Comments on: Eat Your (Organic) Veggies: Interview with Ella Heeks http://jcarrot.org/eat-your-organic-veggies-interview-with-ella-heeks/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:50:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Michael Green http://jcarrot.org/eat-your-organic-veggies-interview-with-ella-heeks/#comment-5441 Michael Green Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:01:59 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/eat-your-organic-veggies-interview-with-ella-heeks/#comment-5441 Good to hear that Abel & Cole are sourcing from Israeli farmers (only where the British climate is too cool, of course!) Anti-Zionist activists have been targeting other organic business in the UK, from Fresh+Wild (WholeFoods) to small independent retailer - pressuring them to boycott from Israeli organic farmers. With a couple of exceptions, the retailers have not yielded to their campaigns. Good to hear that Abel & Cole are sourcing from Israeli farmers (only where the British climate is too cool, of course!)

Anti-Zionist activists have been targeting other organic business in the UK, from Fresh+Wild (WholeFoods) to small independent retailer - pressuring them to boycott from Israeli organic farmers. With a couple of exceptions, the retailers have not yielded to their campaigns.

]]> By: Ella Heeks http://jcarrot.org/eat-your-organic-veggies-interview-with-ella-heeks/#comment-5423 Ella Heeks Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:10:23 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/eat-your-organic-veggies-interview-with-ella-heeks/#comment-5423 That's a great question, Silverbrow. The thought of people having to throw any kind of food away is not at all good. If you find yourself swamped with supplies, my first suggestion would be to switch to a smaller box - Abel & Cole offers a range of a ten boxes to make sure that everyone can find the right quantity for them. If even a small box is too much though, you can put together your own box of just a couple of items by selecting from our fruit and veg favourites on the website. Alternatively, you could take a box every fortnight instead of every week. As for recycling systems for unwanted fruit and veg, I think the very best one is neighbourly kindness. What better way to get to befriend your neighbours than by offering them a bag of apples or a beautiful salad that you've got going spare? That’s a great question, Silverbrow. The thought of people having to throw any kind of food away is not at all good. If you find yourself swamped with supplies, my first suggestion would be to switch to a smaller box - Abel & Cole offers a range of a ten boxes to make sure that everyone can find the right quantity for them. If even a small box is too much though, you can put together your own box of just a couple of items by selecting from our fruit and veg favourites on the website. Alternatively, you could take a box every fortnight instead of every week. As for recycling systems for unwanted fruit and veg, I think the very best one is neighbourly kindness. What better way to get to befriend your neighbours than by offering them a bag of apples or a beautiful salad that you’ve got going spare?

]]> By: Silverbrow http://jcarrot.org/eat-your-organic-veggies-interview-with-ella-heeks/#comment-5139 Silverbrow Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:39:33 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/eat-your-organic-veggies-interview-with-ella-heeks/#comment-5139 I'd be interested to know Ella's views on how best to manage the over abundance that seems to occur with these boxes. All too often people who get them, me included, find they're inundated with fruit and veg and often end up throwing them away. Is there an argument that Abel & Cole, Riverford Organics and other UK box schemes, should setup a recycling system for the unwanted fruit and veg? I’d be interested to know Ella’s views on how best to manage the over abundance that seems to occur with these boxes.

All too often people who get them, me included, find they’re inundated with fruit and veg and often end up throwing them away. Is there an argument that Abel & Cole, Riverford Organics and other UK box schemes, should setup a recycling system for the unwanted fruit and veg?

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