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We are facing our biggest test yet

Kieran Doyle September, 2020

As we tumble towards a second wave of Covid-19 and everyone in the country looks to blame the government, I am always struck by one thing: The failure to look at ourselves as a jigsaw piece in the blame game. Only last month I wrote about our role in choosing […]

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When food can kill – a lesson from WWII

Shane Daly September, 2020

“They were put on a rich diet and began to recover and put weight on but then they died suddenly.” –Laurie Pettit Refeeding syndrome for many centuries was an unknown entity and remained somewhat of a myth until the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps in 1945; it is also […]

How are you doing?

Louise O'Dwyer August, 2020

It’s August and I don’t know whether to laugh or cry about it. It appears that our transition into a daily life in The Twilight Zone has no intention of leaving us anytime soon. Do not allow anyone to persuade you that this is the ‘New Normal’. This is most […]

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A relaxing herb with many physical and emotional benefits

Dr Rosari Kingston August, 2020

August or Lúghnasa is associated with games, festivals and the start of the grain harvest. August is called Lúghnasa after Lugh, the Irish sun god, and there is no herb that reminds us more of summer sun and languid days as lavender. Lavender perfume is well known and was even […]

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Picking the right product

Hannah Dare August, 2020

One of the perks of working here in Organico is all the new and wonderful products we get to taste and test. This month, I asked some of the Organico Team what their favourite products are at the moment – here’s their tried and tested selection. SPOONFUL BOTANICALEithne says: “My […]

A taste of Spain

Karen Austin August, 2020

I have a cameo memory from when I was young of sitting on the back doorstep shucking peas in the sunshine with my mum. Peas were super exciting then, as although peas were available in cans all year round, it was before the frozen pea revolution and canned peas were […]

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