Reading Time: 2 minutesCow and corn: a vital food producing, soil-saving combination over large parts of the region where I live. And indeed, all over the world. We’ve come down from the hill to plains. This is a story of ancient food that lives under the ground; of poop and soil. What can we learn from Saxon peasants, […]
Food and Farming
Imaginary Homestead: Can We Grow What We Eat?
Reading Time: 9 minutesCan we grow what we eat? Or, more importantly, can we grow what we think we should eat? What should we eat? Should we eat just some meat? No meat – go vegan? Is dairy bad? Uh oh, does that mean cheese is out then? These are the questions that I think many people are […]
A Sustainable Diet Is a PlaceBasedDiet
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt‘s been said that we’re the only species on earth that doesn’t know what to eat. When it comes to eating to save the planet, we hear so much conflicting advice. It can be hard to know what to do. So what is a sustainable diet, and can we do? This is a preview of […]
Red Rock Farm: Food From the Hills
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe image above isn’t from Red Rock Farm, but I’ve been talking about food from the hills. I’ve been on a journey around the English West Midlands, where I live, thinking about food that saves the planet. I started in Shropshire, and now I’ve moved round to north Worcestershire, where food and farming culture is […]
Animal-based or Plant-based Food and Sustainable Diet
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe hot topic, at the moment, for living a green and zero waste lifestyle revolves around animal-based or plant-based food and sustainable diet. All the focus is on where you are on the meat-eating or plant-eating spectrum, wherever you look. Perhaps you’re reading this because you want to know what to eat. Eat meat/don’t eat […]
Unpackaged Food Revolution, Loose Leaf Tea and More
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe need an unpackaged food revolution. In my last post Plastic-free shopping 1970s style we went shopping with me and my late Nan on the bus (buz) into Hanley in the centre of Stoke-on-Trent. This was my bid to investigate the plastic-free food that went into her tartan shopping trolley in the 1970s. I was prompted […]
