Allotment Update
The runner beans are growing along with the Marigolds!
Category Archives: Eating
Allotment Update
Well, it’s been six weeks or so since the Grumpy Vegan brought you up to date with our plot at the Fernbank Allotment in Hastings. Weeds grow. Grass gets mowed. And we harvested some new red and white potatoes, fingerling … Continue reading
Critical Look at Heffer International
It almost sounds like a joke. Set up dairy enterprises in rural African villages with no refrigeration, electricity, veterinary care or passable roads for a population that can’t drink milk because it’s 90% lactose intolerant. But the Bill & Melinda … Continue reading
Thought for the Day–Don’t Waste Your Food!
There’s been much in the British press lately framing Prime Minister Gordon Brown hectoring the country to not waste its food. Sadly, an important message is being clouded by the hostility of the press and its tendency to trivialise and … Continue reading
No Badger Cull
The BBC is reporting that the British Government has decided against badgers culls as part of its policy to address the increasing numbers of cattle with TB. There’s no official statement on DEFRA Web site but, if true, it’s surely … Continue reading
New Scientist on Animal Agriculture and Alternatives
The Grumpy Vegan is cautiously optimistic about New Scientist‘s tortuous reasoning in support of eating less factory farmed meat and investing in more research for in vitro meat–it’s good to see the scientific mainstream press catch up at last with … Continue reading
