Food For Our Future Campaign

big thank you to all our challenge participants for taking part!

Throughout the challenge we have been sharing cookery demos from local chefs! This week James Shepherd from The Let’s Cook Project shows us that pumpkins aren’t just for carving by making a simple Autumnal pumpkin pangrattato pasta dish - also helpful for using up any left-over bread! Find out more about The Let’s Cook Project here.

Do also check out our Tales from the Compost Heap. Go to the ‘For Kids’ page to check out the fantastic short film ‘Creatures of the Compost’!

If we all stopped wasting bananas for a year it would have the same impact on CO2 emissions as planting 790,000 trees.

Food For Our Future

Why is reducing food waste so important to climate change?

The fight on food waste has a crucial part to play in the solution to the climate emergency.

Even though food production uses a vast amount of resources, including 70% of global freshwater being used in agriculture! Sadly we still waste 4.5 million tonnes of edible food each year in households in the UK.

Just in Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire over 10,000 tonnes of edible food was thrown away by households last year.

Every food item thrown away contributes to climate change and not only is this having a negative effect on the environment it also wastes money. Overall, the average UK family wastes £720 per year in food.

What ImPact Can YouR Household Have?

During lockdown national food waste statistics were at their lowest for years according to figures from WRAP UK, we want to support you in keeping and building on these good habits!

Making simple changes to your household food shopping and cooking habits can really help reduce your carbon footprint.

Small tasks such as turning old bananas into banana muffins (see Leo’s demo), taking time to write a shopping list or even take a #shelfie can help make a huge difference to climate change.

If we all stop throwing away good food and drink we could save the equivalent of 17 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, equivalent to taking 1 in 4 cars off the road. The power is in our hands!

We are also delighted to share Tales from the Compost Heap. Go to the ‘For Kids’ page to watch all 5 epsiodes!