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Aug/Sept 2006 Featuring: The Natural Trade Show 2006 Vision in Organic and Natural Food Retailing Hot Beverages Confectionery	Oct/Nov 2006 Featuring: Organic Food Awards Babies & Children Alcohol	Dec 2006/Jan 2007 Featuring: The Natural Trade Show Brighton 2007 Breakfast Planet 2007 Best Products of 2006	February/March 2007 Featuring: Natural Trade Show Brighton Special report Tea and Health Free From


Apr/May 2007 Featuring: Natural Trade Show Brighton Review Naturally Beautiful Superfoods	Jun/July 2007 Featuring: Natural Trade Show Harrogate Review Bakery Soft Drinks	Aug/Sept 2007 Featuring: Alcohol Confectionery The Natural Trade Show 2007	Dec 2007/Jan 2008 Featuring: Breakfast Bags Children and Babies


Feb/Mar 2008 Featuring: Natural Trade Show Brighton Fairtrade Beauty	Apr/May 2008 Featuring: Natural Products Show Free From Organic Dairy	Jun/July 2008 Featuring: Natural Products Review Summer Drinks: Smoothies and summer refreshers Breakfast: All the tastiest and healthiest cereals Market place: Company listings for ingredients, products and services	Aug/Sept 2008 Featuring: Tea: Tea has a new generation of fans; we look at its new appeal Alcohol: We go behind the scenes of organic alcohol Ethical Chocolate: A look at the plight of cocoa farmers Organic Fortnight: All the latest news and events from this year's Soil Association Organic Fortnight Speciality & Fine Foods Fair


Oct/Nov 2008 Featuring: Organic special - consumer trends and up-and-coming markets Beauty time - the latest in natural skincare Winners and losers in the Christmas food market	Dec/Jan 2008 Featuring: Free from - the allergy and intolerance market Healthy snacks - how will the credit crunch affect the snack market? Product of the year - we showcase some of the products of 2008	Feb/Mar 2009 Featuring: Fairtrade special - award winner harriet lamb on this years Fairtrade Fortnight Breakfast Club - Jenny Britt talks to experts on the issues affecting the nations breakfast tables In the Diary - News from this year's Biofach, vivaness and Natural Products exhibitions	Spring 2009 Featuring: Natural Beauty - A report on the burgeoning natural and organic beauty sectors The Alara story - Alex Smith talks about the latest developments in his sustainability mission Spring Launches - A look at how the natural and organic markets are shaping up


Summer 2009 Featuring: A unified voice - Industry unites to develop funding bid to promote organic movement to new generation of consumers Mum's the word - Organic and natural business explores the growing mother and baby market Summer sipping - Opportunities for retailers to maximise sales of summer drinks	Autumn 2009 Featuring: Sustainable agenda - Building public trust, getting sustainability at the heart of the agenda, and that FSA study - Soil Association Director Patrick Holford talks to Organic and Natural Business	Winter 2009 Featuring: Beauty in harmony: with two standards now in operation, Organic and Natural Business takes a closer look at attempts to harmonise the natural beauty sector Organic industry converges: a round-up of the developments from the organic farmers and growers summit Christmas wishes: The expectations for this year's festive trade Clean and green: with many products in the eco cleaning market, what do you need to know?	Spring 2010 Featuring: Organic for all - a potential £2m spend to promote the organic movement in the UK, but can it really dispel the elitist myth? Show time - A preview of the forthcoming Natural & Organic Products Europe show Personal Matters - Predictions for 2010 from those in the know EU organic logo launches - what do you think of the final design


Summer 2010 Featuring: Organic recovery - Organic sector suffers near 13 per cent decline, yet rises in beauty, dairy and baby food offer hope...but whats for the future? Pregnant Pause - The most common time a woman discovers natural and organic; Jennifer Britt examines the opportunities for retailers Summer Season - with summer upon us, what will be among your summer sun offering? Healthy Breakfast - How retailers can retain their specialist edge in the breakfast market	Autumn 2010 Featuring: Organic Fortnight - Communicating the organic principles to the wider public is a complicated one... could Organic Fortnight be a useful tool. Ethical and indulgent - Organic, fair trade, or simply indulgent...how can retailers retain a share of the specialist confectionery market? Bottoms up - Jennifer Britt on the latest developments in the specialist alcohol sector Speciality Fine Food Fair - A look ahead to this year's trade event	Winter 2010 Featuring: The road ahead - Helen Browning talks to Organic and Natural Business about her future as Director of the Soil Association Natural baby - A burgeoning market, but how can you get a slice of the organic and natural baby sector The next chapter - Movers and shakers in the industry gather for a key conference hosted by Organic Farmers and Growers Dairy developments - With Yeo Valley on the small screen, and sales growing, Jennifer Britt reports on the state of the dairy market	Spring 2011 Featuring: The Fairtrade challenge - How the fairtrade movement is working reach marginalised producers Skin therapy - Experts debate how the natural and organic skincare market is performing Natural and Organic Products Europe - We preview what to expect from this year's show Government accused of lack of support for organic - Survey reveals organic food and farming in the UK is falling behind


Summer 2011 Featuring: The Farming Future? – With plans for a massive capacity pig farm, can we expect ‘mega farms’ to be the way of the future? Summer Beauty – Jennifer Britt explores the natural beauty trends forecast for this summer. Organic in 2011 – After data showing organic declined by 5.9 per cent in 2010, what can we expect this year? Free Choice – Investing in the constantly evolving free-from market could be a smart move, experts say	Autumn 2011 Featuring: Your Organic September – There are many opportunities to be gained from marking Organic September – but are you involved? Brewing innovation – Can the hot beverage sector evolve further? It certainly appears so, as Christine Bailey reports. Data criticism – As Defra reveals organic productivity fell last year, questions are asked over why it took so long to release the data. The chocolate trade – Has the speciality chocolate sector weathers the recession?