A few weeks ago, we started a list of resources for children, parents, teachers, and anybody who wants to learn a bit more about healthy eating and growing your own food. Food doesn’t get much cheaper – or better for you – than that. Teaching Resource #2: Irish Seedsavers Irish Seedsavers is an absolutely essential [...]

Now that we’re all more cost-conscious, how many of you are still buying organic vegetables? If you’ve had to cut back but would prefer not to, you may be interested in some advice I found in last Sunday’s Observer Magazine about shopping strategically and only buying organic versions of certain fruit and veg.

The Kilkenny Advertiser speculates today about whether the decline in the organic food market in the UK will spread to Ireland. Are you buying less organic? My personal feeling about organic food is that I buy it when possible because of the more sustainable farming methods that are used, but am aware that no great [...]