Reading Time: 8 minutesCarbon footprint calculators have been on my radar for a long time now, and lately ‘Net Zero’ has crept into the frame. Having followed green-living news out of interest, it’s inevitable; I could hardly have missed either of these terms. I’ve tried plugging my life details into a few carbon footprint calculators, out of curiosity, […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
