July Debate: Should I Buy Local Produce?

Rob Rees tells us his reasons for ‘buying local’.
The Cotswold food revolution has been under way for way over a decade now. “Local Food” has been a phrase hot on our lips for about the same amount of time. Our cultural desire to get back to our roots as well as embrace the allotment is [...]

Can we get Gloucestershire cooking before Jamie Oliver does?

Rob Rees says…
Readers may know that Jamie Oliver is developing his ‘Ministry of Food’ project with the City of Rotherham. The ultimate goal is to set up a city that cooks and grows and values good food more. The ambition is to make it the first city that does so.
Well I think that the whole [...]

Should all school meals be FREE?

From Rob Rees…
I have been on my travels recently discovering school meal systems around the world and speaking to lots of different people. Did you know that in India they feed 150 Million School Meals every day and for FREE! They make sure they are seasonal and enjoy regional differences. I have to say they [...]

Vegetarians and Burgers

In this burger debate it would be too easy to let the voice of Vegetarians go unheard. We weren’t prepared to let that happen. We spoke with Su Taylor of the UK’s Vegetarian Society. The Vegetarian Society is the oldest vegetarian society in the world and committed to promoting vegetarian choices and lifestyles.
Su was keen [...]

June Debate: So what’s wrong if I have a burger?

Rob Rees says…
I expect you imagine me to be all evangelical on this one and that I shall chastise anyone who happens to put a huge chunk of meat slapped between two baps anywhere near their mouth. Well actually you would be wrong.
I happen to enjoy a burger as much as the next person. However [...]