10 landlords laughing – ’Local food’ has become big business, unfortunately the phrase is often exploited. Recently Trading Standards conducted spot checks all over the UK and found huge numbers of esta- blishments claiming their food was local, while it was nothing of the sort. A sample in North Wales found only half of the meat sold as ‘Welsh lamb’ was actually from the country. Ask questions; give your favorite chefs and landlords a hard time, demand provenance.


11 cooks a-cooking – Over the ‘energy life cycle’ of a UK grown potato (from seed to mouth) 48% of the energy used is in the cooking process. Food miles are a factor when purchasing food, but simple energy saving efforts such as keeping pan lids on, food thrift and cooking efficient- ly play a massive part.


12 thrifty Grandmothers – Eating and wasting less meat is vital. Our Grandparents can often teach us some great tricks, like a Sunday roast should do Sunday with the trimmings, Monday in sandwiches or with a salad and the rest of the week as soup or stock. Make meat last and waste nothing.


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