We’ve put together a list of options for buying more sustainably – we’ve checked each out for reduced packaging, local food or organic products, and put together a comparison chart. … [Read more...]
Documenting Food Waste – 30th September
Chris King is a local documentary and portrait photographer and video producer who has spent the last five years documenting the issue of food waste. Chris will share what he has witnessed and learned about the issue. Come to hear his stories of people and organisations working to reduce the amount of edible food needlessly going to waste. Monday 30th September, 7.30pmMHSG … [Read more...]
Wrinkled veg and half-eaten humous
Emma Barnett from Love Food Hate Waste came to talk to us on 7th July. She started off with some scary facts: In the UK we throw away enough food, from our homes, to fill Wembley Stadium to the brim nine times over – every year’; ‘Wasting food costs the average family £480 a year. For families with children the cost can be up to £690 a year’ and ‘Food waste gives off harmful … [Read more...]
London’s Food in the Spotlight
Continuing in the series on London and Climate Change hosted by Transition Highgate and Muswell Hill Sustainability Group: London’s food in the spotlight: five ways to reduce the capital’s foodprint. We are delighted to welcome Dr Vicki Hird from Friends of the Earth to talk about the carbon impact of London's food and how it can be reduced. Vicki is a Senior Campaigner Land … [Read more...]
Sustainable Food and Farming Info Evening Mon 16th April
Sustainable Food and Farming Info Evening and Social Mon 16th April, 8 – 10pm Hornsey Moravian Church Community Hall, Priory Road N8 7HR (bottom of Muswell Hill) Come and chew on some of those meaty issues surrounding food and farming and how we can move towards low-carbon eating and support sustainable agriculture in the UK. Find out about the Community Supported … [Read more...]
Reducing food waste on the Broadway
According to WRAP, the waste action group, , 5.3m tonnes of still-edible food is thrown away each year. The Best Before project www.bestbefore.org.uk has the desperately sensible mission of redistributing unsold food from retailers which is past its Best Before date, to those who will benefit from it such as soup kitchens and community groups. As they put it Our plan against … [Read more...]