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Top Ten Sites: Organics
By Web User
If you’re eager to embrace an eco-friendly lifestyle, follow our guide to organic sites

1 THE SOIL ASSOCIATION
www.soilassociation.org
If the idea of “going organic” conjures up a vision of The Good Life’s Tom and Barbara or a wardrobe of flared trousers, it’s time you logged onto the Soil Association’s site for all the real facts on organic living including a consumer’s guide to the benefits of organic living. According to the site, three out of every four households in the UK now buy organic food and all the issues associated with organic food is covered here, ranging from GM foods, pesticides and the use of antibiotics. You can also browse a directory of local organic stores, find organic events in your area, farm visits and get advice on growing your own organic produce. Register for free to enter a discussion forum, download seasonal organic recipes and post questions to one of the site’s organic experts. Complete with FAQs, there’s also a library of more than 800 fact sheets and research papers.

2 ORGANIC FOOD IN THE UK
www.organicfood.co.uk
This is an online organic lifestyle magazine, with features ranging from the best organic chocolate makers in Britain to a practical guide to herbal remedies and supplements. There’s also a nationwide shoppers’ guide to organic farms and shops and in-depth features on matters including organic wines, and even organic fashions.

3 PARK FARM ORGANICS
www.parkfarmorganics.co.uk
Based in Heckfield, Hampshire, this family-run farm offers nationwide delivery of organic meat, poultry, fish and groceries. There’s free door-to-door delivery for orders over £60 in Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire, with a mail-order service for elsewhere in the UK - sausages ominously priced at £6.66 a kilo. To order fresh fish, call direct on 0118 932 6650.

4 VINCEREMOS ORGANIC WINES
www.vinceremos.co.uk
Vintner Vinceremos boasts a range of 300 organic wines, beers, ciders and spirits – as well as cordials, juices, and olive oils. It even delivers vegan wines without the gelatine, egg white or fish bladders commonly employed in the winemaking process, and less of that sulphur commercial wines use to prevent spoiling. Organic Fair Trade white rum from southern Brazil, anyone?

5 THE HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
www.hdra.org.uk
Organic gardening site and Europe’s largest organic membership organisation with over 30,000 members is geared towards the trade and the seriously committed. It’s an invaluable growers’ forum, ranging from basic FAQs to detailed how-to guides. Subscription is £55 per year, which gives you discounts on everything from courses and events to the Heritage Seed Library of rare breeds.

6 THE ORGANIC DELIVERY COMPANY
www.organicdelivery.co.uk/odcframeset.asp
London-based service boasting free delivery on orders over £13.95. Stocks a vast range of food from first course to last, with toiletries and cleaning products too.

7 THE ORGANIC SUPERMARKET
www.organic-supermarket.co.uk
It’s an organic directory with an extensive list of organic goods and natural food suppliers based in the UK.

8 BABY ORGANIX
www.babyorganix.co.uk
For the apple of your eye, a range of forty organic babyfoods, plus a range of recipes for newborns and toddlers.

9 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARMERS MARKETS
www.farmersmarkets.net
Comprehensive list of farmers’ markets in your area, plus the latest news, reviews, and trade information.

10 ORGANIC UK
www.organicgarden.org.uk
This basic introductory site to organic gardening includes a forum for posting all your organic gardening queries and suggestions.

ON THE OTHER HAND
www.potnoodle.co.uk
www.potnoodle.co.uk/default.asp
The Potnoodle website is an online paean to the slag of all snacks, with more flashing banners than a porn ring. Not a lot of content, unlike the product (some might say), but riddled with briefly addictive additives, such as the slurping geisha buffet game, and not a fresh ingredient in sight. Lovers of weightier issues than noodles can try the Fast Food Resource (www.fastfoodsource.com) from the US – where else? – where the delights of onion ring sauce, burger assembly etiquette, eating in your car, and plastic yellow arches are chewed over at length. If all else fails, the last resort is the FastFoodRockers website (www.fastfoodrockers.co.uk) where you can sample the axed cheesy popsters’ Fast Food Song, and wonder at how it took six people to write it.