GreenChoices

Organic food & drink suppliers

There are lots of issues surrounding food and drink, as the GreenChoices section explains, but buying organic is generally seen as a positive step from the environmental perspective. Organic suppliers also often have environmentally-friendly policies e.g. on packaging and transport - check individual websites for details of any such policy.

There are hundreds of online suppliers of organic food and drink. The Organic Directory is easy to use and Alotoforganics also lists many suppliers.

• Organic Connections specialise in fruit and veg boxes.

• Hambleden Herbs - herbal teas, all organic, with minimal, environmentally-friendly packaging and unbleached tea bags.

• Steenbergs Organic Tea - a range of organic teas, some fair-trade as well, and accessories, including infusers, and gifts.

• Cafe Rico supply coffee throughout the UK. They offer many different types of whole beans including several fairly traded coffees.
  

Alcoholic drinks

• Davenport Vineyards - wine from organic vineyards in Kent and East Sussex.

• HDRA Organic Wine Club - buy organic wine, cider, beer and juice online, and support one of the UK's pioneering organic organisations at the same time.

• Juniper Green Organic Gin - distilled and bottled in London.

• Pure Wine Company - organic, vegetarian and vegan wines from around the world.

• Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard for country wines, liqueurs, fruit juices, cider - all English and organic.

• Sussex Wine Company - their list includes Organic wines and spirits, Biodynamic wines, English fruit wines and English Sparkling Wines and there's a useful guide to organic wines on their website.
  

• Vinceremos - organic wine, beer, cider, spirits and juice online.

• Vintage Roots - 'the finest organic wines, beers and spirits' - also ciders, perry, juices and cordials, all online.