Since Brexit, the skilled seasonal fruit and vegetable pickers have found it very difficult and not being invited to come to the UK, which resulted in £60m worth of crops rotting in the ground due to a lack of workers according to the National Farmers Union. With last year’s waste, high energy bills and increasingly…
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Intensive pesticide use is not ok!
Last year Infinity Foods Co-op Shop & Bakery launched our ‘Growing a green future’ campaign. When we asked, why does a ‘new normal’ need to mean worse? We could further democratise the way we all work and live, with more co-operatives and harness our full potential by putting our natural environment first, as well as…
Home For Christmas
When the nights get longer and the temperature drops we all want to get home, snuggle up and keep warm. But, not everyone has that luxury and our wildlife are struggling too. That is why this Christmas we are supporting Migration, Hibernation and Refugees. Every year we see birds migrating in and out of the…
We donated a shed
Supporting the community is at the heart of our values, which is why we are proud to have donated a shed to Brighton and Hove Organic Gardening Group (BHOGG). We hope this will help them with the great work they do in our shared community. BHOGG is a not-for-profit community organisation, supporting the organic cause…
Our Fight with Palm Oil
The awareness of palm oil is suddenly more prevalent than ever! Infinity foods Shop has been well aware of the sustainability and environmental problems caused by palm oil production as far back as 2013! We carried out a full audit in 2015 on the Body Care and Household products which then spread to the whole…
2018 International Day of Cooperatives
2018 international day of cooperatives is led by the United Nations and end Cooperative fortnight on the 7th of July. That’s a lot of cooperation! Cooperatives have sustainability in their DNA, with ‘concern for the community’ as the seventh of their guiding principles. That is why this year we are celebrating the great work that…
Why is Seedy Sunday Important?
Infinity Foods is proud to sponsor Seedy Sunday for another year. This Sunday, 4th of February (10:30 – 16:00) sees the UK’s largest community seed swap coming back to Brighton & Hove, at BHASVIC (205 Dyke Road, Hove BN3 6EG). Seedy Sunday was started in 2002 and was the first seed swap in Britain. Seed saving…
The price of nuts and some great substitutes
There has been quite a price rise in the nuts we sell here at Infinity Foods over the last couple of months and a few of our customers are coming and asking us why. I thought I would write this post because it looks like it might be a little while yet before things get…
Apple cupcakes with vanilla frosting & toasted coconut
It’s Apple Day on September 24th and there are many fun activities in Stanmer Park every year, celebrating the season of our local apple varieties. As a sponsor of the day, Infinity Foods always gets involved and this year we’ve got some delicious apple recipes for you to try. We have got 6 different recipe…
Organic September at Infinity Foods
Every year in September, the soil association, who are responsible for the month long campaign, promote what we know as, ‘Organic September’. It’s aimed to bring more awareness to everyone about the importance of eating organic. Not only is organic better for us and our health, it greatly benefits the planet, farmers and wildlife. We…