Can business force changes in farming practices
The great video below shows how a US restaurant chain is hoping to win customers by influencing change to food industry practices. In…
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The future for food? Urban and local growing?
With the seas overfished and commercial farming becoming over reliant on fossil fuels, urban and local food production is making the news. Perhaps…
Read MoreCrazy and Confused priorities of modern life prove we need to change
In the last 100 years we have seen amazing changes in the food industry. We can now go to a big shop and…
Read MoreBig Beans Meanz Prizes
BigBarn has teamed up with Secret Seed Society to promote the BIG Bean competition to get kids growing and eating fresh veg for…
Read MoreNew look, fresh-faced BigBarn!
As you may have noticed, BigBarn is looking rather fresh-faced this week! We’re very excited with our new look website, that went live yesterday. Taking on…
Read MoreHow you can help build a new LOCAL food industry
We need a LOCAL food industry to replace the anti-social national food industry where supermarkets are charging consumers too much for food, but giving…
Read MoreSupermarkets are amazing, but slowly killing us, and a sustainable food industry
Supermarkets are amazing, a massive range of goods, all in one place with convenient access. They have however decimated the farming industry and…
Read MoreBBC news: Allotment vandalism. Answer: Plant fruit & veg everywhere.
I note from a feature on BBC news this morning that allotments are being vandalised and produce stolen. Rather than spend police time,…
Read MoreIncredible, Incredible Edible. How to build a LOCAL Food Industry?
I was lucky enough to spend a day with some of the team from Incredible Edible Todmorden (IET) and see how food can…
Read MoreBigBarn launches KIS (Keep it Simple) Cookery Video Channel
BigBarn launches a new initiative to join its local food map, Crop for the Shop and MarketPlace. You can now…
Read MoreFrankenburger or tortured animals, what do we want?
The news of stem cell grown meat is hitting the news and shocking to many people. I think it is brilliant news as…
Read MoreSurvey to make BigBarn even better; And the chance to win Joanna Blythman’s new book & Pipers Crisps.
One of my Food heros Joanna Blythman followed us on twitter last week and after some messages, I found that she thought we were…
Read MoreRapeseed Oil: a classic example of why the food industry is NOT good for us
Virgin cold pressed Rapeseed oil is really good for us. It is delicious for roast potatoes & dressings and we should eat more…
Read MoreOur disappearing pubs and Post Offices – the glue that holds a community together
This a BigBarn Guest Blog from Alex Chambers at Squisito Deli I received a letter from DVLA reminding me to get a new tax…
Read MoreHow do we get more people cooking real food, and enjoying it?
Why are there so many cookery programmes on the TV, yet so many people eating out, buying takeaways or ready meals? Surely we would…
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