Carbon Descent Food http://catherine-mason.co.uk/carbon-descent-food/ a blog by Catherine Mason en-us Copyright 2009 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:53:13 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Pasteurization of apple juice http://catherine-mason.co.uk/carbon-descent-food/2008/12/pasteurization-of-apple-juice.html http://catherine-mason.co.uk/carbon-descent-food/2008/12/pasteurization-of-apple-juice.html food preservation Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:53:13 +0000 Soya bean growing update 2008 http://catherine-mason.co.uk/carbon-descent-food/2008/11/soya-bean-growing-update.html http://catherine-mason.co.uk/carbon-descent-food/2008/11/soya-bean-growing-update.html gardening for food Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:48:14 +0000 Dried beans for winter use ]]> http://catherine-mason.co.uk/carbon-descent-food/2008/10/dried-beans-for-winter-use.html http://catherine-mason.co.uk/carbon-descent-food/2008/10/dried-beans-for-winter-use.html gardening for food Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:34:34 +0000 Soya beans in the UK http://catherine-mason.co.uk/carbon-descent-food/2008/01/soya-beans-in-the-uk.html http://catherine-mason.co.uk/carbon-descent-food/2008/01/soya-beans-in-the-uk.html gardening for food Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:30:45 +0000 Food - how it could be part of the solution rather than the problem
  • Produce food  locally to where it's consumed and drastically reduce or even eliminate food miles.  This means eating what is in season and growing some of your own if possible.  
  • Focus on cooking and food-preservation methods that use the least possible amount of energy.
  • Eat lower down the food chain - use productive land mainly to grow food for people rather than animals, thus avoiding idiocies such as digging up rainforest to grow soya to feed to cows!
  • Avoid chemical inputs such as artificial fertilizers and pesticides that have taken lots of energy to produce and distribute and are of questionable value anyway.

Enjoy all of the above!  Growing your own is a blast, as is low-energy cooking!  I also get a lot of pleasure from making compost (call me sad if you like).  Eating food that's in season makes you feel more in touch with the cycles of the earth and you get the pleasure of anticipation and a sense of being part of something bigger... 

 Fortunately there are still people alive who can remember things like digging for victory during the second world war.  Cherish them and try to record their memories while they're still around.

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