Guest Blog from Tim Keates; Sow and Grow
Tim Keates; inspirational food growerWelcome to a new column on growing your own fruit and vegetables. November at first glance seems peculiar time…
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Local food is cheaper and better, how do we break the supermarket habit
Local food is cheaper, fresher, boosts the local economy, encourages more local production and is often more convenient. No doubt why 80% of consumers…
Read MoreTesco; 30,000 tonnes of food waste
BBC news today; ‘Supermarket giant Tesco has revealed it threw away almost 30,000 tonnes of food in the first six months of the year. Using its…
Read MoreGuest Blog: How to make fruit leather
If like many others you hate to see your carefully grown fruit rot on the ground, and can’t find somewhere to juice, here is…
Read MoreGuest Blog from Kate at Veggiedesserts; Chocolate Courgette Tray Bake
What a year for courgettes! They seem to all be absolutely enormous and the gardeners and allotment-holders that I speak to seem to be…
Read MoreSeasonal Super food: Squash & Pumpkin
The Squash family are a healthy source of vitamins and minerals including fibre, folate, riboflavin, phosphorus and potassium. They can also aid in the…
Read MoreBumper Crop of Apples, time for Farm shops to act as community juice/cider maker?
This year there is a bumper Crop of Apples, many falling to the ground and wasted. We see this as a great opportunity…
Read MoreMislabeled meat in Tesco, Jamie’s brisket. Where to buy real meat?
Tesco sells dutch pork labelled as British-reared. Horse meat still in the supply chain. Jamie Oliver shows consumers how to save money by buying…
Read MoreBigBarn’s view on Free school meals
Government news that kids are going to get free school meals is great for some kids and parents, but please do a proper job,…
Read MoreGuest Blog: Plan Your Polytunnel, and Pay Dividends in Produce
A big welcome to Lucy at the Smallest Smallholding. It is fantastic to see food growing on a small scale with enthusiasm for…
Read MoreGuest blog from Tim Keates and the Great British Food Cycle
Tim Keates is a fan of BigBarn and used our local food map to find great food and drink producers for his epic journeys: The…
Read MoreSeasonal Super Food: Sweet corn
Every year we promote sweet corn and how important it is to get really fresh corn on the cob with leaves, rather than the…
Read MoreSeasonal Super Food: Courgette
Eat the flowers or fruitAccording to Natural-Home Remedies, zucchini is full of nutrients, good for the heart, prevents an enlarged prostate and has anti-inflammatory…
Read MoreAre stem cell burgers such a bad idea?
What’s in that burger?Are stem cell burgers such a bad idea when we already have GM food, animals factory farmed in appalling conditions, and…
Read MoreRip off food industry will continue until consumers reconnect with producers?
I noticed fresh onions in the supermarket yesterday priced at the equivalent of £2,000/ton, yet my cousin only got £130/ton for his crop…
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