If you have ever suffered from acne and breakouts you will understand the devastation left behind and the map of infection left on your skin for the entire world to see. Some people are lucky enough to escape with minimal scarring, whilst others are left with a rough, uneven skin tone that can demoralise and depress beyond comprehension to those blessed with 'perfect' skin.
Winners of this year's Soil Association Organic Food Awards, supported by Seeds of Change, were recognised last night (19th September2013) at a celebration in central London. The awards showcase the UK's best organic food produced with passion, creativity and care. Winners include Brown Cow Organics live natural yoghurt, Riverford vegetable harira soup, the Hampstead Tea and Coffee Co white leaf tea, Booja Booja's Keep Smiling Vanilla M'Ggorilla frozen dessert and the Story Group organic chicken.
The Soil Association is launching Organic September - 'Small Changes, Big Difference' - to show the huge difference consumers can make by switching just one household item to organic. Running throughout September, the campaign will be the UK's biggest celebration of all things organic.
Autumn is a great time for seed sowing and Seed Pantry has launched three practical kits to grow your own fresh, organic vegetables. The Autumn Veg Seeds Starter Pack is a delightful collection of seeds and equipment to grow pak choi, chard, Oriental spicy leaves and winter hardy salad onions. It contains all the eco-friendly equipment you need to start growing the seeds, including biodegradable pots, dibblets, mini compost disks and labels.
Finally the summer sun has arrived and us girls (and guys) can't wait to get our feet out of stuffy shoes and boots and revel in the freedom of open-toed sandals. An array of peek-a-boo styles are simply begging to be worn and we are on our way in the style stakes... until we realise that while we may be ready for the Summer, our feet are not. But with a selection of simple to use, easy to apply solutions Lloyds Pharmacy will help you get your feet summer-ready in no time.
This year Moorcroft are marking their centenary with a travelling exhibition put together out of pottery, drawings and written archive material loaned by the Moorcroft Museum. In this way, the art pottery would be seen to have reached out to its audience in the United Kingdom to show, with just 100 exhibits, how Moorcroft sprang to life in 1913 and why it is still alive to this day.
