Peter Melchett- one of the organic movement's leading voices
Garden Organic would like to echo the tributes made to organic campaigner, Peter Melchett, who died last week.
Garden Organic would like to echo the tributes made to organic campaigner, Peter Melchett, who died last week.
Following a successful first year, horticultural education and training experts, The BEST in Horticulture Group will be running their Certificate in Organic Horticulture again, starting this autumn.
Thursday's episode of BBC Gardeners World included a feature on our Seed Guardian Adam Alexander and his role preserving heritage veg through the Heritage Seed Library.
Bumblebees acquire a taste for pesticide-laced food that can be compared to nicotine addiction in smokers, say scientists. The more of the nicotine-like chemicals they consume, the more they appear to want, a study has shown.
Plastic pollution has been a high-profile issue in 2018, and the ubiquitous black plant pot is one of the worst offenders. Many garden centres are now planning to replace them with plastic that can be recycled.
Seed saving is often viewed as a bit of a dark art even amongst those that are experienced at growing their own food. However, it seems that this practice is more widespread than we believed ...
We're thrilled to share the successes of another productive year through our 2017 Annual Review, sent to Garden Organic members at the beginning of the month.
Monsanto has lost a landmark trial in San Francisco, when it was found that a former school groundskeeper developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a result of using Monsanto’s glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup.
As the heat draws to a conclusion, at least for the moment, I look forward to a breather after a busy spring and summer. Chatting away to all the gardeners and allotment holders I know, this has been a summer season of watering and very little else but those of you that managed to get out and tend to your plants on a daily basis would have seen success.
Have you ever thought about the true cost of producing your food? We expect that the price we pay reflects all the costs of getting food into our shops.