Organic produce provides food for thought.

From: Shields Gazette (South Shields, England) | Date: October 23, 2007 | Copyright information

ORGANIC food has exploded in popularity as interest in healthy eating has grown.

Opting for organic food harks back to the days when people grew their own in allotments and back gardens up and down the country.

The Dig for Victory campaign run during the Second World War urged every man and woman in Britain to keep an allotment as rationing meant families had to sustain themselves.

Organic food is seen as trendy, as well as big business these days, with fancy packaging designed to entice shoppers prepared to pay that little bit extra in return for knowing where their ...

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