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Organic is Booming
The UK organic market is booming 12.6% up year on year. This is the highest growth since dip that followed the 2007 financial crisis – the total market has now reached reaching £2.79B. Growth is led by online sales during the Covid pandemic, say the Soil Association: “organic is now rightfully recognised as the cornerstone of a resilient food…
Most of our coffees are single origin, but that’s not because they are better than blends. Blends can taste better, but many customers seem to prefer a back story to their coffee which House Blend or Espresso Blend does not offer. Commercially the secrets of blending can be tightly guarded and blends very complex. The ingredients list can be…
A corporate coup?
The government lockdown to control the Covid virus is the most draconian event since WW2. We call for a government of national unity. Instead it looks as if, in a replay of 2008, all the government’s big corporate backers will get handouts enabling them to survive and then prosper, eventually swallowing up another big chunk of the economy as…
And fortunately our customers are not doing this. However we have been very busy as people bring forward their regular orders “just in case”. The problem with panics is that at a certain point it becomes rational to join the panic. Is this what we are seeing in mainland European countries? One thing that seems to make little sense…
NO NEED TO GIVE UP HOPE
Last week’s election result saw the end of many people’s hopes for a government that would pursue justice here in the UK and internationally. Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn would have taxed the rich to restore pubic services and recognised Palestine’s right to exist, to take just two issues. But it put him up against the billionaire media and the Israel…
It’s Antibiotic Awareness Week! You don’t expect to see items about farm animals on the Coffee Plant blog, but as members of the Soil Association we see organic production as essential to saving the planet. Farm animals consume one third of all antibiotics used in the UK – that’s a staggering statistic! And the more antibiotics are used in…
Cotton on to the benefits of organic
Its not just coffee farmers who benefit from Organic and Fairtrade. Did you know it takes 2,700 litres of water to grow the cotton for a single t-shirt? You heard right….for just one! Growing organic cotton uses less water than conventionally grown cotton. With water shortage identified as one of the top ten global risks to society over the…