Kokova Magazine

The Kennel Club is urging pet owners and motorists to take caution when using anti-freeze, as just a small spill could be lethal to dogs. While the snow is a great source of enjoyment for a lot of people and their pets, who love nothing more than getting out for fun walks in the fluffy white stuff, bear a thought for their paws on the rock-salt and their attraction to some of the substances that make our life a little easier but become a real danger to theirs.

A new report from the Soil Association highlights the growth potential of food co-ops and buying groups to support access to affordable, ethical and sustainable produce. The report produced at the end of the Making Local Food Work, Big Lottery funded programme revealed over 400 enterprises were supported by the initiative with many opportunities for development across the UK.

The New Year is a time when people reassess their consumption habits and show a greater awareness towards health and physical fitness, to counteract the excesses of the festive period. For many people this concentrates around a 'detox' theme. A key element of such regimes is usually a good intake of water.

Despite extensive scientific evidence which highlights the benefits that breakfast provides to health and wellbeing, new research to mark Farmhouse Breakfast Week 20th - 26th January 2013 has found it's still the meal that many of us skip. On a busy morning, breakfast can fall low on your list of priorities, but taking just a few minutes to have a bite to eat in the morning will really pay off later in the day.

Did you know that bottled water is sold for up to 500 times the price of tap water - and whilst 1 in 7 people lack access to clean water around the world, Britain consumes more than 2 billion gallons of bottled water every year? Since staying hydrated is a basic human need that we all deserve, Hydros have created the Hydros Filtering Water Bottle, for people on the go who want their tap water to be a little more filtered.

When Kitchen Devils sent us their new Asian Cook's Knife to review, we were really just expecting another ordinary knife. AND we have a kitchen full of ordinary knives; most far from sharp and never used bar a few old favourites that we use for everything - from peeling to slicing, chopping and dicing. So when the Asian's Cook Knife arrived we were curious as to what differences this knife could have to offer...