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What really makes us late in the morning…

Overslept? Running late for work? Missed breakfast? You’re not alone. New research* shows that many employees still struggle to get up in the morning, with potential consequences for health, working lives, and even integrity!Hitting the snooze button or pulling the duvet over your head can often result in being late for work, but it seems many employees are reluctant to own up to their bosses about what has really delayed them. The research shows that when late to work through oversleeping, one in three of those surveyed would blame someone or something else, with excuses ranging from

If you snooze you lose - EMBARGOED 0:01am Monday 24th January

Four in ten of us miss breakfast in the working week because we oversleep, according to new research*! It’s maybe not surprising, when three in ten people claim they hate getting up and 54% of us set our alarms to snooze. While men often get accused of being lazy and sluggish, the findings show that women are in fact the worse offenders.The findings, issued for Farmhouse Breakfast Week (Jan 23-29 2011), show that a third of women find it extremely difficult to get up in the morning, and only 13% find it easy. Meanwhile one in three men say they get up immediately after the alarm goes off

Shake Up Your Wake Up With Farmhouse Breakfast Week 23 - 29 January 2011

It’s time we all started the day the right way, with a quick and easy healthy balanced breakfast. The twelfth annual Farmhouse Breakfast Week is being rejuvenated for 2011 with a new theme “Shake Up Your Wake Up”. Organisers HGCA are challenging the one in four breakfast skippers(1) to rethink their morning routine and start the day the right way, with breakfast. As the most important meal of the day it need only take minutes to make, but will deliver hours of benefits.For heaps of quick and easy breakfast ideas visit www.shakeupyourwakeup.com. Banana and Peanut muffins are ideal for a

LEAF Marque: Helping growers and producers to realise the opportunities of London 2012 Food Vision

Sustainability lies at the very heart of the Food Vision for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It calls for catering that delivers a tastier, healthier and greener Games. Food producers, who can prove their sustainable and environmentally responsible credentials though assurance schemes such as LEAF Marque, are ideally placed to meet many of the core objectives of the London 2012 Food Vision.Catering for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is being referred to as ‘The largest peace-time catering operation in the world’¹. With 330 tonnes of fruit and vegetables, 25,000 loaves

How to impress at the check out: Women admit to sizing up men by their shopping

Women have come clean and confessed to a guilty shopping secret. A new survey reveals that nearly nine out of ten women in the UK judge their fellow shoppers on the contents of their shopping basket. When it comes to sizing up men, it seems that nothing impresses women more than a man who buys red wine and potatoes.These findings lift the lid on just how far women go when eyeing up men at the checkout, revealing that they decide what their income is, what kind of lifestyle they lead and whether they’d make a good partner or even father, all based upon the contents of their shopping. A

Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners

Last at the Design Museum, London, the Guild of Food Writers announced the winners of their much- coveted annual Awards. Colin Spencer presented the beautiful engraved trophies to some of the industry’s finest writers and broadcasters. Amongst the 12 winners there were some familiar names and some new ones to add to the roll of honour. Nigel Slater, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tom Parker Bowles were all recognised as leaders in their field. Hugh’s triple nominations (for the Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food for River Cottage: Winter’s On The Way, the New Media of the Year

Grow Your Own Potatoes - Thousands of pupils harvesting next week

Around the country excitement is mounting, as thousands of primary school children prepare to harvest the potatoes they planted back in the spring. During the week of June 21st a record number of nearly half a million pupils will be harvesting potatoes as part of Potato Council’s Grow Your Own Potatoes project (GYOP). Schools that submit the weight of their crop will be in with a chance of winning an allotment makeover* as part of the national competition.After planting the potato seeds in March, the children have been caring for the plants as they grow, and now can’t wait to see and taste

Grow Your Own Potatoes - Join your local school for harvesting

Around the country excitement is mounting, as thousands of primary school children prepare to harvest the potatoes they planted back in the spring. During the week of June 21st a record number of nearly half a million pupils will be harvesting potatoes as part of Potato Council’s Grow Your Own Potatoes project (GYOP). Schools that submit the weight of their crop will be in with a chance of winning an allotment makeover* as part of the national competition.After planting the potato seeds in March, the children have been caring for the plants as they grow, and now can’t wait to see and taste

With Just 4 Days To Go Until Open Farm Sunday - Interview Local Farmers Taking Part

With less than a week to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? Playing at Farming Confuses the Country Playing online farming games may be fun, but new

Playing at Farming Confuses the Country

Playing at Farming Confuses the Country Playing online farming games may be fun, but new research suggests that they are in fact disconnecting us from what happens on a real farm. One in ten of those adults who said they regularly play online farming games believe strawberry milkshake comes from either pink cows or cows eating strawberries*, and over 11% expected to find rice growing on a British farm**. Forty one per cent of the adults surveyed said they regularly play online farming games, with nearly two thirds of those playing for up to five hours a week. The research commissioned by

Playing at Farming Confuses the Country

Playing online farming games may be fun, but new research suggests that they are in fact disconnecting us from what happens on a real farm. One in twenty of Scottish adults surveyed believe strawberry milkshake comes from either pink cows or cows eating strawberries, and nearly one in ten expected to find rice growing on a British farm. Forty per cent of Scottish adults surveyed said they regularly play online farming games, with over three quarters of those playing for up to five hours a week. The research commissioned by LEAF , organisers of Open Farm Sunday (13 June), also revealed that

Less than a week to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a week to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Interview your local farmers as they prepare for Open Farm Sunday 2010 – 13 June

Care about your food? We do! That’s the message from farmers across the country, as they prepare to open their farm gates on Open Farm Sunday (13 June 2010). This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. A visit to a local farm on Open Farm Sunday is a great way to meet the farmers who grow your food and see how they care for the countryside. It could include a tractor and trailer ride, an opportunity to see sheep being sheared, cows being milked or even chicks hatching! There will be plenty of farm

Interview your local farmers as they prepare for Open Farm Sunday 2010 – 13 June

Care about your food? We do! That’s the message from farmers across the country, as they prepare to open their farm gates on Open Farm Sunday (13 June 2010). This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. A visit to a local farm on Open Farm Sunday is a great way to meet the farmers who grow your food and see how they care for the countryside. It could include a tractor and trailer ride, an opportunity to see sheep being sheared, cows being milked or even chicks hatching! There will be plenty of farm

Interview your local farmers as they prepare for Open Farm Sunday 2010 – 13 June

Care about your food? We do! That’s the message from farmers across the country, as they prepare to open their farm gates on Open Farm Sunday (13 June 2010). This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. A visit to a local farm on Open Farm Sunday is a great way to meet the farmers who grow your food and see how they care for the countryside. It could include a tractor and trailer ride, an opportunity to see sheep being sheared, cows being milked or even chicks hatching! There will be plenty of farm

Call for farmers to go online and get involved with Open Farm Sunday 2010

New for 2010, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is launching an online workshop, at www.farmsunday.org, for farmers interested in opening their farm on Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June). The online workshop provides practical advice on how to hold a successful Open Farm Sunday event. It features farmers offering guidance, suggestions and valuable tips for opening a farm on 13 June, including health and safety considerations and activity ideas too. Open Farm Sunday, now in its fifth year, helps the public discover and understand the story behind their food, and the dedication and skill of

New look for potatoesforschools.org.uk

Grow Your Own Potatoes, organised by Potato Council, has a new website for primary school teachers. www.potatoesforschools.org.uk has had a fresh and modern makeover, making it easier for teachers to take advantage of the free teaching resources to support the curriculum.Linked to the UK curricular, the site features downloadable resources including worksheets, PowerPoint presentations and factsheets. In addition, videos, recipes, games and colouring sheets all provide interactive ideas for classroom activities. Potato Council has also produced a downloadable Teacher’s Guide, which features

Grow Your Own Potatoes - Support Your Local School

During the week of March 15th, 450,000 pupils, from over 11,000 primary schools, will be planting potatoes as part of the national Grow Your Own Potatoes project (GYOP). Organised by Potato Council, this unique project offers children an exciting and hands-on opportunity to see at first hand what it takes to be a potato grower!To celebrate the start of the biggest GYOP project ever, Potato Council is inviting media to visit a local participating school as the children plant their seed potatoes. Supporting your local school will provide fantastic photos, soundbites and interview

Chip shops are preserving regional dialects

With more than three quarters* of us believing it is important to preserve regional dialects and accents, research has shown that chip shops across the country are the surprising heroes of local language. A study into chip eating habits, commissioned for National Chip Week, shows that the chip shop provides more than just a great portion of chips. In fact, the research showed that one in six people claim the chip shop is actually the place they are most likely to see or hear regional words and phrases.We know the perfect portion of chips start with perfect potatoes, but did you know it also

Chip shops are preserving regional dialects

With more than three quarters* of us believing it is important to preserve regional dialects and accents, research has shown that chip shops across the country are the surprising heroes of local language. A study into chip eating habits, commissioned for National Chip Week, shows that the chip shop provides more than just a great portion of chips. In fact, the research showed that one in six people claim the chip shop is actually the place they are most likely to see or hear regional words and phrases.We know the perfect portion of chips start with perfect potatoes, but did you know it also

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