Sentences with phrase «soil association»

Produced with Fairtrade certified cotton and printed using water based organic inks certified by the Soil Association.

Over at The Independent, the new head of the Soil Association, Helen Browning, explains why her team won't back down in the face of libel threats from a gigantic pig farming operation: «I think most people are trying to make their way in life the best way they can, with different views and perspectives on things.

The association's director, Patrick Holden, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: «There is growing demand to reduce the carbon footprint of food distribution and we in the Soil Association take that very seriously.»

You can be accredited for any ethical and environmental initiatives too — just like People Tree have Fair Trade and Soil Association certification — they've even received an Observer Ethical Award!

At its annual conference in Cardiff today, the Soil Association launched a one - year consultation on a proposal to ban the air - freighting of organic food, in the hope of cutting the associated carbon dioxide emissions.

The Gloucestershire club is working with the Soil Association to achieve its «Food for Life» Catering Mark.

Food imported to the UK by air may be denied the lucrative «organic» label under proposals being put forward today by the Soil Association.

These include, amongst others, Schumacher UK, the organisers of the conference; Schumacher College, whose short courses we have recently written about; Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT); Soil Association.

The newly formed Alliance Against Advertising Antibiotics to Farmers, formed by the Soil Association, Compassion in World Farming, Sustain and the Food Ethics Council, is calling on the British government to issue a ban on advertising antibiotics to farmers on the basis, it says, that the practice undermines the whole principle of subscription - only medicine.

The pitch itself is going organic with the help of the Soil Association.

:: Soil Association via:: Observer

From its Organic Products Awards to debating whether air freighted produce can be organic, the UK's Soil Association has long been both an advocate for, and a pioneer of, organic foods.

But it looks like the Soil Association is not advocating business as usual in any shape or form, as Policy Director Peter Melchett explains — organic farming needs to be considered as part of a wider rethink of our destructive food systems:

Via:: the Soil Association

It was a difficult, even Solomonic judgement call: As George noted earlier, the Soil Association, the UK's leading organic certification body, had proposed withdrawing the «organic» label from produce flown into the UK from abroad.

Now we've come across One Planet Agriculture, a campaign from the Soil Association, the UK's governing body on organic food.

The following brands were certified organic by the Soil Association: Bentley Organics and Odylique.

Other certification bodies are Soil Association, SKAL, or KRAV.

She is now in charge of three market gardens all Soil Association certified, two employees, a team of volunteers and two apprentice urban growers.

and giving out your website, I have rang the soil association on this subject they have not got back to me yet but I will keep trying!!!

For cosmetic products to be certified organic by the UK's Soil Association, 95 % of all ingredients must be organic.

Soil Association — Make - up made by Odylique, Green People and Neal's Yard are all certified organic by the Soil Association.

The Soil Association certifies clothing to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), an international standard.

According to the Soil Association, this is because «most of the rape that is grown is used for industrial purposes — oil for industry or for biofuels, and there is no demand for organic rapeseed oil there.»

The Soil Association The Soil Association offers «a taste of the good life» on their website, giving tips on how to revive the rustic and rudimentary joys of life.

He continues to be an active advocate for farmers currently serving on the board of Rodale Inc., the Rainforest Alliance and the Appeal Board of the Soil Association.

Current Management Committee members are Clare Coatman (independent — Chair), Bruce Pearce (Organic Research Centre — Treasurer), Paola Andreoni (independent), Kierra Box (Friends of the Earth), Jane O'Meara (GM Free Dorset), Louise Payton (Soil Association — represented by Honor Eldridge during maternity leave) and Ricarda Steinbrecher (EcoNexus).

He is a member of the RITE Group steering committee, the BCI advisory group and the Soil Association Textile and Trade group.

ECRA provides research and consultancy and policy development for campaign groups and ethically - minded organisations, such as Amnesty International, Christian Aid, Rainforest Association, the Soil Association and WWF.

The Soil Association's organic standards exceed standard industry practice and include prohibiting confinement systems, ensuring bedding and / or environmental enrichment, ensuring free - range access with shade and shelter, specifying stunning and slaughter practices and monitoring welfare through outcome measures.

There are busts of famous people (including the president of the Soil Association) placed on top of a high wall, a Serbian window embedded in a wall and sculpture by his favourite designers, the Bannermans, dotted around.

Having covered all bases their long list of organic certifications includes: USDA Organic (US), Soil Association Organic Standard (Great Britain), Naturland (Germany), AB Agriculture Biologique (France), KRAV (Sweden), EKO Sustainable Textile (E.U.), EU Flower (E.U.).

I may not have been a huge fan of the promo video for its organic farm school, but the UK's Soil Association has been a tireless advocate for sustainable, planet friendly farming for years.

The Soil Association has announced the winners of its annual awards for best organic and natural beauty care products.

According to the UK's Soil Association, estimates by the UN that to feed our ever - increasing population we will have to double food production by 2050 are too high and based on flawed

ROAST DINNER The Soil Association's Food For Life programme will be running its National Roast Dinner Day on Wednesday 15 November.

It is led by the Soil Association, with support from partners Garden Organic, Focus on Food, Health Education Trust and Royal Society for Public Health.

National Roast Dinner Day will also be back, led by the Soil Association's Food For Life initiative.

In conclusion Porter said: «There was so much happening at individual school level as well, with themed lunches, competitions, National Roast Dinner Day from the Soil Association and pupils, staff and parents wholeheartedly embracing all that is great in education catering.

Awarding Catering Excellence Recently the Soil Association celebrated the new Food for Life Catering Mark Champions, at a national awards ceremony in June.

To link caterers with suitable suppliers for their Catering Mark meals the Soil Association has also now developed the Supplier Scheme, helping caterers find suitable ingredients but also finding new routes to market for suppliers and food producers.

The Soil Association's Food for Life Catering Mark works extensively in schools, nurseries and universities (as well as in other public settings, such as hospitals and care homes).

Securing the future In March 2012, The Soil Association - led Food for Life Partnership will come to the end of its development phase.

To truly turn the tide on diet - related ill health «we need greater emphasis on early intervention» The Soil Association, 2015.

I was delighted when the Soil Association - led Food for Life Partnership was recently awarded the prestigious BBC Radio 4 Derek Cooper Award.

This mark was developed by the Soil Association to offer an independent guarantee that what's on the menu is freshly prepared, free from undesirable additives and better for animal welfare.

This is another certified organic sweet almond oil, this time by the prestigious UK Soil Association.

Fushi is another certified organic oil, this time by the UK Soil Association.

We won «Best Organic Start - up Business» at the 2017 Soil Association BOOM Awards and Ethan was shortlisted for Organic Rising Star:) Our products are powered purely by organic whey protein concentrate from grass - fed cows & raw superfoods, rather than manufactured nasties.

Odylique and Essential Care products are free from synthetic chemicals and are all certified to strict Soil Association organic standards.