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You Better Look Before you Leap!
It’s a sad fact of life that, where money is concerned, there is almost no limit to the risks that politicians and corporations are willing to take with our health and well-being. Open a newspaper, pick a story – you’ll find this is true. My topic of choice in the news this week is the Precautionary Principle, an approach […]
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Things May Seem Quiet, But…
It may look quiet on the outside…but there’s plenty of activity going on under the radar! I have just finished three new titles in my First Look At… series for children – these are due out later this year. I also have two books for adults to deliver this year. One is a follow on to […]
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GM Health Risks Week
It’s GM Health Risks Week this September 2-8, and I will be chairing one of the London events. The aim of the week is to explore recent evidence that casts uncertainty over the safety of GM food; to begin a public debate around the risks and regulation of GM food; and highlight the results of the 2012 study by Prof Gilles-Eric […]
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Fantastic Healing Foods Event
Because sometimes we need to hear good news about food… I’m very much looking forward to being a part of the latest in the series of ‘Meet the Experts’ talks sponsored by Neal’s Yard Remedies on August 29, 6-8pm in Central London. We’ve been really buoyed by the success of our Healing Foods book and […]
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Rallying the troops
What fun to have been invited to speak about GMOs at the recent Neal’s Yard Remedies Organic annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona. It was a lightning visit – and one that reminded me of the true impact of jet lag. But it was so worth it to meet NYR Organic’s fabulous and motivated consultants, many of […]
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The GMO Manifesto
In a week when the UK government has stupidly and inexplicably thrown its support behind genetically modified crops… crops that almost every other country in the world is trying to get rid of, I found myself wondering how to sum up my own feelings clearly and succinctly and not in the usual 10,000 word dissertations that […]
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Why Did Millions March Aainst Monsanto?
Last weekend more than 2 million people worldwide joined a March Against Monsanto While Monsanto has become the focus of many people’s justified ire, the real issue extended beyond the company that has brought us such scientific ‘miracles’ as Agent Orange and aspartame to the continued skulduggery of all the biotech companies including Syngenta, BASF, […]
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Healing Foods is Out!
My new book – co-authored with my colleagues Susan Curtis and Dragana Vilinac from Neal’s Yard Remedies – is finally out! It’s called Neal’s Yard Remedies Healing Foods and the launch began with a bang – a fantastic 8-page pullout in the Sunday Telegraph.The book, which features in depth descriptions of over 175 healing foods […]
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New Book on the Way!
I’m looking forward to the May 1st release of a new book, Healing Foods. With its emphasis of fresh, local and organic food as the most important thing we can do for our health, it’s especially topical given the current scandal over horsemeat in processed and convenience foods. I’m a firm believer in knowing what you […]
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Elected to the Soil Association Council!
How happy am I?! It’s a real honour to be able to say that I have just been elected to the Soil Association Council. It was a very strong ballot with some great candidates and I honestly didn’t expect to have a chance. Apart from being a longtime supporter of organic, I have been involved, in an ad hoc […]
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