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Anything but ‘plain’: Exploring sustainable vanilla prices to achieve a living income for farmers

Natural vanilla has drawn attention in recent years due to its soaring price, rivalling even silver in 2017. While that might on the surface seem like a good thing for vanilla farmers, the instability of the market for the world’s second most expensive spice (after saffron) does much more harm than good.

4 min read | November 12, 2019

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Dog + Ben & Jerry's Fairway to Heaven Ben & Jerry's ice cream tub

Can a dog eat vanilla ice-cream and 6 other things you may not know about vanilla ice-cream

According to Google, the dog thing is a frequently asked question in relation to the search terms ice-cream and vanilla. Who’d have thought?! Needless to say ice-cream isn’t a dog friendly food but according to one site vanilla ice cream might be the safest flavour if you want to share your dessert once in a blue moon!

3 min read | November 6, 2019

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Tom Hunt's Apricot frangipane

Tom Hunt Recipe for Baked Apricot Frangipane

In this recipe, Tom Hunt, award-winning chef, food writer and food-waste campaigner, uses a summer fruit favourite for a classic British treat.

2 min read | August 20, 2017

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