Food waste can cause just as much damage to the planet as plastic waste, but not everyone has, or can have, a food waste bin. Is yours going straight to landfill?
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Do you have a food waste bin?
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Could augmented reality help us be better food shoppers?
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Working out which products to buy when concerned about animal welfare can be a tricky task. Here’s how we’re tackling the problem in Australia with an app we developed, writes our guest author Katinka Day from CHOICE.
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Will you be going meat-free for Vegetarian Week?
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This week is National Vegetarian Week and people across the country are being encouraged to try new veggie recipes, cut back on meat and choose more meat-free alternatives. Will you be joining in?
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Jamie Oliver: I’ve #AdEnough of junk food marketing – have you?
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I’ve launched #AdEnough in a bid to protect kids from junk food marketing – an issue that’s long been a focus of Which? campaigns. Here’s how the campaign will help tackle the rise in childhood obesity – and I need your help. (more on Jamie Oliver #AdEnough campaign…)
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What are your solutions to our plastic waste problem?
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Plastic packaging is a hot topic at the moment, with many in agreement that we need better solutions to reduce waste. Our guest and community member, Malcolm R, puts forward some plastic-saving suggestions and asks for your contributions.
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Know where your meat is born, reared and slaughtered
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Our research has shown that the majority of people are interested in knowing where their food comes from, particularly when it comes to meat products.
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Working up an appetite for a test-tube burger
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A piece in The Independent this weekend got me thinking about whether I’d be happy to eat meat grown in-vitro. It’s a while off, but with the first ‘lab-grown burger’ being served up next week, would you take a bite?
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Are kids fair game for junk food advertising?
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There are regulations in place to protect younger children from junk food advertising on TV. But it seems that some confectionery manufacturers could be targeting children through games on their own websites.
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What’s your biggest priority when you buy food?
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Our new Future of Food report highlights the top consumer priorities when shopping for food. Prices, safety, convenience or taste – what’s your biggest priority when you’re doing your weekly shop?
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Time for hospital food to get better
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Sustain’s Campaign for Better Hospital Food wants mandatory standards for patient meals in England. In this guest post, Alex Jackson from Sustain explains why voluntary measures are not working.
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Buy Fairtrade? You’d be bananas not to
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It’s Fairtrade Fortnight, but with the cost of food increasing and budgets reaching breaking point, can you afford to put ethical food at the top of your shopping list?
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The power of the celebrity chef
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Loyd Grossman is the latest celebrity chef to do his bit for improving our food habits. Do you think that celebrities provide useful support for food initiatives and can help us make healthy choices?
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Less room in shopping baskets for pricey organic food
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Demand for organic food is falling as household budgets are squeezed. Are you finding there are fewer organic options in your local supermarket? Have you been priced out of buying organic?
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Test tube to plate – let’s start the lab-grown burger debate
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In mid-November the world’s first lab-grown burger is due to be eaten at a press conference. Dr Neil Stephens, a sociologist at Cardiff University, weighs in on the debate of ‘in vitro’ meat.