Links
INFORMATION & CAMPAIGNS
N16
Health
All about alternative health in Stoke Newington and the surrounding area:
events, gyms, practitioners, and shops, plus excellent nutrition news
and discussion from Michael the qualified nutritionist who runs the site.
Searchable
natural health database @ Delicious Living Magazine
Includes access to “Healthnotes” – a huge searchable database of information
on every kind of health problem, natural remedy and supplement accessible
from the home page of this American natural health magazine. Just click
on the Healthnotes link from the home page. Highly recommended.
Against European Vitamin Legislation:
Consumers For
Health Choice and Alliance
For Natural Health
The two organisations campaigning to try to over-turn the totally over-the-top,
heavy handed European regulation of various supplements, or at least
limit the damage that will be done to freedom to take responsibility
for one’s own health in this country. VISIT THESE SITES, donate money
and send letters. Even if you are healthy now, fight for the rights of
others who are not and freedom to chose!
BUAV
The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection – campaigning for
an end to the torture and death of animals in the name of science and
beauty. A very good resource if you want to know whether your body-care
products are animal tested or not.
WARNING: This site contains graphic images of animal testing - do not
visit it if you do not wish to see such pictures.
Corporate
Watch
Watching the corporations and the governments they have ever-increasing
influence over as they do very bad things in the name of money. Disturbing
and thorough with a good searchable database.
The
Ecologist
Simply one of the best magazines out there – all about local, seasonal
and organic food; all about fairer trade, respect for life and respect
for the planet.
Ethical
Consumer Magazine
Think of it as a Green, joined-up thinking version of Which. Helping
all of us make fully informed choices when we’re buying anything from
a tin of beans to a new car.
The
Fairtrade Foundation
Everything you need to know about this movement as it explodes out of
the margins and into the mainstream.
Genetic
Food Alert and GM
Watch
Two of a number of great campaigning sites fighting the latest corporate
assault on agriculture and food. The question of safety hasn’t been answered
(or even properly asked in many cases) but the real motivation behind
the companies’ enthusiasm for the new technology is in no doubt. Find
out just how far corporations will go in pursuit of profit and control
of our food chain.
Green
Events Magazine
Green Events is a free magazine that provides comprehensive alternative
listings for London and elsewhere. It includes details of upcoming environmental,
holistic, human and animals rights events, such as festivals, courses
and campaigning activities. It also features a Directory of services
including holistic health treatments and therapies, classes, products & services,
rooms for hire and counselling.
New
Economics Foundation
A great place to find out facts about the negative economic impact of
the cloning of the UK high street as the big chains move in, rents get
pushed up and the supermarkets suck the food trade and life from your
local area, and what you can do to combat it.
whyorganic.org
The Soil Association’s easy to access guide to some of the really good
reasons why you should support organics whenever and wherever you can.
Great for all sorts of other organic info as well like organic places
to stay and their school meals campaign.
SUPPLIERS & PRODUCTS
Artisan
Bread
The best bread in the world? Made with freshly milled flour from Biodynamic
and organic grains, sprouted grains, natural leaven and enriched with
Sea Greens. Digestible, nutritious and very tasty indeed.
Burts
Chips
Possibly the only crisp you’ll ever need (if you need crisps at all).
Not organic but pure quality never-the-less and a great website as well.
Clearspring
The finest range of artisan, organic, Japanese, macrobiotic foods you
will find produced to the highest standards by techniques often many
centuries old. A fantastic site with loads of information on their
many unique products.
Clipper
Teas
Everything you ever wanted to know about tea and the fair trade necessary
to produce it properly plus all sorts of recipes, offers and ideas.
craYve’s
Handmade Organic Foods
Quite simply some sensational cakes, bread and muesli from South London,
which you really won’t notice are nearly all gluten and dairy free!
Dove’s
Farm Flour
Lots of information about their range of speciality, organic and gluten
free flours.
Infinity
Foods
One of our main wholesalers: purveyors of a great many things good, healthy
and organic. They also have a great shop and café in Brighton.
Knobbly
Carrot Soups
Probably the best fresh organic soups out there. Full of homemade flavour
and made in Wales with spring water. Mostly vegan, even the creamy ones
and very, very tasty.
Manor
Farm Milk
They supply our milk. They’re really nice people, their milk is delicious
and their site tells you all about it.
Marigold
Health Foods
The people behind the Swiss Vegetable Bouillon powder that Delia and
many other cooks swear by. They are also another of our wholesalers and
very nice people to deal with.
Omega
Nutrition
Producers of some of the finest nutritional oils in the world. Loads
of information about “Good Fats”, recipes and background on this site.
Sierra
Rica
Organic foods from Andalucia in Spain. Delicious chestnut products plus
great soups and spreads.
Soma
Smoothies
Just one of the juice and smoothie companies we use. Producers of the
first organic smoothie on the UK market, not to mention a very funny
website.
Tropical
Wholefoods
Incredibly tasty fairly traded dried fruit products including their legendary
dried mango. A very detailed site and well worth a look.
Viridian
Nutrition
The ethical vitamin company. Lovely people, a great range of superb products
and a big favourite here at Mother Earth.
Village
Bakery
Bakers of a range of superb artisan breads, cakes and other goodies including
their fantastic oatcakes (a huge favourite in our shop) and their great
range of special diet and Christmas products.
Yaoh
Hemp Products
Organic vegan hemp products: body-care, food, nutrition and a whole lot
more from this dynamic, funky little company.
Zaytoun
Palestinian Olive Oil
A brilliant not-for-profit project started in 2004 to import olive oil
from Palestinian farmers at Fair trade prices. We sell it in the shop
or visit the site to buy in bulk.
pigeonhold
A night out in London once a month. Not very serious. Good music though,
if you like that sort of thing…
Keys2
The Stoke Newington based web design and internet solutions company worked
with us to bring you our web site and get it looking just how we wanted.
