Tag: food
Seed savers: how the US is looking to Syria for ancient wisdom in nature
Food-growing areas around the world face new challenges as a result of climate change. This Syria-US project highlights one potential soluti...
Environment World
One in three Britons is now eating no or less meat, finds report
A fifth of people are now ‘flexitarian’ – trying to eat more plant-based meals without ditching meat altogether – a new poll by Waitrose sug...
Environment UK
‘Cherish, don’t chuck your Halloween pumpkins’ urges charity
Around 18,000 tonnes of edible pumpkin are sent to landfill each year, discarded after Halloween. Environmental charity Hubbub is running th...
Environment
Major supermarket scraps ‘best before’ dates from fruit and vegetable lines
Labels will be scrapped from 116 Tesco produce lines in a bid to reduce food waste...
Environment UK
Fresh pickings: prescribing produce, not pills
A Detroit-based prescription service is not for drugs, but for fresh fruit and vegetables. Redeemable at local farmers’ markets, it puts hea...
Lifestyle Society World
‘Leaders must seize the moment to act on obesity’
As the media’s spotlight falls on junk food marketing, sugar and childhood obesity, Johanna Ralston – CEO of the World Obesity Federation – ...
Lifestyle Opinion
