Reading Time: 13 minutesWhat if we were to return to old ideas about health and disease? Would we find ourselves in a better place? If we wind back the clock, we’d be less concerned about contagion, germs and variants. We’d be more concerned, instead, with our environment, the weather, atmosphere, poisons we ingest, and our state of mind. […]
Diet
Zero Waste Ways With Fat and Oil in the Kitchen: Bread and Dripping Days
Reading Time: 7 minutesZero waste ways with fat and oil may be a lost art. When I was little, I loved bread and dripping. I remember at my Nan’s house the smell of cooked bacon drawing me to the kitchen where she was clearing up. I’d sidle up to her, and I’d say “Can I have some bread […]
Artisan Food: Is It Better For Us and the Planet?
Reading Time: 3 minutesJust to the south of where I live is a landscape that has terroir: multiple distinct landscapes producing vegetables, cider and beer. It’s a great place to source artisan food. This is a continuation of a journey around the English west midlands where I live. I started in the hills in the north, moved round […]
Cow and Corn: Ancient Food and Climate Change
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, […]
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 […]
