Misleading food advertising
Getting ready for work this morning I spotted two very dodgy TV adverts. Tesco ‘price promise’ and Walkers crisps. Misleading because those…
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Guest Blog: The history of coffee and a new era.
Our guest blog this week comes from Mariners Coffee Merchants’– how coffee circled the Earth. Like tea, the coffee business has been dominated by big…
Read MoreGetting people enthused about food and cooking
We have great food in this green and pleasant land, more varieties of cheese than the french, and hundreds of hours of cookery programmes…
Read MoreBig thanks to BBC Radio 4 ‘You and Yours’
Our big thanks to BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours for including us in their piece about people saving money by leaving the supermarket…
Read MoreOur thanks to The Mail on Sunday
Our big thanks to the Mail on Sunday for the article about BigBarn. Anyone who missed it can
Read MoreFasting; lose weight, stay young, get more intelligent, & protect yourself from alzheimer’s and diabetes
Great food Programme today about Fasting. Listen again here. Fasting is not as difficult or painful as…
Read MoreSupermarkets about to rip us off, again.
Supermarkets are all talking about sourcing British meat after the Horse Meat scandal. Will they add a fair mark-up on what they buy…
Read MoreTime to grow your own to avoid horse meat
Family Farm ShopThe recent horse meat scandal has made most people realise that the only food you can really trust is local or home…
Read MoreWhy we should all join the Friends of the Earth Bee Cause
FOE now has a joint branded version of the BigBarn map & MarketPlace to help members, using their website, find and buy local food….
Read MoreMore food scares coming to a supermarket near you!
Thank you Tracy from Pigbusiness for mentioning BigBarn on last night’s Channel4 News. The horse meat scare…
Read MoreShocked to see horse meat in burgers and ready meals?
Should we be so shocked to see horse meat and other hidden dodgy ingredients in a food industry that has such a long supply…
Read MoreThoughts on BBC Food programme about meat
I thought the Food Programme with Sheila Dillon and Sir Paul McCartney made some very interesting points about meat. I knew about Linda McCartney’s…
Read More50% of Food Wasted? Can a LOCAL food industry fix this?
At BigBarn we are building a LOCAL food industry to replace the national one that is reported to be wasting 50% of food. …
Read MoreGrow Your Own guest Blog from Mike Thurlow
Hi BigBarn gardening friends, Mike Thurlow here, We may have met if you have ever been to the restored Historic Vegetable Garden at Audley…
Read MoreWill middlemen destroy the food industry?
Our last blog comparing mega dairies and the existing supply chain, to small artisan dairies selling direct to local…
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