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It is all very well for 2% of the population to live in a monastic state of meatlessness while everyone else gorges their way towards…

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We, the people, do have the power to stop [the] tragic waste of resources if we regard it as socially unacceptable to…
A country like America has twice as much food on its shop shelves and in its restaurants than is actually required to…
Liver, lungs, heads, tails, kidneys, testicles, all of these things which are traditional, delicious and nutritious parts of our gastronomy go to…
The purpose of farming is to deprive other species of the land and sequester it for our own use. But by perfecting…
Offal and offcuts such as head and feet can be picked up for next to nothing, and eating them helps to avoid…
Food redistribution is one of the best win-win solutions for food waste avoidance. Food companies can often save money by donating food…
The Feeding the 5000 campaign is inviting food businesses to sign up to the principles of the Food Waste Pyramid tool, which…
Often, farmers have difficulty finding secondary markets for their outgrades and have no choice but to leave fresh produce unharvested to rot…
A hunk of beef raised on Scottish moorland has a very different ecological footprint from one created in an intensive feedlot using…
It is all very well for 2% of the population to live in a monastic state of meatlessness while everyone else gorges…
Good food for free has been the holy grail of foragers since our ancestors first climbed down from the trees.
Every week, I heave open a supermarket skip and find therein a more exotic shopping list of items than I could possibly…

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