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NEW PRODUCT: Crazy Jack Date Syrup

Crazy Jack Organic Date syrup is a versatile sweetener and can be used in place of treacle, syrup, and sugar. Use it to make flapjacks, biscuits, cakes and jams. Great on ice cream, muesli and yoghurt. Part of a larger range of Crazy Jack Syrups including Brown Rice Syrup, Golden Syrup and Agave Syrup. More more information about Date Syrup, visit our product pages. You'll find Date Syrup under 'Baking Ingredients'. Happy Baking!

Fairtrade Fortnight 'THE BIG SWAP'

For this year's Fairtrade Fortnight why not take part in 'The Big Swap' campaign. For two whole weeks swap your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff. Crazy Jack offer a range of Fairtrade products, tasty Mango, the UK's first Fairtrade Basmati Rice, Golden Syrup (in squeezy bottles) and a selection of Herbs & Spices. SWAP TODAY! Don't forget to register your swap on the Fairtrade website. They are looking for one million swaps. www.fairtrade.org.uk/

Look out for Crazy Jack at the Viva! Veggie Roadshow

Viva!'s Incredible Veggie Roadshow is coming to Bath on Saturday 6 February, 10.30am-4pm, The Guildhall, High Street, Bath BA1 5AW. You'll be able to taste a whole range of veggie foods, including Crazy Jack and get all your questions answered, pick up great free info, watch cookery demos and sit in on helpful talks. There'll be a wide range of recipe books available plus food from local shops and restaurants. If you've ever given the idea of going veggie a go come along and see what's on offer! You can get more info from www.viva.org.uk Hope to see you there!

Crazy Jack nominated for Good Housekeeping award - VOTE TODAY!

Now in their fifth year, the Good Housekeeping Food Awards honour the very best of food and drink - chosen by the public and a renowned panel of celebrity judges. The Good Housekeeping's Food Awards 2009 recognise everything from store-cupboard staples to supermarkets. For the second year running, Community's top Organic Brand 'Crazy Jack' have been nominated for 'Best Organic Product'.

If you love Crazy Jack as much as we do, have your say and vote for your favourite brand. Click here to vote (Draw closes 21 Dec 2009)

Abel & Cole promote Crazy Jack

Abel & Cole are one of the UK’s top organic box delivery companies and we are pleased to announce Crazy Jack are now part of their range. The recent Abel & Cole newsletter comments ‘For standalone essentials, like cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, we’re excited to announce the return of our spice rack‐all part of a big expansion of our range taking place over the coming weeks and months. We’ll be launching a huge selection of dried herbs and spices from Crazy Jack Organics. They’re prefect for Christmas baking, and keeping your root veg on their toes!” Find all the details you need to buy from Abel & Cole on their website. www.abelandcole.co.uk/Shop.aspx?tab=Search&text=crazy jack

Crazy Jack Vanilla Pods, NOW Fairtrade

Use the sweet taste of vanilla to enhance desserts, cakes, custards, soufflés and ice-cream. Why make the effort to buy Fairtrade certified products when there are cheaper and easier options around? Fairtrade enables farmers and workers in developing countries to improve their working and living conditions and encourages environmental protection. If you can’t find them in your local independent health food shop, why not ask them to place a special order for you? Alternatively Crazy Jack Vanilla Pods are available online or mail order. Visit our Where to buy page for more details.

Crazy Jack Golden Syrup - Now Fairtrade

Crazy Jack Organic Fairtrade Golden Syrup is produced from sugars coming from a Fairtrade cooperative in Paraguay. The producers have limited resources and we have to take extra care in cleaning and preparing the sugar to make our syrup. Crazy Jack Organic Golden Syrup uses the same traditional recipe, but now it's certified Fairtrade, a fantastic product, perfect for baking and everyday cooking.

Crazy Jack are proud Sponsors of 'Health4Life'

Health4Life was developed as a series of events to serve specific needs - Individual, Corporate and Performance - by a team of health professionals dedicated to helping people take control of their health. Why? To reduce the risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases, fast becoming the big killers of modern times. Crazy Jack Organic are pleased to be a part of this initiative. For more information about ‘Health4Life’, take a look at their website. www.health4life.inside-outnutrition.com/

The Crazy Jack Organic Fair Trade Basmati Rice Story

We're very proud of the story behind our Fairtrade Basmati Rice. www.youtube.com/MrCrazyJackOrganic

Soil Association Competitions - Treats from Top Organic Brands

Win one of SIX sought after Soil Association ‘Love your planet choose organic’ Fairtrade, organic bags, packed with delicious products from top organic brands. The Soil Association is offering you the chance to win this stylish bag filled with loads of organic goodies. Six bags filled with products from Ecover, Oxford Ethical Trading, Crazy Jack Organic, Meridian, Whole Earth, Rude Health, Rawganic, Greenfibres, Essential Care and Bentley Organic to give away. Visit the Soil Association website to enter. (Until 30 Nov 09)

Crazy Jack rejects GM claims

The Royal Society Report due out on Wednesday 21st October 2009 is widely anticipated to suggest GM foods have so contaminated our food chain that resisting the technology is largely useless.

We at Community and Crazy Jack Organic strongly reject any such claims, for the following reasons:

1. We are part of a £2.1 Billion industry that is set up to produce foods that are free from GM and have done this very successfully for very many years. We continue to uphold these standards and have no intention of acknowledging such a ridiculous and unfounded claim.
2. Despite the propaganda of the GM industries our industry is perfectly capable of tracking product from seed to finished product and these standards enable us to differentiate our products. It is the organic industry’s attention to detail that allows us to make our claims and to resolve transgressions and problems quickly.
3. The presumption that GM foods are the answer to food problems is completely unfounded and a mischievous manipulation of peoples fears – Our industry in contrast, welcomes the independent findings of a 4 year review of the food chain, sponsored by the United Nation’s and involving more than 400 international scientists which concludes global hunger is a result more of the power and control of the food system rather than growing enough food, contrary to the claims of the GM lobby.



Our view is that the integrated, GM free approach of organic farming delivers many of the solutions facing global food production in a sustainable, robust fashion that is equitable to all – farmers, producers, manufacturers and consumers.

Paul Moore – Marketing Director, Community Foods

Over 500 hopefuls enter 'Natural Lifesyle' online competition.

Crazy Jack recently gave ‘Natural Lifestyle’ online readers the chance to win a hamper worth over £50 of Crazy Jack products including an organic cotton Crazy Jack T-shirt and bag. Two entrants were selected from hundreds of hopefuls, one of the lucky winners was Lorraine Hunt from Cambridge who writes, “I've received the hamper and am absolutely thrilled with it - it is jammed full of gorgeous goodies which I can't wait to eat. My particular favourites are the apricots and mangoes but I am looking forward to trying out some new recipes with some of the others, especially with Christmas coming.” Look out for more Crazy Jack competitions coming soon! http://www.nat-lifestyle.com

CONSUMER STORY: Crazy Jack Apricots enjoy a hike!

Paul Waldron took Crazy Jack dried apricots as part of his ‘treats bag’ on a trip to Tanzania earlier this year. He says, "I usually have a bag at work to hand but they taste even better after a long steep hike or climb. So much so that I decided to take a few bags along with me as my daily treat to look forward to when I climbed Kilimanjaro." And here’s the proof, thanks Paul

NEW PRODUCT: Crazy Jack Fruit Fingers

One box of Crazy Jack Fruit Fingers contains 8 delicious fruit bars bursting with the highest quality organic ingredients sourced by Crazy Jack. Only 100% organic fruit goes into our delicious fruit fingers and because all the ingredients are natural they are suitable for vegetarians and are completely dairy free. See the full product profile by clicking here www.crazyjack.co.uk/products.php