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DVD, 2004
£24.99
A DVD version of the TV series, which finds Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
settling in Dorset and adjusting to life at River Cottage.
He shares recipes with viewers as well as insights into
small-holding life; lambing, fishing and growing vegetables.
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Dr
Gillian McKeith
Michael Joseph, 2005, £14.99
ISBN 0718147979
Dr Gillian McKeith recently won the Soil Association’s
Consumer Education Award for promoting health eating to
the public. This cookbook continues that good work and
ties-in with her TV series, ‘You Are What You Eat’.
You tailor your diet plan to your own nutritional needs
(to lose weight, gain energy, improve your health, etc)
at the start of the book, then follow her nutritional
recipes and menu plans. This can be a great kick-start
to a healthier diet, and Dr McKeith also advocates the
use of organic ingredients.
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Jeanette
Orrey
Bantam Press, 2005, £16.99
ISBN 0593054296
Jeanette Orrey is the original dinner lady campaigner
for good food in schools, who apparently inspired Jamie
Oliver’s Feed Me Better campaign. She is also School
Meals Policy Advisor to the Soil Association. This cookbook
contains simple, traditional and modern dishes made with
fresh, local and - where possible - organic ingredients.
It also includes advice for parents on nutrition and getting
the fussiest of children interested in food.
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Monty
Don
Dorling Kindersley, 2003, £20.00
ISBN 075136441X
This book is based on Monty Don’s experiences of
organic gardening, just over the border in Herefordshire.
As you’d expect from the TV gardener, it is full
of straightforward, practical advice to show you how to
grow food and flowers organically. His intelligent, committed
approach is backed up by lots of step-by-step photos taken
in his own garden. He also includes advice on garden design.
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Gill
Farrer-Halls
Apple Press, 2004, £14.99
ISBN 1840924721
An easy introduction to making your own soap and beauty
products using organic ingredients. Learn recipes for
soaps, bath bombs, facial masks and shampoos, which you
can personalise with your own mix of scent.
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Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hodder & Stoughton, 2004, £25.00
ISBN 0340826355
Not a true organic cookbook, but Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
is very concerned about the quality of meat and the welfare
of livestock. This book is a thorough guide to the preparation
and cooking of meat, from tripe to turkey, as well as
a personal view of the issues faced by meat-eating consumers.
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Bob
Flowerdew
Hamlyn, 2002, £9.99
ISBN 0600605663
The guru of organic gardening has produced an easy-to-follow,
practical guide for gardeners wishing to ‘go organic’.
His five steps are: to improve your soil; make your own
compost; avoid chemicals; choose the right plants; and
encourage wildlife. Any of Bob Flowerdew’s books
are worth their weight in gold, but this paperback is
particularly recommended as a reader-friendly introduction.
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BBC Publishing, 2000, £9.99
ISBN 0563551453
Patricia Gallimore is better known to radio listeners
as organic farmer Pat Archer on ‘The Archers’.
This book is an introduction to organic living with tips
for growers and shoppers, plus a monthly visit to a successful
organic company. These case studies include Rachel’s
Dairy and Organic Farm Foods in Wales. The simple layout
and colourful photos make it an easy read, but it also
contains a lot of useful information and advice.
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Good
Housekeeping
HarperCollins, 2001, £18.99
ISBN 0007116896
A comprehensive handbook to organic living, with content
ranging from a discussion of the main issues to tried-and-tested
recipes. The chapter on family matters is particularly
useful, containing nutritional advice for expectant mums,
raising organic babies, food to tempt toddlers and complementary
therapies for common childhood ailments. An all-round
guide with splendid illustrations.
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Dorling Kindersley, 2001, £25.00
ISBN 0751333816
This well illustrated guide covers everything from your
basic first steps towards growing organic plants to complete
self-sufficiency. Includes an A-Z directory of how to
grow different vegetable varieties, plus an A-Z reference
of organic solutions to cultivation problems.
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Felicity
Lawrence
Penguin, 2004, £7.99
ISBN 0141015667
A shocking exposure of modern food industry practices
and the supermarkets’ exploitation of both consumers
and producers. This book will make you question how your
food reaches you. How many illegal immigrants were involved
in the picking and packaging? How many artificial chemicals
were introduced? What bacteria are present that can cause
food-poisoning, or worse?
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John
Newton
Blackwell Science, 2004, 2nd Edition, £39.50
ISBN 0632059591
This book details the factors needed to make organic farming
a thriving commercial enterprise. It covers production
systems for dairy, beef, sheep, pig, poultry and arable
farms, including case studies from successful organic
farm businesses. The author is an organic and sustainable
agriculture consultant based in North Wales.
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John
Seymour
Dorling Kindersley, 2003, £20.00
ISBN 0751364428
Ever watched yet another repeat of ‘The Good Life’
and dreamt of your own self-sufficient existence? This
classic book encourages that dream, whether you have got
just a window-box or a ten acre small-holding. First published
in 1976, it was re-issued in 2003 with new illustrations.
It is packed with comprehensive advice for all scales
of self-sufficiency, from creating an organic vegetable
plot to milking cows.
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