How many of us make our own bread? Not a lot I'm guessing. Well, there are a few campaigns at the moment encouraging bread lovers to give it a try and risk the prospect of never turning back to the mass manufactured, additive loaded variety again.

Sustain and Resurgence are two organisations asking us to buckle up our bread heads and make our own. Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming, are starting The Real Bread Campaign to encourage people to use ‘natural ingredients, appropriate fermentation and no adulterants.'

Resurgence, a magazine committed to raising awareness of ecological and spiritual issues, are making bread baking the centre of their first Slow Sunday to empower people to take symbolic actions for greater change.

Visit their web pages to discover how and why making your own bread is cheaper, healthier and more environmentally friendly. And for those who think it's a lot easier to run to the shop for a ready-made loaf obviously haven't tried our organic yeast free quick cook recipe - 35 minutes including baking time!

It's such a treat to have the result of your own labours wafting through the house. So hop on the bread bandwagon and act locally, think globally and make your own!

Organic Fortnight is organised by the Soil Association and is the biggest European event celebrating all things organic.

This year's themes is 'Love Your Planet, Choose Organic' and the Soil Association is encouraging everyone from businesses, communities, schools and individuals to help spread the word on the benefits of organic production - be it of food, drink, beauty, or textiles.

The Soil Association are offering schools free materials from the Food for Life Partnership in the hope teachers will adopt activities and ideas in their curriculum to help reconnect their students with where their food really comes from.



The fortnight kicks off 6-7^th of September with the Organic Food Festival on Bristol's harbourside. Three hundred companies will be at the festival providing them with the perfect opportunity to showcase how fabulous and eco friendly their products are. There will be food markets; fashion, skincare and homeware products; a green planet pavilion; a demonstration kitchen; lectures; food cruises around the harbour; and children's activities, music and street theatre.

Admission is £4 for adults. Gates will open at 10am on both days.

Organic Fortnight will close with the Scottish Organic Food Festival on the weekend 20-21^st of September.

The Green Parenting Show is a family day out where kids have fun with eco activities and parents get to explore the latest innovative products and energy saving ideas.

There’s a Children’s Zone where the kids can get stuck into junk modelling or circus training whilst you shimmy over to the pamper zone for a massage. Workshops include dancing games, yoga with toddlers and soap making - there’s even a Salsa with Babies demonstration. Sally J Hall, author of Eco Baby: a Green Guide to Parenting, will also be at the show.

There is a healthy food zone, a green living advice area and a shopping zone where you can buy great products from local eco-conscious companies. SoOrganic will be there, so if you want some friendly advice on natural baby and children’s products or are looking for eco-friendly pampering ideas pop over for visit.

Tickets are £5 on the door or £3.50 if you buy online or at a selected retailer (SoOrganic being one of these) Kids are free. All those that attend receive a free cotton goodie bag – a nice way to take home all those eco goodies you find!

Green Parenting Show – Saturday 28th June, 10am-4pm
St.Faith Centre
Red Post Hill
Dulwich
London SE24 9JO

For more details visit www.greenparentingshow.com