Category Archives: Interviews

Visiting the world’s largest oregano processor

Posted on 17 April 2018 by

Ever bought any dried oregano or eaten anything with oregano in it? Then you’ve probably eaten some that came from the Kutas factory in Turkey. Here you’ll find and smell the most oregano in one place in the world, as … Continue reading →

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Creating a vibrant gastroeconomy in Turkey

Posted on 13 April 2018 by

How do you get people to treat food and cuisines as a serious part of the creative economy that supports economic as well as social development in a country? That is what a group of restaurateurs in Turkey have just … Continue reading →

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Trading #food between countries – it’s harder than you think, especially if you’re a small producer

Posted on 26 March 2018 by

How to trade food between countries has been the lifetime’s work of Elsa Fairbanks. She’s worked on exporting food from the UK for all her career and is now a director of Food and Drink Exportese Ltd. It’s an issue … Continue reading →

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There’s more to #cookery books than recipes – an interview with Dr Eileen White

Posted on 1 February 2018 by

Pictures of some of the cook books discussed. Reproduced with the permission of Special Collections, Leeds University Library You can learn about a lot more than recipes from studying cookery books through the ages as I heard from Dr Eileen … Continue reading →

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Don’t copy failed US #foodbanks model in UK warns Andy Fisher, author of Big #Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-hunger Groups”

Posted on 13 November 2017 by

Do not create a hunger industrial complex in the UK as has happened in the USA. That’s a key message from Andy Fisher, author of “Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-hunger Groups”, who is touring the … Continue reading →

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‘#bittersweetbrexit: The future of #food, #farming, #land and #labour’- Time for a big debate, says Dr Charlie Clutterbuck

Posted on 18 October 2017 by

I’ve known soil zoologist Dr Charlie Clutterbuck for years. He’s passionate about the need to understand the vast array of living organisms in the soil. He’s also always been deeply concerned about the people who work on the land and … Continue reading →

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Cutting #livestock consumption to prevent further wildlife extinction

Posted on 13 October 2017 by

There was a major conference on Extinction and Livestock in London last week, 5-6 October 2017.  The contributions will be put up on line in due course but I took the chance to interview some of those present. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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