Organic Food and Health Articles

Updated: 7th January 2008

Posted 10/02/07
Spring is a new beginning. After winter's rest, fresh leaves push their way outwards slowly turning the fields, trees and hedgerows a vivid green. This is the season of renewed energy for everything living. The leaves of spring help cleanse the body of the fats and heavy foods of winter. Use the fresh leaves of borage, salad burnet, yarrow, sorrel, lovage, chervil, hawthorn, watercress, dandelion, lime and chives in salads or make nourishing soups full of green vitality.
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Posted 29/09/06
Barley originated in Western Asia and was one of the first grains to be cultivated during Neolithic times. It became a staple crop in the Middle Ages.......
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Posted 29/09/06
It is a complete myth that a diet without meat and dairy produce is boring......
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Posted 26/05/06
I've known for some years about the addictiveness of MSG - apparently what it does is dampens the brainwaves that tell your brain that your tummy is full......
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The foods we choose to buy determine the quality of life we can expect. Buying and preparing local, seasonal, organic food builds a culture of a caring community and helps create mental, spiritual and physical well being......
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Don't forget the animals and insects that live in your garden this autumn. Try not to be over zealous with tidying up your garden. A windfall apple left lying can provide nutrition for a wide variety, from lacewings to badgers......
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The greatest vitality in the life cycle of a plant is in the sprout. As seeds germinate they spring into life and become superbly suited to our nutritional needs......
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Aloe Vera is a spiky cactus-like plant of the lily family and is native to tropical areas. Although there are over 200 species of aloe there are probably only three or four with medicinal properties.....
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Garlic is one of the oldest cultivated plants. Recipes using garlic have been found in the cuneiform script of ancient Babylon dating back at least 5000 years.....
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Involving astrology in the growing cycle is centuries old. Hesiod wrote a lunar agricultural manual in the eighth century BC; Cato and Pliny both mention lunar planting, and Roman farmers are known to have farmed with reference to the lunar phases.....
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