Eating Albion

Hullo Hullo! Thanks for stopping by. The first post is always a tricky one, like a first date with someone you like you end up trying to blurt everything out at once. I’m hopefully going to resist that temptation. So here’s a sort of measured Q&A with myself:

Hi who are you?
My name is Andrew Webb and I’ve been blogging at www.eyedropper.co.uk for 4 years. I used to work for the BBC, I now work for Channel 4, and pretty soon I’m going to work for… well me I guess. For more about me, have a look at the ‘about’ page.

What’s all this eating thing about?
Well, Britain, it seems, is in the throes of a food revolution. Organic is everywhere. The trouble is, it’s often European or African organic flown in by the supermarkets at the planet’s expense. But is there a viable alternative source of organic, ethical produce that isn’t part of some vast corporate food chain?

Starting in the spring I’m embarking on a six-month journey back to nature, working on organic farms and small-holdings around the UK to see if the grassroots organic movement offers that viable alternative. When most people go travelling in search of new experiences, they head to the likes of Asia and Australia, not to Axminster and Abergavenny. This blog is a record of that journey.

What’s ‘Albion’ mean, is that like West Bromich Albion?
No, It’s a very old name for Great Britain, see this wikipedia entry about it.

Where are you going then?
Have a look at the map page. Once the trip starts I’ll be adding to a live google map of the route.

You’re giving up the exciting cut and thrust of the media to work on farms, you’re mad!
Yup!

..And tomorrow we’ll look at how this crazy adventure came into being.

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