Milk! We use it for everything. From cereal in the morning, to that cup of coffee or the cheeky choccy biscuit that you hope no one saw you eat… But did you know that dairy is the number one source […]
Milk – Dispelling Myths – By Levi Richardson
Green Summit 2020 – In case you missed it
Green Summit In case you missed it the green summit is a yearly event intended to discuss the development of the Five-Year Environmental Plan for Manchester. This year the event took place online through a series of pre-recorded and live […]
The 2020 Goodlife – Planning & Early Sowing Prep Part 1 – By C. Harris & P. Harris
March, April and May After two years dabbling growing and developing our growing area, as well as dealing with one very dry summer, and one very wet summer we were now in a position to start in good time with […]
Tips On How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint with Food Top Tips – By Saarah Ahmed
Carbon emissions are highly damaging to our planet and it has become more and more of a priority over the past years. With scientists desperately working around the clock to find a solution, we can all do our bit to […]
GROWing Your Own On An Allotment – By Mark Beattie
In this little blog of mine, I want to share with you my experience of growing some of my own food and hopefully persuade you that growing your own can be far superior to buying it. 2019 At the start […]
Can we save the planet through food? – By Laura Mayo
We’ve recently been told that we need to lower our carbon footprint by 2030 in order to save the planet. What can we do about it? How do we live in a more sustainable way? We could drive less, take […]
Plastic Free July – Lentil Shepherd’s Pie Skins – By Sarah Dunkerton
40% of all of the plastic used in the UK is for packaging. This figure includes the mass food packaging plastic which fills our supermarket shelves. Sadly, 2.4 million tonnes of packaging waste happen each year in the UK. Of […]
Lockdown Growing – By Salma Miyan
It was week 3 of the UK Covid-19 lockdown. The 6th of April and the weather was uncharacteristically gorgeous: 11 degrees and blazing sunshine! I was sitting at the picnic table in my backyard enjoying the sunshine and wishing I […]