30/08/2013

Hi, dears, here I am with the promised second part on what foods should be avoided at any cost – and the cost is not as high as you might think, actually. As discussed in last week`s article, the good fellas at the Environmental Working Group compile a list of the most contaminated fruits and vegetables. They do it every year and usually tree fruits, berries, leafy greens dominate the list. Last week we published the 12 worst choices you could go for when shopping conventional produce, now let`s…

09/05/2013

5 funny vegetables you haven`t heard about Or maybe you have. Heard about them. Being the pretty awesome, educated and open-minded person you must be to follow farmhopping here, no doubt you do know more about the world than the average person. But seeing is believing, you know what they say. In this case, hearing about them is not enough, tasting them is what it`s all about. And that you haven`t done, have you :) So after telling you about what is in the veggies we all know, I thought to myself:…

08/05/2013

GUEST blog post by BEN RASKIN A group of Thai industry and academic representative came to see us this week, visiting the UK to learn about organic farming and the market here. We took them to visit The Community Farm. This is a community owned organic vegetable growing and distribution company near Bristol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTX8hbZw0YM&feature=player_embedded#! They were clearly very inspired by what the farm was doing and in the taxi on the way back we were chatting about the…