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Our Aims The Redundant Spade The Good Gardeners Association has been cultivating awareness of natural gardening methods (including no digging) since 1966. Our aim is to promote the best methods of growing wholesome, nutritious food. We explore many issues relating to soil ecology and its role in building nutritious food, naturally, through schools’ projects and research gardens and... …much more
Most people agree that organic food is better for you because it does not contain harmful chemicals, but what about the essential nutrients? There is no guarantee that these will be there in sufficient content or quality. As the demand for cheaper organic food increases through supermarket pressures, its nutritional qualities may potentially decrease. The GGA takes up the challenge of determining acceptable values for essential nutrients in our food that are known to provide health and vitality. As our new measure of food quality… …we should grow food to a high nutritional standard |
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The Food Standards Agency says no,
and the Soil Association wants more research
before saying yes.