Law to ban food waste
With so much in the news about food waste and good old Hugh on the BBC about it. (For episode 1 click…
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Nut Week: Week 46 of BigBarn’s Food & drink weeks
Packed with protein, fibre and essential fats, nuts are one of the best foods to put in your body, especially when snack time rolls…
Read MoreGuest Blog: Amazing Autumnal Smoothie with Tiger Nuts!
At the Tiger Nut Company we are really passionate about tiger nuts and their health benefits! Although people are becoming more aware of…
Read MoreFermenting your home grown veg
If you have some beastly looking veg or like the taste of sweet and sour try fermenting some veg and take your stomach back…
Read MoreShould there be a sugar tax?
Doctors have stated that sugar is responsible for more disease, than alcohol and smoking combined. As we have tax on alcohol and smoking, shouldn’t…
Read MorePotato week: Week 40 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
Over recent years the humble potato has had a bad wrap. Which seems ridiculous considering it is a staple food for most of the world. From…
Read MoreShould we ban Trans Fats
We wrote about banning Trans Fats over 10 years ago yet many foods still have them amongst the long list of ingredients, often in…
Read MoreBottled water: another example of the mad food & drink industry
Globally, we now drink 30 litres of packaged water per person per year, and in the UK 22% is imported. The same stats are…
Read MoreWhat to do with your superfood Beetroot Crop
If like me you like Beetroot and have a big crop in your veg patch this year, here are a few ideas on what…
Read MoreMilk Week: Week 37 of BigBarn’s food & Drink Weeks
The Milk crisis has quite rightly made the news, and the subject of our blogs recently. Dairy farmers are fighting for survival and the…
Read MoreOlive oil shortage? Don’t worry switch to local virgin rapeseed oil.
Olive oil prices are expected to double due to the current world shortage of olives. Olive oil lovers are worrying about the…
Read MoreWhy we ignore the horrors of factory farming
A farming friend of mine is setting up a huge chicken shed, should he feel guilty, or should consumers feel guilty buying the factory…
Read MoreMorrison’s treating their customers like idiots
We wrote 18 months ago about Tesco becoming complacent when promoting an offer ‘1 for £1 or 2 for £2’. To us…
Read MoreMilk crisis must not result in mega dairies
A farmer taking his cow to the supermarket to buy his milk back and give it to local people! That’s how mad the food…
Read MoreApples & Pears: Week 33 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
If you’re lucky enough to have your own orchard you will have noticed your apples and pears starting to appear in abundance on the…
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