Raymond Blanc calls on the nation to GO Organic
Posted by Ina Woolcott
World–renowned chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc has joined forces with Garden Organic, the UK’s leading organic growing charity, to launch ‘Go Organic’ – an initiative designed to encourage more people to grow, cook and eat organic food, while at the same time supporting the work of Garden Organic’s Heritage Seed Library (HSL) in its battle to conserve rare vegetable varieties under threat of extinction.
People can Go Organic by hosting a sponsored dinner or lunch for friends and family where the menu is made up, in part, of organic ingredients. The guests will then be encouraged to make a donation that will be passed on to Garden Organic to fund the work of its Heritage Seed Library, a unique collection which aims to protect traditional varieties of vegetables that are disappearing rapidly. To date, Garden Organic’s Heritage Seed Library has saved 800 varieties of vegetable from the verge of extinction but more needs to be done to conserve threatened varieties from around the world. Earlier this year, experts from Garden Organic highlighted that 98 per cent of vegetable varieties have vanished over the last 100 years. They fear that if something isn’t done to stop this trend, then more varieties will disappear, threatening food security.
Anyone interested in taking part can register online at:
www.gardenorganic.org.uk/goorganic or call 02476 303517. The registration pack contains everything needed to set up a Go Organic meal, with invitations, sponsorship forms, posters and special recipes and growing advice from Garden Organic and Raymond Blanc.
For more information contact James Ashe or Richard Postins at Prova PR on 01926 776900 or email: jamesa@provapr.co.uk
Ina Woolcott ~ passionate about the Earth, about our Children and about creating a better world.