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Chai Stop's award winning authentic frozen curries hand-made in Minster, Kent are now available nationwide, thanks to the innovative use of sheep's wool as an eco friendly insulating material. A recent trial order successfully completed the 250-mile overnight trip to Bath. The dishes arrived still completely frozen and the customer was so delighted that she has set up a weekly "curry club" for her friends.

Over 50 years ago, a renowned study showed pesticides in human breast milk to be over ten times the current EU Maximum Residue Level for food. Today, with ever more chemicals in our environment we need to take precautionary measures. Toxins and pesticides simply cannot be avoided in today's environment. A government survey in 2004 showed pesticide residues of 67% in bread samples, 85% in farmed fish, 85% in oats and rye, 76% in pears and 40% in pre-packed salad.

Are your healthy habits ruining the environment? We generally assume that what's good for us must be good for the environment, but often this isn't the case. As we strive to keep ourselves healthy we could actually be damaging the planet. Here's how you can take care of yourself and the environment too.

We should have known. From the moment Food, Glorious Food became the Food Industry, alarm bells should have started ringing. Like any other industry, say, the Film Industry, we should have anticipated the upheaval. The scams, the scandals, the marketing, the scares. Gimmicks, hypes, propaganda and the backlash of the media. It's almost worrying the paparazzi aren't involved!

Tunbridge Wells is leading the march for a resurgence in fresh, local produce available on the high street. On Friday 27 November a new Farm Produce Store opens its doors to the discerning shoppers of the area.