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Our Top 5….. Foodie revolutionary books we recommend

November 12 2010 at 10:48

We think these five books will change the way you think about your food choices for ever.  Our team of foodies has read extensively on this subject and here are our favourites:

1. ‘In Defence of Food’ – Michael Pollan
2. ‘Shopped’ – Joanna Blythman
3. ‘Not on the Label’ – Fleicity Lawrence
4. ‘Fast Food Nation’ Eric Schlosser
5. [...]

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Is Organic Farming Feminine?

November 12 2010 at 10:24

By Dr. Oliver Moore

“I think about conventional large-scale industrial farming with its focus on high yields as masculine and small-scale organic farming with its focus on family, community and connections as feminine. I’ve done a lot of research about gender and farming and it seems like women are well suited to small-scale agriculture. Women do [...]

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Woooooooo-Hooooooooo…..we won!

October 19 2010 at 10:45

We are delighted to announce that we won ‘Best E-Commerce/Service website 2010’ at the Irish Web Awards on Saturday. The event took place at the Mansion House, Dublin and with over 550 people in attendance it sure was exciting.  Over 500 websites were nominated for the event and the results were selected by over 140 [...]

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Why choose organic in a recession? Here’s a few reasons. Part II

September 24 2010 at 16:20

This is the second part of a two part blog from Dr Oliver Moore – please feel free to comment
Click here for part one

The time and the space to shop around:
It is also the case that with the recession people are shopping around more. People now really want good value. But remember, value is [...]

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It’s National Organic Week

September 13 2010 at 13:12

It’s National Organic Week from 13th-19th September 2010.  To celebrate we are offering 10% off all fruit and vegetables.  To raise a glass to the event we are also offering 10% all organic wine.  There are over 70 events taking place nationwide this week including, organic farm walks and cookery demonstration.
In our Blackrock store there [...]

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