POSTS ARCHIVE
Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category.
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12 Days of Christmas (12): Top ten cookbooks for eating better
With the silly season upon us and thoughts turning to Christmas gifts we thought a few hints from the green Christmas elf wouldn’t go astray! Over the next 12 days we will posting some Christmas gift ideas that are a … Continue reading
12th Dec 2015
12 Days of Christmas (9): Homemade present ideas
With the silly season upon us and thoughts turning to Christmas gifts we thought a few hints from the green Christmas elf wouldn’t go astray! Over the next 12 days we will posting some Christmas gift ideas that are a … Continue reading
9th Dec 2015
Processed meats cause cancer, says WHO
Commenting on the report today by the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which concludes that processed meat causes cancer and red meat is a “probable carcinogen”, Friends of the Earth’s senior food campaigner, Clare Oxborrow … Continue reading
26th Oct 2015
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UYL – Sourdough September Social
To celebrate Sourdough September our food social this month is taking place Thursday 17th September starting 6.30pm at Bakerie, 45 Lever St, NQ, Manchester, M1 1DN. Following a very brief informal catch up on the food campaign, on with the … Continue reading
12th Sep 2015
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Food Waste – Kerry’s Bill
On 9th September, Kerry McCarthy MP will be introducing her Food Waste (Reduction) Bill in the House of Commons. This Bill seeks to ensure that more of the obscene amounts of food needlessly wasted through the food industry supply chains … Continue reading
7th Sep 2015
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UYL – Sourdough September
Sourdough September is when the Real Bread Campaign goes on a mission to help everyone discover that: life’s sweeter with sourdough! The original method of producing leavened bread, and some people would argue still the best. Across thirty days of … Continue reading
28th Aug 2015
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Ask UK bread makers & retailers to stop using wheat sprayed with glyphosate
Glyphosate is the most widely sold weedkiller in the world, you might know it as the active ingredient in Roundup. The big chemical companies advise farmers to spray their wheat crops with glyphosate a few weeks before harvest – to … Continue reading
20th Aug 2015
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UYL – Get ready for Sourdough September
Sourdough September is when the Real Bread Campaign goes on a mission to help everyone discover that: life’s sweeter with sourdough! The Campaign is encouraging Real Bread bakers everywhere to organise their own local events and activities from 1-30 September, … Continue reading
15th Aug 2015
Eat SMART pledge – T
Welcome to our post about the fifth and last letter of the Eat SMART pledge : T for Think about where your food comes from Why Eat SMART? There are serious problems with the current way we produce and consume food. … Continue reading
7th Aug 2015
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Eat SMART pledge – R
Welcome to our post about the fourth letter of the Eat SMART pledge : R for Reduce food waste Why Eat SMART? There are serious problems with the current way we produce and consume food. But by Eating SMART, we can … Continue reading
31st Jul 2015
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Eat SMART pledge – A
Welcome to our post about the third letter of the Eat SMART pledge : A for Avoid processed and junk food Why Eat SMART? There are serious problems with the current way we produce and consume food. But by Eating SMART, … Continue reading
24th Jul 2015
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Use Your Loaf – Not in our bread
Sign the Soil Association’s petition to tell major supermarkets and bread manufacturers that we don’t want glyphosate in our bread. Tests by the Defra committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) have found that as much as 30% of UK … Continue reading
19th Jul 2015
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Eat SMART pledge – M
Welcome to our post about the second letter of the Eat SMART pledge : M for more plants, beans and pulses. Why Eat SMART? There are serious problems with the current way we produce and consume food. But by Eating … Continue reading
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Eat SMART pledge – S
Welcome to our first post about the first letter of the Eat SMART pledge : S for smaller amounts of better meat, fish and dairy. Why Eat SMART? There are serious problems with the current way we produce and consume … Continue reading
10th Jul 2015
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Ultimate veggie burger – for national BBQ Week
It’s national BBQ Week! Here are a couple of amazing meat-free options to try for #Meat Free May (Crispy on the outside, succulent and smoky-flavoured on the inside, combined with delicious avocado-tahini sauce and baked sweet potato fries – this recipe … Continue reading
29th May 2015
Need support to grow, cook and eat sustainably? Free sessions for people living in Wythenshawe
Free Foraging and Cob Oven Cooking Workshops. See details below. To book, call 9469115/9168 or email susan.law@wchg.org.uk
20th May 2015
Meat Free May lunch ideas
Meat Free May – lunch idea recipes. Here we give you some ideas for wholesome, filling lunches with lots of grains/legumes to help ensure you get enough protein (cheese and eggs also good sources, unless you’re doing a vegan month … Continue reading
13th May 2015
Meat Free May – Leek and Potato Soup
Ingredients 1 lb. leeks 1 lb. potatoes (or more if desired) 1 tablesp. sunflower or vegetable oil Stock: 4 teasp. Swiss Vegetable Vegan Bouillon to each 0.56litres (1 pint) boiling water salt and pepper . . . or for non-vegan … Continue reading
10th May 2015
Meat Free May – Bread recipes
Concerned about what’s in your bread? Why not bake your own bread? Here’s a couple of bread recipes you can eat during Meat Free May. The first one gives a good introduction to bread making with step by step instructions, … Continue reading
9th May 2015
Can you resist meat for a month? Meat Free May
Manchester Friends of the Earth campaigners are encouraging to people across Greater Manchester to take the Meat Free May challenge and give up meat for a month in May. (1)
1st May 2015
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