Whey protein promoted on the radio today but Holford slammed for his anti-dairy stance…dairy industry stooge? http://tinyurl.com/yabjok6
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Doesn't sound like the best motivational productivity pep talk you've ever heard does it? But that's what permaculture is all about – learning from nature how to economise our energy input into the world around us and get the best results. And by that we don't mean downing tools on the hour every hour for […]
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Recently, The Irish Times reported that nutritional rickets has once again been observed by dieticians in Irish maternity and paediatric hospitals after a long respite. Rickets is a deficiency disease that manifests in childhood if vitamin D is severely lacking. In the 1600s it was known as an illness that softened and deformed bones. In […]
Introduction to Permaculture Weekend Workshop October 2-3, Finlough Farm, Co. Roscommon Cost â¬170 (includes all homecooked vegetarian and organic meals…and scones…and tea) In association with The Hopsack Health Store Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, give him a rod and he’ll sit on a lake and drink beer all weekend. […]
Well, in terms of national press I’ve never heard a quieter Organic Week in my short time in this little organic, joy-filled bubble we call The Hopsack – but here in the shop we’re trying out some new ideas, and letting you guys try out some of our special organic goodies all week long. On […]
The fields are golden now. The harvest has been cut. Straw is baled in enormous round bales which decorate the countryside in late August. An artist’s dream, as the golden light of autumn creates a feast for the eyes. Silage has been cut and wrapped (those enormous ugly black plastic bales to be seen stacked […]
For many years we in The Hopsack have been encouraging our customers and friends to get closer to the origins of their food, to ask questions about production and to use their power as consumers to make food choices that ensure the health of their families and those close to them. Â Now you may […]
Actually no, it’s a lily, but that’s not the point. Â Quite apart from the stunning yellow bloom that aloe vera puts up to attract pollenators, it has usefulness far beyond the proliferation of its own species (unlike some mammals I know). Â Since times immemorial (1553BC to be precise), aloe has been prized for […]
Dr Bill Walsh was on Pat Kenny’s Today programme on RTE Radio1 yesterday to talk about his research into the link between bio-chemical imbalances in the brain that cause depression and other mental disorders. Â His studies have focused on the use of nutrients to affect these abnormalities. Â He has amassed the worlds largest […]
Given it’s recent rise to fame, I suppose we shouldn’t have been so surprised to learn that the longest tennis match in history was fuelled by none other than Vitacoco coconut water. John Isner, victorious in 11 hours and 5 minutes over Nicholas Mahut at Wimbledon last week was drinking copious amounts of this super-refreshing […]