Eco-Friendly Tips for Your Home The days are longer, the sun’s peeking out, and suddenly, it feels like the perfect time to freshen up your space. But here’s the thing. A good spring clean doesn’t have to be hard on your hands or the environment. With a few simple swaps, you can get your home…
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Why is fruit and veg so expensive this year?
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…
Super Quick Hummus Recipe
This is a super quick recipe for hummus for those days you have run out and shops are closed or you need a filling fast. Most of these are things you will probably have in your cupboards anyway. It takes ten minutes or less to make from start to finish and is yum! Method: Peel…
Celebrating our coop members
Worker co-operatives are like any other business. However, unlike conventional businesses its Members (workers) contribute equitably to and democratically control, the finances and everyday decisions of their co-operative. Members decide how to use surpluses (profits), ensuring their worker co-operative provides the pay and other benefits that members need and want, managing the business to…
Celebrating Our Coop Members
Workers co-operative are like any other business. However, unlike conventional businesses its Members (workers) contribute equitably to and democratically control, the capital and finances of their co-operative. Members decide how to use surpluses (profits). Worker co-operatives should provide the pay and other benefits that members need and want, managing the business to provide…
Oral hygiene that gives the planet a break
The NHS recommends brushing your teeth twice a day for a full two minutes, thoroughly cleaning all surfaces of the teeth. It sounds easy right and we have all been doing it for as long as we can remember, but it can be difficult to stick to that guideline, and inadequate or irregular brushing can…
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…
Veganuary, New Year resolutions & Promotions
2019 has been quoted as the ‘year of the vegan’. with sign-ups to Veganury higher than ever! In a VoucherCode survey, it has been predicted that over 2.66 million Brits are set to ditch meat and dairy in 2019. What better place to embrace the plant-based diet than in Brighton! Plant Based News says Brighton is the vegan capital…