Londoners are spoiled for choice this weekend - not only is the first London Pirate Festival taking place from today until Sunday but the Southbank Centre Festival of Food is already underway.

Running from until Sunday, it’s billed as a “celebration of food with a range of demonstrations, book signings, free events and activities for all the family to enjoy”. Slow Food stalls offer sustainable produce, natural, free-range and organic snacks and specialist meats and cheeses while top chefs and food writers get involved too - and it’s all free!

Up in Glasgow the Soil Association’s Food Festival 2008 is also free to all, open all weekend and features a marketplace packed with “organic and wild harvested food and drink, organic fashion and textiles, health and beauty products and ethical homeware”.

A vibrant programme of celebrity cooking demonstrations, talks, debates, tastings and competitions can be downloaded from the website.

There’s absolutely no reason to stay home this weekend so go, enjoy, and make sure you tell us all about your adventures in organic when you get back…

Photo credit: Butterfly in organic veg box by florriebassingbourn (CC License)

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