Buy organic

The Soil Association believes that our current energy-intensive consumption habits are unsustainable, in the face of depleting energy, oil and water supplies and the UK's commitment to cut our climate change emissions 80% by 2050. There is no magic bullet to tackle the challenges that face us, but the buying decisions we make every day are a simple but powerful form of direct action.

There are lots of things that you can do as an individual or as part of a community, to help to reduce part of the environmental impact of your food and to support your local food economy. Shopping at farmers' markets, buying direct from producers via box schemes or joining a community supported agriculture scheme for example are all great ways of driving change through your buying decisions.

While many of us associate organic with food, there is also a growing market in organic textiles and health and beauty products. Because organic describes the underlying system of agricultural production buying organic products helps to support the climate-friendly farming that is going to be so important as we face up to the environmental challenges of the 21st century.

You can find information in this section on finding a local box scheme or farmers market and discover more about organic textiles and health and beauty products. And for those of us who worry about the extra cost of buying organic we've got a guide to buying organic on a budget or setting up an organic buying group to help you save money.

Membership offers

Join us and benefit from a number of special offers put together just for Soil Association members...
 
Greenscents
Soil Association certifiedSoil Association members can get a 20% discount off their first order of Greenscents organic laundry and household products. Visit www.greenscents.co.uk or email peter@greenscents.co.uk mentioning ORGANIC CONNECT.
 
BodyMatter Oat Crunch
Location: London and Scotland
BodyMatter Granola has a great offer on in Whole Foods Market. Shops in Camden, Clapham, High Street Kensington, Soho, Stoke Newington and Giffnock, Glasgow. Organic Oat Crunch Original Granola wheat-free & cholesterol lowering was £3.99 now £3.20/500grams.
 
Hindon Organic Farm
Soil Association symbolLocation: Minehead, Somerset
Free small produce basket on arrival when staying at the self-catering cottage. 10% discount on B&B when booking more than 2 nights stay.
 
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Wake up call to health, mine and the planet’s.

Lynda Brown: Two weeks ago, out of the blue, I woke up in the middle of the night with a throbbing foot, swollen and painful around the big toe area. I won’t bore you with the details, but my GP – who took one look – reckons it’s probably gout. Moi? !!!! ( My diet is A1, mainly organic, don’t do processed food , hardly drink, am pretty skinny, and exercise regularly.)

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