Then the Land will yield its fruit and you will eat your fill and live there in safety. Leviticus 25

Widespread adoption of a meat free diet could see greenhouse gas emissions drop by 63 per cent. You can also reduce your environmental footprint by eating food produced according to LOAF principles:

Local – so fewer food miles
Organic – fewer chemicals which helps to conserve biodiversity
Animal-friendly – if you choose to eat meat, buy meat with a higher welfare standard
Fair-trade – better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.

  1. Plant a fruit tree or some vegetables
  2. Check your shopping for sustainable palm oil. According to WWF, palm oil is a very efficient crop and it is better to buy responsibly-produced palm oil than to boycott it altogether.
  3. Reduce your meat consumption. You could increase the vegetable content of meat dishes as well as eating vegetarian or vegan food.
  4. Set up a compost bin
  5. Swap one item in your shopping basket for local, organic or fair-trade food
  6. Plan your meals and use a shopping list. You could use an app like Kitche to keep track of food.
  7. Eat seasonally – there are lots of ideas online, for example the BBC website
  8. Instead of throwing away leftover food, see if you can use it to make something else (see lovefoodhatewaste.com for some ideas)
  9. Buy loose fruit and vegetables when possible. You can buy the amount you need and reuse a plastic bag, both of which save waste.
  10. Use your food waste bin and help to generate green energy. Recycling just 6 tea bags creates enough energy to boil the kettle for another cup of tea. One banana peel could charge your phone twice.