A leading certification body is calling on the newly elected Conservative Government to ensure it carries out its promises to the food and farming sectors.
Following the result of the General Election, Organic Farmers & Growers Chief Executive, Roger Kerr (pictured), has urged David Cameron’s Government to fulfil pledges it made.
The Organic Protein Company has donated more than £1,000 to an animal welfare charity.
The Brighton-based business has raised more than £1,100 for Compassion in World Farming as part of its commitment to donate 25p for every pack sold of its organic whey protein.
New research confirming higher antioxidant levels in organic food shatters the myth that farming methods do not affect quality.
That’s according to Soil Association Chief Executive, Helen Browning, who was responding to publication of a study at Newcastle University and published in the British Journal of Nutrition, which reveals that organic fruit, vegetables and cereals contain significantly higher concentrations of antioxidants and lower levels of pesticides.
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