in Dubai for ME Distribution

(MENAFN Press) A major player in the regional organic foods market, Alyasra Food Co, (AFC), part of a Kuwait-based family-owned group of companies today announced the opening its regional hub in the UAE as part of its plans to significantly expand its ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by MENAFN]

Entities: Organic, Dubai, Soil Association, United Arab Emirates

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 23 2010 - 1 Documents

Egypt: H&A highest standards for organic production

H&A was established in Egypt in 1999 due to the rising interest for secure, healthy, high quality fresh fruit and vegetables. H&A or “Health and Appetite” organic products are coming from H & A farms certified by Soil Association Organic Standards in ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by Fresh Plaza]

Entities: Organic, Egypt, Soil Association, Apricot

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Stephen Carr: Why organic should be posh and proud

What have things come to at the Soil Association when they think it even necessary to hold a special session at their AGM to discuss "organic elitism"?Doesn't our director, Patrick Holden, realise that the only reason that I converted part of my farm ... [Published Feb 19 2010 by Farmers Weekly Interactive]

Entities: Patrick Holden, Organic, Stephen Carr

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 1 Documents

FBD: Bid in for EU funding to back organic marketing campaign (UK)

- The Soil Association (SA) has submitted a bid to the EU to boost marketing funds in order to promote organic produce.The SA said that £320,000 per year for 3 years had already been raised from more than 70 pledges from industry.Now it is awaiting a ... [Published Feb 19 2010 by FoodBizDaily]

Entities: Organic, Soil Association, European Union

First Reported Feb 18 2010 - Updated Feb 18 2010 - 1 Documents

PTF chairman wary of anti-meat argument

Provision Trade Federation(PTF) out-going chairman Tony Stanton has warned suppliers to be wary over demands to cut animal products for the environment.Speaking at the PTF annual dinner at the Grosvenor House on Tuesday, Stanton stated that although the ... [Published Feb 18 2010 by MeatInfo.co.uk]

Entities: Methane, Dieting, Soil Association

First Reported Feb 17 2010 - Updated Feb 17 2010 - 1 Documents

How to green your school

School buildings, food, waste - even the curriculum itself should all support a connection to, and appreciation for, the environment. Here are some resources to get you started With the carbon footprint of English schools already tipping , many campaigns ... [Published Feb 17 2010 by The Ecologist]

Entities: Environment, Slow Food, Soil Association

Quotes

"The new GOTS web site will take the guess work out of creating a coordinated supply chain and make it much easier for companies around the world to do business easily and efficiently" said Christine Bushway, OTA's Executive Director

Global Organic Textile Database Launched [Sustainable Business - 22 hours ago]

...No mention of gardening. He seemed nice enough on a lightest of lightweight panel. David Dimbleby told the all-women audience "If you have already asked a question and have your hand up put it down because it will only get sore." Monty's Soil Association chairman predecessor Jonathon Dimbleby was even more pompous

David Beckham, 2,000 letters of support, garden centre worship rise conquering son...and Bob Mills [Horticulture Week - Mar 17 2010]

...'I've been banging on about this for 14 years,' he says. "It may very well not happen, but if it doesn't, we are going to be in such big trouble. One just must not give up." 21st century

What if we all traded energy between ourselves? [The Ecologist - Mar 17 2010]

More Content

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Global Organic Textile Database Launched [Sustainable Business - 22 hours ago]
New Global Organic Textile Standard Online Data... [Apparel Magazine - Mar 18 2010]
David Beckham, 2,000 letters of support, garden... [Horticulture Week - Mar 17 2010]
Organic farming has sold out as lost its way [The Ecologist - Mar 17 2010]
What if we all traded energy between ourselves? [The Ecologist - Mar 17 2010]
How to decode food labels and shop with a consc... [The Ecologist - Mar 16 2010]
Organic Market Report to launch in London [Freshinfo - Mar 12 2010]
Soil Association chief hails community food str... [Horticulture Week - Mar 12 2010]
Farmers could pay levy on saved seed [Farmers Guardian - Mar 11 2010]
Why GM Has No Place in a World in Transition [Energy Bulletin - Mar 10 2010]
Borough Market offers opportunities for small p... [Farmers Guardian - Mar 09 2010]
The Local Food and Farming Revolution [Energy Bulletin - Mar 09 2010]
FUW group backs local MP over supermarket ombud... [Farm Business - Mar 06 2010]
Record crowd for Norfolk farming dinner [EDP 24 - Mar 06 2010]
FSA chief ‘backs’ CCTV calls [MeatInfo.co.uk - Mar 05 2010]
Defra and FSA call for CCTV to be installed in ... [Farmers Guardian - Mar 04 2010]
Beware beauty firms' 'guilty secrets', retailer... [Natural Products Online - Mar 03 2010]
Britain's first milk factory [Guardian.co.uk - Mar 02 2010]
A weekend of racing in atrocious conditions lea... [Animal Aid - Mar 01 2010]
Graham's The Family Dairy Launches UK's First 1... [Scotland of Food & Drink - Mar 01 2010]
Fairtrade vs. Rainforest Alliance. Sara Lee vs.... [Brand Republic - Mar 01 2010]
Natural & Organic Products Europe Promises ... [Organic Matters - Feb 28 2010]
Richard Dawkins' pro-am clash in the boffins bl... [Times Online - Feb 28 2010]
CCTV for all UK abattoirs [RSPCA - Feb 27 2010]
CCTV must be installed in all UK abattoirs, say... [Farm Business - Feb 26 2010]
Long term performance for mono nov at parripak ... [Environmental Expert - Feb 25 2010]
RSPCA to demand abattoir CCTV [MeatInfo.co.uk - Feb 25 2010]
CCTV cameras to be compulsory in Freedom Food a... [Farmers Guardian - Feb 25 2010]
Is this Food, Inc. or Monsters, Inc? [Spiked Online - Feb 25 2010]
UK must be 'readier to explore' GM food as farm... [Telegraph - Feb 24 2010]

Blogs

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If obesity isn't a disease, why are we funding ... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 24 2010] Stopping children eating junk food is surely a better way to tackle the problem of Britain's overweight populationThere is still time to sign up for one of the most ...
Why Kraft must keep organic cacao farmers sweet... [Environment: Environment blog \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 20 2010] If Kraft ditches Green & Black's ethical commitments it would cast a shadow over their competenceLong before Kraft came to own Green & Black's by buying Cadbury ...
Why Kraft must keep organic cacao farmers sweet... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 20 2010] If Kraft ditches Green & Black's ethical commitments it would cast a shadow over their competenceLong before Kraft came to own Green & Black's by buying Cadbury ...
Food sustainability: Modified opinions [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Dec 04 2009] Historians of the future may mark the early 21st century as the point where the science of agriculture finally broke into public understanding. Ten years of ill-tempered ...
Learning Organic Farming: Looking Back or Movin... [Treehugger - Nov 22 2009] Image credit: Soil Association From its Organic Products Awards to debating whether air freighted produce can be organic, the UK's Soil Association has long ...