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M&S; food. Photograph: David Sillitoe </p> </div> From waste to plastic bags to food, your chance to grill M&S about its environment credentials <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/21/you-ask-marks-spencer">Continue reading...</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/21/you-ask-marks-spencer#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Marks &amp; Spencer}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-353223018 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" title="Contributor's page"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Columnist/Columnists/2009/6/8/1244479493691/Adam-Vaughan-001.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Adam Vaughan"/> </a> <span>Posted by</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" name="&lid={blogBylineContributor}{Adam Vaughan}&lpos={blogBylineContributor}{1}">Adam Vaughan</a> <span class="timestamp">11.37 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Monday 7 September 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/07/soil-association" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Soil Association}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">You ask, they answer: Soil Association</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/07/soil-association" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Soil Association}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Soil Association : hands of a gardener caressing the soil" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/9/4/1252075735785/Soil-Association--hands-o-002.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">The weathered hands of a gardener caressing the soil. Photograph: Graham Turner</p> </div> Your chance to quiz the Soil Association on organics and its spat with the Food Standards Agency <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/07/soil-association">Continue reading...</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/07/soil-association#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Soil Association}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-352617871 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" title="Contributor's page"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Columnist/Columnists/2009/6/8/1244479493691/Adam-Vaughan-001.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Adam Vaughan"/> </a> <span>Posted by</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" name="&lid={blogBylineContributor}{Adam Vaughan}&lpos={blogBylineContributor}{1}">Adam Vaughan</a> <span class="timestamp">11.44 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Monday 24 August 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/24/ethical-consumer-birthday-poll" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Favourite ethical products highlight a green revolution}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">The top 20 ethical products? Fairtrade footballs and organic clothes are in</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/24/ethical-consumer-birthday-poll" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Favourite ethical products highlight a green revolution}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Fisherman land a bluefin tuna" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/28/1246150925808/Fisherman-land-a-bluefin--001.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">Banning fishing for bluefin tuna is high on the wishlist. Photograph: Jeffrey L Rotman/Corbis</p> </div> <p>Organic food and clothing and Fairtrade pinpointed in poll as consumer victories by campaigners and politicians</p> <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/24/ethical-consumer-birthday-poll">Continue reading...</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/24/ethical-consumer-birthday-poll#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Favourite ethical products highlight a green revolution}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351958703 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <span>Posted by</span> Ruth Rosselson <span class="timestamp">00.05 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Monday 10 August 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/10/you-ask-pants-to-poverty" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Pants to Poverty}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">You ask, they answer: Pants to Poverty</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/10/you-ask-pants-to-poverty" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Pants to Poverty}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Pants to Poverty campaign in Westminster Square against pesticides" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/10/1249897009158/Pants-to-Poverty-campaign-001.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">Pants to Poverty campaign in Westminster Square against poverty. Photograph: Pants to Poverty</p> </div> <p>Post your questions for the company on a mission to 'rid the world of bad pants' by selling Fairtrade and organic underwear</p> <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/10/you-ask-pants-to-poverty">Continue reading...</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/10/you-ask-pants-to-poverty#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Pants to Poverty}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351424732 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" title="Contributor's page"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Columnist/Columnists/2009/6/8/1244479493691/Adam-Vaughan-001.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Adam Vaughan"/> </a> <span>Posted by</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" name="&lid={blogBylineContributor}{Adam Vaughan}&lpos={blogBylineContributor}{1}">Adam Vaughan</a><br/> <span class="timestamp">11.23 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Thursday 28 May 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/may/28/neals-yard-remedies-pr" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{The PR lessons from Neals Yard Remedies public debate U-Turn}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">The PR lessons from Neal's Yard Remedies public debate U-turn</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/may/28/neals-yard-remedies-pr" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{The PR lessons from Neals Yard Remedies public debate U-Turn}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Neals Yard Remedies in Covent Garden" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/5/26/1243329729938/Neals-Yard-Remedies-in-Co-001.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">Neals Yard Remedies in Covent Garden. Photograph: Flickr/Some rights reserved/<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.flickr.com/photos/blahflowers/ ">Loz Flowers</a></p> </div> <p>Neal's Yard Remedies' decision not to answer questions from online critics is a bad PR strategy, according to Max Clifford</p> <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/may/28/neals-yard-remedies-pr">Continue reading...</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/may/28/neals-yard-remedies-pr#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{The PR lessons from Neals Yard Remedies public debate U-Turn}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-348049199 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" title="Contributor's page"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Columnist/Columnists/2009/6/8/1244479493691/Adam-Vaughan-001.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Adam Vaughan"/> </a> <span>Posted by</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" name="&lid={blogBylineContributor}{Adam Vaughan}&lpos={blogBylineContributor}{1}">Adam Vaughan</a> <span class="timestamp">14.39 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Tuesday 26 May 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/may/26/you-ask-neals-yard-remedies" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Neals Yard Remedies}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">You ask, they answer: Neal's Yard Remedies</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/may/26/you-ask-neals-yard-remedies" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Neals Yard Remedies}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Neals Yard Remedies in Covent Garden" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/5/26/1243329729938/Neals-Yard-Remedies-in-Co-001.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">Neals Yard Remedies in Covent Garden. Photograph: Flickr/Some rights reserved/<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.flickr.com/photos/blahflowers/ ">Loz Flowers</a></p> </div> <p>Following last week's <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/may/18/you-ask-divine-chocolate">spotlight on Fairtrade and food</a>, this week we turn our 'You ask, they answer' series to look at organics and beauty. For the next four days, ethical skin and body care products firm <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.nealsyardremedies.com/">Neal's Yard Remedies</a> will be doing its best to answer your questions below. <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/may/26/you-ask-neals-yard-remedies">Continue reading...</a></p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/may/26/you-ask-neals-yard-remedies#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Neals Yard Remedies}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-347912669 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" title="Contributor's page"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Columnist/Columnists/2009/6/8/1244479493691/Adam-Vaughan-001.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Adam Vaughan"/> </a> <span>Posted by</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" name="&lid={blogBylineContributor}{Adam Vaughan}&lpos={blogBylineContributor}{1}">Adam Vaughan</a> <span class="timestamp">11.53 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Monday 27 April 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/apr/27/you-ask-they-answer-abel-cole" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they anwer: Able & Cole}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">You ask, they answer: Abel & Cole</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/apr/27/you-ask-they-answer-abel-cole" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they anwer: Able & Cole}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Abel & Cole veg box" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/27/1240832889482/Abel--Cole-veg-box-002.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">Abel & Cole veg box, with broccoli, carrots, onions, apples and bananas. Photograph: PR</p> </div> <p>Post your questions for vegetable box suppliers Abel & Cole</p> <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/apr/27/you-ask-they-answer-abel-cole">Continue reading...</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/apr/27/you-ask-they-answer-abel-cole#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they anwer: Able & Cole}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-346524555 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" title="Contributor's page"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Columnist/Columnists/2009/6/8/1244479493691/Adam-Vaughan-001.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Adam Vaughan"/> </a> <span>Posted by</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-vaughan" name="&lid={blogBylineContributor}{Adam Vaughan}&lpos={blogBylineContributor}{1}">Adam Vaughan</a> <span class="timestamp">12.53 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Monday 20 April 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/apr/20/organics-fashion" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Howies}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">You ask, they answer: Howies</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/apr/20/organics-fashion" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Howies}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="A poster from ethical fashion label Howies" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/20/1240221856539/A-poster-from-ethical-fas-001.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">A poster from ethical fashion label Howies. Photograph: Flickr/<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/">Duncan</a>/<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/2452727282/sizes/l/#cc_license">Some rights reserved</a> </p> </div> <p>With spring well and truly sprung, we're looking at ethical fashion. For the third instalment of our <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/series/you-ask-they-answer">You ask, they answer series</a> we're giving you the chance to put organic clothing company Howies in the hot seat. You ask the questions, and they'll do their best to answer</p> <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/apr/20/organics-fashion">Continue reading...</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/apr/20/organics-fashion#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{You ask, they answer: Howies}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-346184604 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <span>Posted by</span> Abigail Edge <span class="timestamp">11.56 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Monday 6 April 2009 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/apr/06/soil-association-organic-market-report" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Has the recession killed organic? The truth at last}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Has the recession killed organic?</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <div class="blog-image-caption"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/apr/06/soil-association-organic-market-report" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Has the recession killed organic? The truth at last}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Organically grown wines at Whole Food Market" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/6/1239011997766/Organically-grown-wines-a-001.jpg" width="460" height="276" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <p class="caption">Organically produced wines at Whole Food Market. Photograph: Bruno Vincent/Getty Images</p> </div> <p>After 15 years of amazing growth, sales of organic foods are down in real terms, according to the first authoritative examination of the market for two years.</p><p>The Soil Association's <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.soilassociation.org/marketreport">2009 Organic Market Report</a>, released this morning, has a whole host of bad news for the sector. Overall, organic sales have risen 1.7%, to a little over 拢2.1bn. But last year was a time of massive food price rises, and to stay in step with overall food price inflation organic sales would have had to increase in value by at least 6%. In the decade to 2006, organic sales rose more than 20% each year.</p><p>There's more depressing news for those who saw the organic boom as the basis for building a new model of a sustainable, localised food economy: supermarkets have taken an even larger share of organic sales (now over 70%) and the amount of land devoted to organic fruit, flowers and herbs has dropped by more than 20% since 2006. Around 90% of organic fruit is now imported.</p><p>The good news? There's a little. Farmers' markets look healthy, with organic sales through them up 23.7%. People seem to be spending more on fresh organic foods to prepare at home - ready meals and prepared foods are down. And there have been impressive rises in sales of non-food items: health and beauty and textiles, which is where that organic cotton bag-for-life you got from the supermarket comes in.<br/> <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/apr/06/soil-association-organic-market-report">Continue reading...</a></p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/apr/06/soil-association-organic-market-report#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Has the recession killed organic? 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Photograph: Graham Turner</p> </div> <p>If you'd told me a week ago that I would spend two days listening to people talk about soil carbon sequestration (and be gripped by it!) I would have laughed in your face. </p><p>But at the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.soilassociation.org/conference">Soil Association conference</a> (SA) this week it was the hot topic, partly because the SA is launching a report in a month or so which will conclude that organic farming practices mean that while the UK's soils are losing carbon at a rate of up to 1% a year, organic farmers sequester enough carbon to offset their emissions by 5-30%. <br/> <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2008/nov/21/organics-carbonemissions">Continue reading...</a></p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2008/nov/21/organics-carbonemissions#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Finding a solution to soils carbon problem}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-339875570 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/bibivanderzee" title="Contributor's page"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2007/10/17/bibi_van-der-zee_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Bibi van der Zee"/> </a> <span>Posted by</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/bibivanderzee" name="&lid={blogBylineContributor}{Bibi van der Zee}&lpos={blogBylineContributor}{1}">Bibi van der Zee</a> <span class="timestamp">00.01 GMT</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Friday 29 August 2008 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2008/aug/29/food.organics" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Why my farm has not jumped on the organic bandwagon}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Why my farm has not jumped on the organic bandwagon</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <span class="inline wide"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/8/29/1220004546000/piper460.jpg" alt="Piepr farm" width="460" height="276"/> </a> <span class="caption" style="width: 460px;"> Pipers farm's meat is slaughtered at a local abattoir, while organic meat producers can still use industrial abattoirs. Photograph: Peter Greig </span> </span> <p>When we set up <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.pipersfarm.com/index.html">Pipers farm</a> in the late 1980s our aim was always to deliver superb quality meat, which tasted delicious and offered value for money. We are the current holders of the BBC Food and Farming best producer award and are often singled out for praise on the food pages of newspapers and magazines. But we have never once been tempted to jump on the organic bandwagon. <a class="continue-reading" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2008/aug/29/food.organics">Continue reading...</a></p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2008/aug/29/food.organics#start-of-comments" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Why my farm has not jumped on the organic bandwagon}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-337068750 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-byline"> <span>Posted by</span> Peter Greig <span class="timestamp">11.11 BST</span> </div> </li> <li class=" date-posted "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <p class="date"> Wednesday 23 April 2008 </p> </div> </li> <li class=" "> <div class="blog-excerpt"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2008/apr/23/organicfoodonlyforthepriv" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Is organic food only for the privileged?}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Is organic food only for the privileged?</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <p><img alt="organiccarrrots.jpg" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403im_/http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/organiccarrrots.jpg" width="440" height="330"/><br></p> <p><span class="caption"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://flickr.com/photos/dyobmit/89387808/">Carrots, organic</a> by <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.timboyd.info/">Tim Boyd</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">Some Rights Reserved</a></span></p> <p>The cost of food is skyrocketing, and organic food, which has always been priced at a premium, is rising to the point that it is putting it <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112154403/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/business/18organic.html">out of reach of more people</a>. </p> <p>I've always tried to buy organic food, both for environmental reasons and also because I wanted to support small farmers. 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