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...]
Sustainable Food and Farming
The complex food systems of modern life have a massive impact on the health of the planet as well as our individual health and the health of communities around the globe. In the UK the food we eat accounts for around a fifth of our total green-house gas emissions and the majority of this is from the meat and dairy industry. Large scale farming, predominantly mono-crops and … [Read more...]