2nd May 2024
I would like to say that we grow all our own fruit and vegetables – but the snails have a different view on this! We get the bulk of our fruit and vegetables from OddBox which specialises in filling its boxes with foods that would otherwise go to waste – either because of a glut in the fields or a downturn in demand at the supermarket, or items being too big/ too small/ too wonky. The produce comes from the UK, Europe and other parts of the globe (but only if it has come by land or sea – not air).
OddBox reports “Every box makes a difference – by rescuing a Medium Fruit & Veg box every week for three months, you’d save a whopping 85kg of fruit and veg. Roughly 200 meals’ worth.”
This is topped up with some from the garden – salad leaves, nettles and chard, and summer fruits and berries – and from a local deli cum greengrocer.
Ideally all the produce we buy would be organic which we could do by swooping an organic fruit and veg box – but on balance we have gone for the reducing food waste option. Food waste accounts for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions. Food wasted is also water wasted and a poor utilisation of arable land.
Further reading on the issues around food waste – https://www.sofea.uk.com/blog/the-environmental-impact-of-food-waste/
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