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Entrading café

Entrading café

5 Feb 2009

Situated in the heart of the busy business district of Glasgow is a café and shop that some might find a bit of a surprise. Entrading is a combined high street eco-store and café. Like high street shops, drinking and eating in our city centres have…

In praise of grass

The grass is greener: why Scottish animals have the advantage over foreign livestock

1 May 2009

Cows eat grass, as every school child knows. Except that it’s not always the case these days. In many parts of Scotland (thanks to all our rain) grass is what grows best and gives the animals that graze it a natural advantage.

Carrots

Taste Test - Carrots: Organic v Non-organic

18 Sep 2008

After potatoes, carrots are our most consumed vegetable; they are also a stalwart of the organic vegetable box scheme, so we decided to see what difference we could find locally available carrots. These ones came from a decent dedicated local…

The Grassmarkets

The Grassmarkets

28 May 2009

Summer’s (almost) here, and the time is right for shopping in the street. As David Bowie might have sung, were he a product of a more capitalist age. However, if you must shop, you could do worse than paying a visit to the newly refurbished Grassmarket…

halibut farm

Gigha-bites: the cultivation of Scottish halibut

1 May 2009

If anything symbolises the success of Gigha’s thriving island economy since the islanders’ historic buy-out in 2002, it is Alastair Barge’s sustainable, organic halibut farm, the only one of its kind in Scotland. Perched above the shoreline on the east…

Strawberries

Caught in a jam: getting the most out of Scotland's fruit

1 May 2009

Jo Ewart Mackenzie takes a look at the art of storing and preserving our glorious gluts of fruit.

Carrots

Keeping it REAL: a food initiative teaching school pupils the value of sustainable farming

1 May 2009

Jo Ewart Mackenzie profiles an agenda-setting school project in which the pupils learn about the world of work while planting, growing and selling their own organic produce.

King Creosote

Big Tent Festival 2008

17 Jul 2008

While the pretend hippies drive their SUVs to Glastonbury and this year’s T in the Park fades into lager-sodden memory, all yer actual planet-savers are off to Falkland Palace. The Big Tent Festival, which grew out of a response to the 2005 G8 summit…

Earthy Food Store

Earthy Food Store

8 May 2008

Despite the very best and utterly wholesome intentions to stock up on organic cheeses at the weekly farmers’ market, or to take a drive to the country to buy veg with the soil still hanging off it, sometimes a long lie or a busy week gets in the way.

Foraging

Food for free

13 Mar 2008

This is the age we live in: foraging means a trip to the local shops rather than the supermarket and the phrase ‘food for free’ is associated more with ‘buy one get one free’ than nature’s bounty. However, the green revolution may not all be about…

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