Enjoy an eco-friendly diet
What we choose to buy and eat has an impact on the environment, through production, packaging and transportation. Eating an eco-friendly diet can help to reduce the impact that food production has on the planet.
🛒 Buying
Most people buy their food from large supermarkets, where all groceries are under one roof.
This can be easy and convenient, but you might wish to consider shopping at smaller, independent food stores that have an interest in reducing food miles (how far the food has to travel to get to the store), and packaging. There are lots of places that now sell loose fruits and vegetables and offer refill services.
It’s also a good idea to think about quantities of food you’re buying, to avoid over-buying and running the risk of the food going to waste. A simple meal plan and shopping list can help you to manage this.
😋 Eating
You may have noticed an increase in the number of people choosing to eat vegetarian and plant-based diets. There are many reasons for people making these decisions, from supporting animal rights to the less direct impacts such as deforestation (to produce animal grain), and the resource-heavy process of meat production.
Although we can do our best to avoid creating food waste, it’s difficult not to create any at all! Banana skins and potato peel are common examples of food waste that can be rotted down and turned into compost.
