Category Archives: Historical

Cecelia Armelin’s Great Irish Eating Plan

Well if you ever needed a food guide to get you through lean times with wholefoods made both filling and fulfilling then check out Cecelia’s Irish Eating Plan. With a lifetime of experience in turning ill health to rude health using macrobiotic eating principles, Cecelia’s plan is a solid starter for anyone lost in a […]

SOS! Save Our Supplements! Update

It is now crunch time for saving our supplements. For those of you unfamiliar with the issue, what does ‘saving our supplements’ mean? The EU Food Supplements Directive (2002/46/EC) proposes to restrict levels of vitamins and minerals permitted in supplements throughout the EU this year. It’s a harmonising measure, designed to facilitate trade between EU […]

All you need is love (and maca!)

I can’t believe it’s a full twelvemonth since the Hopsack blog débuted with a tribute to the patron saint of love, San Valentino. The world over, humans have sought saintly and divine intervention in the art of love, so this year, in pursuit of passion, we’re tripping to South America to visit the friendly goddess […]

Wolcum Yole!

outdoors shrouding my father’s lemon tree against the winter The longest night is nigh. The Winter Solstice – Yule – celebrates the sun’s return to the earth, escorted by the shortest day of the year. Light and dark, yang and yin. Darkness is not negative but necessary for gestation and growth. The seed needs the […]

Tom Dunne’s rooibos hunt

To all those pointed in our direction by Newstalk’s Tom Dunne, have you seen the rambling range of rooibos stocked by us yet?! From Dawson’s Organic Cape Rooibos to Dragonfly Rooibos Vanilla blend to the delectable (and award winning!) Solaris Rooibos Chocolate Chai, we have all sorts of solutions to the particular craving of that […]