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Garden firm Thompson & Morgan sows seeds for £200m sale

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One of Britain’s oldest mail order plant and seed companies could be about to change hands for up to £200m By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 One of Britain’s oldest mail order plant and seed companies could be about to change … Read more

The new barbie stars: Gunpowder potatoes with fennel seeds, chilli, coriander and cashews

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The new barbie stars: Gunpowder potatoes with fennel seeds, chilli, coriander and cashews By Rukmini Iyer Published: 00:03 BST, 25 April 2021 | Updated: 00:03 BST, 25 April 2021 This might be one of my favourite dishes – beautifully spiced potatoes with crisp cashews, sharp with lemon. SERVES 4 as a side PREP: 15 minutes … Read more

University lecturer slams Amazon for sending five packets of seeds in massive boxes

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University lecturer slams Amazon’s excessive packaging after packets of carrot seeds were delivered in FIVE separate cardboard boxes Dr Robin Pettitt shared images on Twitter of the five large boxes of packaging  University lecturer ordered five bags of carrot seeds from online retail giant Revealed the seeds came packed separately, and said he was going to … Read more

Can Indian seeds really roll back the years? Ingredient said to reduce wrinkles and calm blemishes

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You may not know how to say it, but bakuchiol is the hottest thing in skincare. Pronounced ba-koo-chee-ol, this hard-working ingredient tackles the biggest beauty bugbears including wrinkles, brown spots, breakouts and inflammation. Made from the seeds of the Indian babchi plant, it has been used to treat skin diseases for centuries — and now … Read more

SESAME SEEDS could reduce risk of Parkinson’s Disease and preventing neuronal damage

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Eating SESAME SEEDS could reduce the risk of Parkinson’s by preventing neuronal damage, study finds Osaka City University experts tested a chemical in sesame seeds on Parkinson’s  Chemical sesaminol is found in shells discarded in the production of sesame oil  Tests on mice found the chemical improved dopamine levels and motor function By Ryan Morrison … Read more

Where on Earth are ‘Moon Trees?’ NASA reveals where ‘space seeds’ were planted around the world

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About 500 seeds of different tree species were launched into space in 1971 that circled around the moon 34 times before returning to Earth where they were then planted in different spots around the globe. NASA has shared a map showing the locations of these ‘Moon Trees,’ which total to 83 that mainly reside in … Read more

Halsey received matching ‘Seeds’ tattoo with beau Alev Aydin

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Halsey and boyfriend Alev Aydin got matching ‘Seeds’ tattoo at desert shop… seven months before announcing pregnancy By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 20:20 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 20:20 GMT, 28 January 2021 Halsey got matching ‘Seeds’ tattoos with her boyfriend Alev Aydin, seven months before announcing her pregnancy.  Tattoo artist Amanda Owley … Read more

Seeds of change taking ethical investing from niche to mainstream

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Saving the planet and making big business more accountable are two of the greatest challenges of our lifetime, which explains why ESG – environmental, social and governance – investing is always at the centre of controversy.  The latest row, this time at Chartwell, a division of catering group Compass, highlights the more assertive mood among … Read more

Amazon bosses BAN sales of suspicious seeds from China after spate of unsolicited deliveries in UK 

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Amazon bosses BAN sales of suspicious seeds from China after spate of unsolicited deliveries in UK Households have received unsolicited deliveries of seeds in recent months They were posted to customers who had previously bought legitimate seeds  Amazon said it will now ‘only permit the sale of seeds by sellers based in the EU’  Amazon … Read more