The debasement of ordinary words that have no legal protection has been common enough. Much has been written about the abuse of ‘real’ ‘homemade’, ‘natural’, ‘local’ and ‘artisan’ being but a few examples. Only a few days ago Marion Nestle wrote in The Atlantic posing the question ‘Is ‘Natural’ the Most Meaningless Word on Your [...]
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Lochmuir doesn’t exist, does it matter?
Posted by pundles on 14 March 2012
http://pauseforfood.com/2012/03/14/lochmuir-doesnt-exist-does-it-matter/
The EDL march through Leicester
Hazel Paterson on yesterday’s EDL march through Leicester.
Posted by pundles on 5 February 2012
http://pauseforfood.com/2012/02/05/the-edl-march-through-leicester/
Tomatoland – how modern industrial agriculture destroyed our most alluring fruit
Investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook exposes the “human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry” in this compelling account. I picked up Tomatoland thinking it to be simply a book about the industrialisation of a favourite food, but it is much, much more and provides a graphic account of the politics of [...]
Posted by pundles on 16 January 2012
http://pauseforfood.com/2012/01/16/tomatoland-how-modern-industrial-agriculture-destroyed-our-most-alluring-fruit/
Food and drink trends in 2012 – what relevance for the artisan producer?
This is the time of the year we are more likely to take a nostalgic look back at recent events than look to the future, but Leatherhead Food Research has done just that in publishing its prediction of the trends in food and drink which will make the biggest impact in 2012. There is no [...]
Posted by pundles on 12 December 2011
http://pauseforfood.com/2011/12/12/food-and-drink-trends-in-2012-what-relevance-for-the-artisan-producer/
