News this week that two of the major supermarkets are stocking up to 35% less organic products on their shelves as the recession bites.

“When shoppers buy less of a particular category, we will stock less – this is our normal policy”, an Asda spokesman said.

According to the Soil Association though, sales of organic milk, cheese and meat are increasing this year.

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http://en.greenplanet.net/food/organic/1010-uk-one-third-less-organic-products-in-supermarkets.html

Beekeepers across the UK and Europe have seen a frightening fall in the number of their bees in the last few years. Now a new film is suggesting that pesticides could be to blame for the dwindling stocks.

The importance of bees to food production can’t be overstated – over a third of the food we eat in the UK is pollinated by bees.

The new film, Vanishing of the Bees, claims the cause is the use of a new generation of pesticides that weakens the bees and makes them more susceptible to other diseases.

You can see a preview of the film here.