Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall - Chickens again
Does anyone care how chickens are raised?
Does anyone want to know what the nutritional content of a factory reared chicken against a organically raised chicken is?
Should we be bothered what makes an intensively raised chicken so cheap in comparison to the more costly organic bird?
Well.
Yes.
I am just an average guy, with a child and partner, [...]
Rolled and stuffed lambs breast - recipe
Ingredients
2 boned pieces of breast of lamb (about 650g in total)
200ml White wine
Olive oil
For the stuffing
1 and half slices of wholegrain bread
2 cloves of garlic
1 large sprig of rosemary
1 tbsp dried cranberries or cherries
1 tbsp sultanas
1 lemon
To hold it all together
Kitchen string
Method
About thirty minutes before you want to [...]
Organic Meat - the Truth
I had a conversation about organic meat today - that quite honestly has left me flabbergasted!
A family friend found out that I was doing some work for Welsh Farm Organics on their website that has the online Organic Meat shop.
Their instant response was:
Organic meat is a rip off and is just designed to make a [...]
15 may 2008 - Toby returns home
Been busy on the farm today spreading muck on the harvest fields.
Toby our little black and tan Jack Russel has been found having been missing for 6 days, Ben the butcher had kindly took him to town without knowing and Toby had sneaked out with him in the van.
Your Security - Our Business
Your Security - Our Business
Creating a secure site for you to visit is expensive in time, money and effort. Maybe that is why so many people simply ignore it and yet still expect you to spend your money with them!
We have a secure site - and we want to tell you why, so that [...]
Organic food - what is the truth?
Organic food - what is the truth?
Perhaps surprisingly, there is opposition to the growing organic movement. Look carefully at each piece of resistance and you will probably find someone who has a vested [...]
The Economics of Organic Farming
Organic economics
UK food production has received significant bad publicity, seemingly on a regular basis, over the past decade. Much of the criticism centres on production processes and quality standards that are less than excellent. Ultimately it is the failure to aim for and to achieve excellence that has led to the problems experienced in recent [...]
Organic farming
Organic farming
The general principles of Organic Farming are:
animal welfare - care is taken to ensure that livestock can freely express natural behaviours, have sufficient space and freedom to roam
environment [...]
IFOAM organic principles
IFOAM organic principles
The guiding worldwide principles for organic agriculture are defined by the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) and are detailed below:
To produce food of high nutritional quality in sufficient quantity
To [...]
How do I know it is really organic?
How do I know it is really organic?
Here is the Soil Association’s advice:
Any organic product sold in the UK must by law display a certification symbol or number. When you see an organic symbol, you can be sure that the product complies with minimum government standards. These standards are set by the UK government and [...]
