Sustainability
Welcome to our home of sustainability, full of tips and ideas for how to make food choices that are better for the planet. We’ve got ideas galore for cooking with more environment-friendly ingredients, from lentils and mussels to meat like venison. We know it can be overwhelming, so if you’re trying to make better choices with your food, here you’ll find hacks for how to use up oft-wasted ingredients, and information on how to make your food shop as sustainable as possible.
See our sustainable recipes collection too.
What to look for when buying honey – and why it matters
Why is some honey runny? Is what you're buying really honey? Discover the difference between a squeezy supermarket bottle and local jar.
What to do with leftover wine
If only one or two of you are drinking wine at home, it’s easy to be left with some in the bottle. Here are plenty of ideas for leftover wine.
Why farmers and bakers are excited about heritage wheats
Eating lesser-known wheat varieties has huge benefits for the planet and our health. We investigate why wheat biodiversity is a big issue.
4 clever ways to reuse your coffee grounds
Spent coffee grounds can build up in your food waste bin. Here's four easy, eco-friendly ideas for how to use coffee grounds one more time...
How to make a zero-waste Christmas dinner
Follow our guide to a zero-waste Christmas dinner. We've got the shopping list, menu, recipes and time plan. Nothing goes in the bin!
Are you buying good spices… or bad?
Spices add flavour to our cooking and are key to many cuisines, yet we know little about how they're produced. Can spices can be sustainable?
Our easy guide to eating sustainable fish in the UK
Wondering what the most sustainable fish are in the UK, or how to make sustainable swaps? Clare Finney asks the experts for the latest advice.
Farming shouldn’t cost the Earth. What is regenerative farming?
The regenerative farming movement could change the way our food is produced for the better – but what's it all about?
Mussels: the least selfish shellfish
Mussels are juicy, tasty and nutritious but they're also surprisingly sustainable, because they help clean the sea, making them good for the environment.
Stop pouring away your sour milk! Here’s how to use it up
Taking one of the most thrown-away ingredients in the UK – milk – we bring you 4 tasty ways to use it up and save it from going to waste
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