About Us

I have had a lifelong interest in all things natural and of late an increasing concern for the adverse effects that man has on the environment.

As a trained agriculturalist I am fully aware of the need to provide an adequate supply of quality food but have become increasingly concerned about the quality parameters that are applied to these products. The visual impact and the ease of packaging appears to have become far more important than the eating quality to the extent that significant quantities of perfectly good food is thrown away simply because it is the wrong colour, size or shape. Equally the centralised distribution systems of large retailers means that products may have to travel hundreds of miles before being displayed in the shops.

After around 18 years in agricultural education my attention is given more to the agricultural environment in general and how farming impacts on local ecosystems. To this end I have been actively involved in organic farming advisory work for the past 10 years principally helping conventional farmers to understand the changes required to convert to organic management.

While continuing this work I now wish to promote organic products through the Holistic Trading on-line store.

It is my intention to develop the site to concentrate on UK certified organic products although I also appreciate the desire to import organic products to supplement home production. The option will also be created to allow you, the customer, the choice of more locally produced items that will lower your carbon footprint by reducing the 'product miles' needed to get the product to your door.

I am also fully supportive of the expansion of quality Fair Trade products.....Watch this space!!!

I will also consider offering other products that, while not being organic, have the potential to provide significant environmental benefits.

Joining me in this venture is my son Philip who may not be as green as I am (I'm working on that!) but is considerably more conversant with computers than I am.

I thank you for taking the time to read this and hope you find the range of products on offer both exciting and interesting.

Buy here and do your bit towards conserving this fragile world!!

Happy shopping

Trevor