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Don’t bin it, cook it!

We’ve all done it. Left half a bunch of fresh herbs to wilt, seen mould encroaching on some fruit and let it go beyond the point of rescue. Food waste it a huge problem and in light of Tesco’s food waste figures, its time for us to take it upon ourselves to do our bit to make sure we are all zero food waste homes. Tesco revealed it generated an enormous 30,000 tonnes of food waste in the first half of 2013 alone. I’ve found having a better appreciation of where my food comes from and what its taken to produce it has meant I never want to throw anything away. Knowing just what my chickens go through to make one single egg, watching the time it took for my tomato plants to germinate, grow, flower and to finally start producing tomatoes, how could I bin something that has taken so much time and energy to make? Becoming vegan has also helped me think about food differently. Instead of getting food envy when some non-vegan snacks …