Virtual Water - Discover how much WATER we EAT everyday
The good news is that each one of us can also make the world a little more water secure, ready to face the needs of our peak population future. How? The answer lies in our shopping baskets. The amount of meat in our diet is crucial! The average daily water consumption of a meat-eating person is 5000 litres of water per day. The type of meat we consume is crucial! The food we waste is crucial! So, do not forget: one meat-free-day a week choose meat raised on grass do not waste food
Kerry McCarthy MP on food waste and FoodCycle
By Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East and FoodCycle Patron In recent years, we have started to see growing recognition of the need to reduce food waste – and to do so in a way which helps to alleviate food poverty. Tristram Stuart’s ground-breaking book, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, really lifted the lid on the gratuitous levels of food wasted in the UK and world-wide. Since then, there has – thankfully – been much greater focus on it as an environmental priority. In March 2012, I introduced the first ever piece of legislation to tackle food waste, the Food Waste Bill. A shocking, and unsustainable, 30-50% of all food continues to be wasted, half of which is generated by the food industry. It also feels immoral that good edible food is thrown away when people are going to bed hungry, skipping meals, or can’t afford to give their children a nutritious evening meal. Next year, 2014, has been declared “the European Year of fight against food waste”. Volunteer Donate
Nearly half of the world's food ends up as waste, report finds | Environment
As much as half of all the food produced in the world – equivalent to 2bn tonnes – ends up as waste every year, engineers warned in a report published on Thursday. The UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) blames the "staggering" new figures in its analysis on unnecessarily strict sell-by dates, buy-one-get-one free and Western consumer demand for cosmetically perfect food, along with "poor engineering and agricultural practices", inadequate infrastructure and poor storage facilities. In the face of United Nations predictions that there could be about an extra 3 billion people to feed by the end of the century and growing pressure on the resources needed to produce food, including land, water and energy, the IMechE is calling for urgent action to tackle this waste. Their report, Global Food; Waste Not, Want Not, found that between 30% and 50% or 1.2-2bn tonnes of food produced around the world never makes it on to a plate.
Compost Guy | Turning Wastes Into Resources
Our vision & mission - FoodCycle
Vision: At FoodCycle we want a world where communities unite so that no good food is wasted. Come and help us make it happen! Mission: FoodCycle builds communities by combining volunteers, surplus food and spare kitchen spaces to create nutritious meals for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation. We have two programmes that combine surplus food and the energy of our amazing volunteers to create delicious and healthy three-course meals for people in the community. The people we work with and support come from many different walks of life: you can learn more about them here. Hub Programme We run 17 FoodCycle Hubs across the UK. Community Cafe We also run our Pie in the Sky Community Café in Bromley-by-Bow. Could you help support these projects by volunteering or donating? “I come here because I was on the streets for about a month and a half, sleeping on park benches.
24 TED Talks That Will Change the Way You Think About Food
Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson, co-founders of Food Tank: The Food Think Tank compiled a list of powerful TED Talks that are helping to save our global food system. The range of topics vary from obesity and hunger to urban gardening to the way food is marketed to children. We realize it’s a long list, but consider choosing these videos over the crappy reality shows that rot what’s left of the functioning cells in your brain after a long day at the office. 1. Thurow, author of The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change, explains the profound “disease of the soul” that hunger represents, and how empowering smallholder farmers can bring long-term sustainable health and hope to the people of Africa. 2. Bittman, a food writer for The New York Times, examines how individual actions–namely food choices–contribute to both the detriment of the climate and long-term chronic health diseases. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.
Gardeners Sharing Their Harvest With A Community Food Pantry
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