Shop with a Lighter Footprint
Unless you’ve had your head buried deep in the sand, you must've clocked that climate change is a reality. We have to change our ways.
Vegetable Box
The latest advice, for a more complete picture, is to measure the carbon footprint an ingredient leaves rather than just measuring the food miles. But it's not clear how on earth to go about it.
There are some sensible, simple ways in which you can help cut down consumption and will not cause too much pain. They may strike you as obvious – in which case I apologise but to coin a phrase “every little helps”.
Here's what every self-respecting
Food Lover can do.
- Buy food in season There is a time for everything. Mange tout on Christmas Day is definitely not it.
- Choose local produce as your first option Regional a close second, British as your third. And then think carefully before you buy fresh produce – fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, cheese, whatever – imported from abroad.
- Refill, refill, refill If a refill service is offered, accept it.
- Recycle, recycle, recycle It isn’t that difficult and doesn’t take up much time. For a few tips, go to recyclenow.com
- Buy all your fruit and vegetables loose and by weight What has happened to those brown paper bags?
- Shop locally at your farmers market if you have one nearby If not, have you ever thought of campaigning to get one started?
- Invest in the latest fashion accessory A shopping trolley.
- Banish plastic bags Modbury in Devon was the first plastic bag-free town in Europe. To find out how it was done, go to plasticbagfree.com
- Buy what you need As a nation, we throw away a massive amount of food.
- Be creative with leftovers You can do it. After all you are a Food Lover.
For more ideas why not look at lovefoodhatewaste.com
