"Only Good Food Goes to
Organic Heaven"
Did You Know
1. Britons eat over half of all the crisps and savoury snacks consumed inEurope (Bad Food Britain, inside cover)
2. Why do we have no time to cook when the average working week in the UK,31.8 hours in 2004, is the lowest on record? (Bad Food Britain, p77)
3. Almost half of all 7-14 year olds do not eat a regular meal around the table with their parents (Bad Food Britain, p86)
4. Since 1950, global paper use has risen six fold - mostly for packaging(Not Buying It, p3)
5. A kg of meat takes seven times the resources needed to produce a kg of grain (Not Buying It, p5)
6. In 1998 the average Bangladeshi used 7.3kg of oil. The average American used 1,023kg (Not Buying It, p5)
7. Organic farming uses 29% less energy for wheat, 38% less for milk and 35% less for beef than conventional farming (Living Earth Winter 06, p.15)
8. 96% of women aged 19-24 are at risk of being iron deficient (Natural Products 10/06, p1)
9. People who drink fruit & veg juices more than three times a week have a 76% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's compared with those who drink less than once a week (Natural Products 10/06, p18)
10. In the UK, over 70% of salt intake comes from processed food, especially cereal products and meat (Food Commission magazine no. 75, p1)