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Food
Food contributes more to our carbon emissions than you might imagine. Our over reliance on carbon intensive agriculture at a time when fossil fuels are being depleted, together with a rising population and the impacts of climate change could soon put future food supplies at risk. Our aim is to show you how you can help to redress the balance.
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Food waste:
A lot of energy is invested in the production, transportation and refrigeration of food, for a quarter of all food bought in the UK to then be thrown away. You can help to reduce this waste by buying just buying enough food for your immediate needs.
Food miles:
About 40% of the food we eat is imported and that includes 95% of our fruit and most of the wheat in our bread. A typical Sunday lunch could travel as much as 49,000 miles!
Emissions from agriculture:
When nitrogen based fertilisers break down in the soil they release nitrous oxide which is a greenhouse gas up to 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. This accounts for half of the emissions from agriculture.
Meat and dairy products incur high emissions, partly because they require so much grain (up to 7 tonnes of grain to produce one tonne of beef) but also because cows and sheep produce large amounts of methane from their digestive systems, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Find out about how a Mediterranean type diet can help.
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about Food
If that wasn’t enough, eaten regularly, asparagus packs an almighty punch to diseases such as cancer and heart disease as well as boosting your immune system.
Carbon Cutting CookingDid you know that vegetables grown out of season in heated greenhouses cause approximately 10 times more CO2 to be released into the atmosphere than vegetables grown in season? By choosing seasonal meat, fish and vegetables, you can make a big difference!
English Wine ProducersThe Marketing Association of the English Wine Industry
Fair trade - the BiG SwapFor this year's Fairtrade Fortnight we're asking the nation to join us in The Big Swap. For two whole weeks we'll be asking you to swap your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff. Your usual bananas for Fairtrade bananas, your usual cotton socks for Fairtrade cotton socks, and your usual cuppa for a Fairtrade cuppa. Whenever you pop to the shops, you can use your wallet to make a stand.
Food Climate Research NetworkThe Food Climate Research Network is a UK research council-funded initiative. Its aim is to better understand how the food system contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, and to research and promote ways of reducing them.
Food IncThe apocalyptic vision of Food, Inc. is based on contemporary food and farming politics in the US. It couldn't happen here... could it?
Hampshire FareHampshire Fare was established in 1991 by a small group of food producers who wanted to actively promote the benefits of buying local produce.
Landshareputting potential growers in touch with land-owners and volunteers
Marine Stewardship CouncilThe MSC's fishery certification program and seafood ecolabel recognise and reward sustainable fishing.
Organic Linker - Food Mile CalculatorFood miles are a way of attempting to measure how far food has travelled before it reaches the consumer. It is a good way of looking at the environmental impact of foods and their ingredients. It includes getting foods to you, but also getting waste foods away from you, and to the landfill!
Soil AssociationNew research from the Soil Association reveals that if all UK farmland was converted to organic farming, at least 3.2 million tonnes of carbon would be taken up by the soil each year - the equivalent of taking nearly 1 million cars off the road. The research reveals that widespread adoption of organic farming practices in the UK would offset 23% of UK agricultural emissions through soil carbon sequestration alone.
Stockfree Organic ServicesWe need to rethink the way in which we produce food, recognise its ecological implications, and adopt a more earth-friendly approach. Climate change is almost universally accepted as being caused by the release, through human activities, of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere.
The Long BarnLong Barn now includes two retail premises - a home and beauty store in Alresford, and five minutes away, a magnificent green oak barn surrounded (naturally) by lavender, offering a boutique plant nursery, lavender collection and a variety of complementary wares for the home and garden, sourced from English producers.
Vegan Organic NetworkFounded in 1996, the Vegan-Organic Network, VON, is an ambitious UK registered charity with an international network of active supporters. Our aims are to research and promote vegan-organic (also known as stockfree organic) methods of agriculture and horticulture throughout the world so that green, clean and cruelty-free food becomes widely available.
WatercressWatercress is a fantastic salad leaf. Its plump, vibrant leaves not only taste wonderfully peppery, but they are amazingly good for us too, brimming with vitamins and minerals. Watercress is so versatile and is delicious when mixed into a light salad, sizzling stir fry and wholesome soup.
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