Cheese Week: Week 22 of BigBarn’s Food & Drink Weeks
If you are pro British milk then supporting British cheese can certainly go a long way to supporting the dairy industry. There are over 2000…
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English Wine Week: Week 21 of BigBarn’s Food & Drink Weeks
English wine week is now only a week away, starting this Saturday 27th May and finishing on June 4th.The perfect week to enjoy…
Read MoreTomato week: Week 20 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
Tomatoes are the key ingredient to summer. We have them on BBQ’s, salads, cook with them, fry them, how ever you like them and…
Read MoreOil week: Week 19 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
The fields are starting to turn yellow with rapeseed ready for the season! Virgin olive oil and cold pressed Rapeseed oil is really…
Read MoreHoney week: Week 18 of BigBarns food and drink weeks
It is just starting to warm up enough for us to start seeing bees in the garden. Bee enthusiasts around Britain are starting to…
Read MoreThe UK desperately needs a Social, Local, Food Map
Political and economic uncertainty post the US, French and UK elections and running up to Brexit mean that our food industry could change dramatically…
Read MoreGuest Blog: Three Reasons Why We Should Shop Local
Thank you for this guest blog from Faith at ehealthinformer Shopping for groceries locally is a simple change that can bring big improvements…
Read MoreGluten Free Food; bad for you?
I am a big fan of Food Unwrapped the TV programme with Jimmy, Kate and Matt. Last night they included a piece on Gluten…
Read MoreWhy real food can make us happy
Basic human psychology tells us that Real food can make us really happy and we should pursue this happiness. Let me explain: The satisfaction of…
Read MoreWasted Cauliflowers another example of the need for change in the UK food industry
Thousands of cauliflowers were thrown away this week because there is a UK glut caused by supermarkets taking Spanish Caulis instead. This is a…
Read MoreThe tale of three farmers
This is a true to life story of three farmers I know who produce food. I say ‘Food’ because the majority of farmers…
Read MoreTesco rip off, again!
The recent BBC report on Tesco customers being short-changed by out of date promotions is no surprise to us. There really are no excuses…
Read MoreAmerican hormone fed Beef in our shops
Should we consumers and farmers feel threatened by the possibility of a trade agreement with the USA meaning American hormone fed beef in our…
Read More‘Clean’ Food ‘Diet’
We have added inverted commas around Clean and Diet as there seems to be a great deal of confusion about their meaning. Which of…
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with GM Crops?
The article below was sent in by Justin Fox and covers the GM debate really well. As far as BigBarn is concerned we see…
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