How to use up green or squishy strawberries
Overripe or sour, strawberries are still delicious if you know what to do with them. You can even make tea with the stems …
Three: bulk-buying and co-ops
In the third instalment of his column on living waste-free, chef Tom Hunt tackles bulk-buying through co-ops
Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is an ideology and farming practice based on many years of scientific research and agroecological farming practices such as organic, biodynamic and permaculture. Regenerative agriculture works in harmony with nature, valuing wildlife and ecology. It increases biodiversity, builds and enlivens soils, protects the land from erosion and improves our ecosystems. It also aims […]
Two: buy from local markets
LOCAL MARKETS AND health food shops are food places where culture and community are still strong and thriving. Shopping at your local market will not only help you save food waste and reduce single-use plastic in your own home, but within the whole food system. I now buy the majority of my shopping from local markets, health food shops and bulk-buy […]
Waste Not… Chocolate
Over the last ten years all my work in food, writing, cooking and teaching has had a clear environmental focus. This passion for climate-friendly cuisine began as a teenager, when I lived and worked on a variety of intensive and agroecological farms. It then became my core focus in 2011 when I created my first […]
The Long Read: Our Food System
What did you have for dinner last night? Humour me for just a minute and think about the ingredients in that meal. One by one, imagine the journeys those ingredients have taken, from the seed to your plate. Which country was it grown in, how and by whom? How was it transported? Was it bought […]
