The plight of the honeybee Hopefully you received an email about our honeybee petition earlier in the week – so far we’ve had an encouraging response to the petition. As of this morning we’d had 3,734 confirmed sign-ups. You can show your support for our work by signing our online petition, find out more about the plight of the honeybee here, or write to your local MP asking them to bring the issue to the attention of Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - click here for advice on what to include in the letter. We’d also like to say a huge thank you to all of those who’ve made a donation to support this piece of work. It’s great for us to know that our beliefs are shared and your help allows us to shout louder when voicing our concerns at government level. And if you’re not already a member of the Soil Association charity, why not join us? Membership is key to the funding of all our campaigns and allows us to plan ahead with real conviction – join us here.

Soil Association Organic Fortnight – 5-20 September 2009 We’ve a little way to go yet but we’re fast approaching this year’s Soil Association Organic Fortnight, so why not get the dates in your diary right now? With a strong focus on going organic on a budget, we’re encouraging everyone to get involved in promoting the benefits with all kinds of events being hosted up and down the UK. Keep an eye on our dedicated webpage for ideas on how to get involved and for updates about events near you. The real highlight of the fortnight will be the Soil Association Organic Food Festival, which will take place here in Bristol on the weekend of 12th and 13th September. Soil Association members will be given free admission, so if you’re not already a member, why not join us this month? We’ll even send you the wonderful free book ‘Local Food: How to make it happen in your community’ to thank you for joining.

Soil Association competitions Every month, generous Soil Association certified organic brands give you the chance to win some of their fabulous products. You could win one of four luxurious organic cotton bathrobes from Greenfibres; £50 off an organic holiday or a pamper hamper from So Organic containing fabulous moisturisers, balms and bath products. Just take a look here to give it a go!

Special offer for Soil Association members! We have two year long subscriptions to Grow Your Own magazine (worth £41.40 each) plus a free magazine binder for each winner, (worth £7.25 each) to give away to Soil Association members. For more details about the magazine, click here. If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning, send an email to Lisa Metcalfe at lmetcalfe@soilassociation.org with the email title 'Grow Your Own magazine' stating your membership number, name and address before 31 July 2009.

Organic Places to Stay, UK and Ireland For some time now, we’ve been working closely with Linda Moss, author of the fantastic 'Organic Places to Stay, UK and Ireland', which featured on our whyorganic website. We’re delighted to learn that Linda’s book has been short listed for the People's Book Prize in the non-fiction category and we’re encouraging those who’ve enjoyed it to show their support by voting for it online. Each month, twelve voters will win a book of their choice from the next month's collection on the People's Book Prize website. You have until the end of July to vote, so if you’d like to, click here and follow the instructions.

Speak to you again in August.

Stephen Last Director of Membership and Supporter Services

Posted by angel-healing at 8:04 AM BST

Share This Post

Post Comment | Permalink