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There’s a saying nowdays that if you really want to judge the nutritional value of any food, ask yourself the question: ‘Would my grandmother recognise it?’

There was a time not that long ago, before monopolistic food chains and supermarkets, before branding and lifestyle choices, before widespread commercial pesticides and the like, when the food we ate wasn’t even called organic. It was simply called food. Nature’s goodness, grown seasonally in the ground, full of rich nutrients and life-g...

There’s a perception in the mainstream media that organic food, while being acknowledged as tastier, healthier, and supportive of local markets and farmers, is somehow too expensive compared to normal supermarket food. And while the cost of organic farming may be high, there is a hidden cost in the everyday foods controlled by the large supermarket chains that is invisible to the average consumer: subsidies.

Food subsidies are an often controversial tool that developed nations use to support...

Jemma Gawned is the Creator and Director of Byron Bay-based ‘Naked Treaties Rawganics’, a raw food business, who speaks here with Food Coup about the benefits, challenges and spirituality of a raw food diet.



FC: Naked Treaties is a provocative name, tell us a bit about that…

JG: It first started out as Naked Sweeties, ‘cause I often call sweet things I love sweeties or treaties, and naked came because all these treats are free of anything that is detrimental to your body; it’s...