Relating to my blog dated 6 October 2009 (see below for links), I have had this response from Mike Hollis, who is Programme and Strategy Co-ordinator, Department for International Development in the British Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Read moreIt's that harvesting time of the year, with the trees turning a golden brown and the fruit fulsome on the trees. I picked an armful of windfalls from our garden and took them inside to make apple sauce to have a with a delicious joint of pork that w...
Read moreBack closer to the brief, I made shepherd’s pie on Saturday morning. Typically, Saturday turned out to be the last blast of the summer with one of the best day’s of the whole year – no wind, unbroken sunshine and a really relaxed day with friends an...
Read moreLast weekend, we spent in London at The Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2009, where we had a stand displaying our wares to UK trade buyers. It was a good show, with numbers slightly down, but the quality was there; the froth has gone out of the mark...
Read moreEarlier this year, anthropologists announced the find of ancient fossilised footprints in Kenya dating back about 1.5 million years. That's 1.7 million years after our major prehistorical ancestor, Lucy or Australopithecus afarensis, whose skelton h...
Read moreFairtrade has issued new standards for Fairtrade spices which seem to be a recipe for chaos. They basically say that you can trade any spice or herb as Fairtrade and that the Fairtrade price is the price agreed between the buyer and the seller. A p...
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