All articles by Joanna Blythman – Page 8

Comment & Opinion

Educating the anti-salt lobby

2012-07-28T00:00:00Z

As someone who has low, not high, blood pressure, I get a little irritated with health charities on a salt reduction crusade.

Comment & Opinion

Local food is the future

2012-06-30T00:00:00Z

Our food system has been engineered to suit the bottom line of giant retailers. The near disappearance of food from living streets must be remedied.

Comment & Opinion

The danger of too many own-label products

2012-06-02T13:05:00Z

The news from Mintel that British shoppers now buy more own-label products than branded goods has been widely interpreted…

Comment & Opinion

Morrisons out ot touch on GM

2012-05-05T00:00:00Z

Morrisons’ rearguard decision to allow its farmers to use GM feed looks spectacularly ill-informed and dumb given Carrefour labels…

Comment & Opinion

Time to stop the big box creep

2012-04-07T11:27:00Z

It’s a measure of the unpopularity of supermarkets in the Scottish capital these days that chains now acquire empty premises on the quiet.

Comment & Opinion

Shoppers will stick with organic

2012-03-10T00:00:00Z

I am not one of those rushing to write an obituary for organics. Since the recession, sales of organic food have slowed a bit, but so what?

Comment & Opinion

Bring back our forgotten foods

2012-02-11T00:00:00Z

Protection of our country’s distinctive, authentic foods can’t come soon enough; life is hard for the dedicated people who keep them going.

Comment & Opinion

At last, some palatable diet advice

2012-01-14T00:00:00Z

Slimmers blame themselves for lacking willpower and self-control, but might the explanation for failure lie elsewhere?

Analysis & Features

Unsentimental journey

2012-01-07T00:00:00Z

From farm to consumer, the journey our food takes is mired in controversy. Joanna Blythman picks out the 10 issues that have generated the most heated debate in recent decades

Comment & Opinion

What's hiding in your pudding?

2011-12-03T14:51:00Z

Shop-bought Christmas cakes are tempting - but beware scary ingredients.

Comment & Opinion

A dirty industry in a clean land

2011-11-05T00:00:00Z

Salmon regulators have been in denial about the environmental catastrophe that salmon…

Comment & Opinion

Saturated fats are not the enemy

2011-10-08T00:00:00Z

Our war on obesity should instead tackle the real culprits, sugar and carbs, says Joanna Blythman

Comment & Opinion

Synthetic meat? I’d prefer insects

2011-09-10T00:00:00Z

Would you eat muscle-like strips of grey tissue grown with fetal serum? Joanna Blythman isn’t keen

Comment & Opinion

Second Opinion: Laziness can create food myths

2011-08-13T00:00:00Z

Bad journalism perpetuates half-truths and tempts producers to cash in, says Joanna Blythman

Comment & Opinion

Second Opinion: How to put high street buzz back

2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

Leeds Market is a laudable example of a vibrant independent retail hub, says Joanna Blythman

Comment & Opinion

Second Opinion: It IS broke, and we have to fix it

2011-06-11T00:00:00Z

The food system is in crisis. Governments must heed Oxfam’s campaign, says Joanna Blythman

Comment & Opinion

We can’t allow GM chicken feed

2011-05-21T00:00:00Z

Supermarkets must use their weight to support the ban on modified soya, says Joanna Blythman

Comment & Opinion

Second Opinion: Now this is what I call fruit and veg

2011-04-16T00:00:00Z

The freshness and diversity of Italy’s offer put UK supermarkets to shame, says Joanna Blythman

Comment & Opinion

Second Opinion: Calories are not all created equal

2011-03-19T00:00:00Z

WeightWatchers US has dropped its points system. The DoH must take note, says Joanna Blythman

Comment & Opinion

Second Opinion: Green arguments must be refined

2011-02-19T00:00:00Z

Livestock farming does not necessarily entail the cruelty that Safran Foer suggests, says Joanna Blythman