- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
Five recipes to reduce food waste
Use up stale bread, carrot tops and others odds and ends with these top five recipes to cut food waste.
By Becky Marshall - 13th March 2019
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- Food waste
How to store food and cut waste
Choosing how to store your leftovers can actually preserve food for longer and cut down on waste, as Becky Marshall finds out.
By Becky Marshall - 27th February 2019
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- Plastic
- Food waste
Waste strategy is a failed Christmas present
The new Waste Resources Strategy paints a fantasy circular economy while avoiding the real issue of how we can use less plastic, writes environment journalist Lucy Siegle
By Lucy Siegle - 19th December 2018
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- Food waste
Surplus food brings community together
A volunteer-run group in Exeter takes surplus fruit and veg and serves a free three-course veggie meal to socially-isolated or elderly people in the city.
By Nina Pullman - 6th December 2018
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
- Plastic
Five steps to an ethical Christmas
Christmas is that time of year when it’s tempting to throw all ethical intentions to the wind in place of decadent decorations, thoughtful gifts for loved ones and any kind of food that takes your…
By Nina Pullman - 3rd December 2018
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- Politics
- Food waste
Gove unveils new £15m fund for food waste
A new £15 million government fund will help tackle food waste and redistribute the equivalent of 250 million meals to those in need, environment minister Michael Gove has
By Nina Pullman - 3rd October 2018
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- Food waste
- Eating & drinking
Five seasonal recipes for August
As the heat of the summer lingers, make the most of the seasonal veg and enjoying some Mediterranean inspired meals.
By Emily Muddeman - 16th August 2018
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- Food waste
- Farming
Feeding food surplus to pigs safely: a win for farmers and the environment?
Pigs have the potential to turn a massive food waste problem into a tasty solution. However, feeding food waste to pigs is currently banned in the UK, after illegal practices by a farmer in the…
By Karen Luyckx - 20th July 2018
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- Food waste
- News from the farm
Not snow much waste….
It’s a new week and today there’s little resemblance to the winter wonderlands our organic farms became last week, just the odd muddy, slushy white spots dotted around the fields, and a welcome…
By Emily Muddeman - 5th March 2018
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Latest posts
- Eating & drinking
Let food lift your spirit
Society these days has too much of a utilitarian approach to food. Too often our efforts at healthy eating reduce food down to a bunch of stats about carbohydrate, protein and fat content. But I'm…
By Alex Henderson - 26th March 2019
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- Environment & ethics
Berries and leafy veg top pesticide list
Strawberries, spinach and kale have topped an annual ranking of pesticide residues found on non-organic fruit and veg in the US
By Nina Pullman - 25th March 2019
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- Cartoon
- Ethical business
Ellis: Responsible capitalism takes off
Ellis on whether a system that prioritises self-gain and profit can ever be responsible.
By Ellis - 22nd March 2019
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