Another good read from the Soil Association

I have written many times to encourage readers to subscribe to the Soil Association Newsletter and again today's is no exception.

Too much to comment on here, but just look at the list of interesting snippets and longer articles to save you hours of research:

Number of pupils classed as obese drops after introduction of Food for Life Catering

Patient who refused hospital food 'not fit for pigs' awarded £200 compensation for buying his own meals

Meet the women who really are running the country - features organic farmer Rebecca Rayner

The foodies’ secret address book - and drink editor Tony Turnball recommends Laverstoke Park

UK food and drink exports hit £10bn for first time

Food and class: does what we eat reflect Britain's social divide?

Not got a vegetable patch? Take over your neighbour’s!

Sir Paul McCartney: ‘I had to learn to cook after Linda died’

Tiger prawns are first Fairtrade seafood

Butter produced in the UK and sold in the UK may have spent some time in the deep freeze before ending up in your basket

Gala now the apple of the nation’s eye

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