Tag: Health

Europes food and farming system is broken. Now, with the reform of the EU’s agricultural policy under way, we have a real chance to make a difference

Garden Organic’s Growing from your Roots (GFYR) project has been busy working with a wide range of community groups in the West Midlands, helping to spread the word about how to grow exotic crops in the UK. Anton Rosenfeld Project Officer says: “We’ve held workshops in Walsall and Birmingham focusing on growing and using produce […]

Public health analysis suggests that many lives can be saved if the UK population actually followed dietary guidelines on fruit and vegetable daily intake. The Government’s Eatwell Plate recommends that more than a third of UK daily diets should comprise fruit and vegetables and yet currently less than a quarter of diets are taken from […]