Best Before Project Blog

 Interview to Notre Dame Refugee centre representative, Chris Atkinson

 What Brown is talking about is a revolution that will remake our relationship with our planet, and with our fellow animals. Eating meat is bad for the environment, of that there is no doubt. And the moral arguments against killing animals are compelling. Humans currently slaughter about 1,600 mammals and birds every second for food – that is half a trillion lives a year, plus trillions more fish, crustaceans and molluscs. The total biomass of all the world's livestock is almost exactly twice that of humanity itself. And while crops that feed people cover just 4% of the Earth's usable surface (land that is not covered by ice or water, or is bare rock), animal pastureland accounts for a full 30%. Our meat, in other words, weighs twice as much as we do and takes seven times as much land to grow." And here the update: "The world's first lab-grown burger has been cooked and eaten at a news conference in London" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-235761...

This year’s Streatham Food Festival takes place from 16-18th August and we want you to be part of it! We’re working with the Lambeth Food Partnership to develop health & sustainability aspects - including sessions on food growing, food waste, seasonality, organic and Fairtrade food, plus healthy eating and nutrition."  http://www.streathamfoodfestival.com/

 On the 5th of June there will be the World environment day, the main theme this year will be food waste! Take a look!: http://www.unep.org/wed / - recovered link here Additional article here Instagram tag:  https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/thinkeatsave/

 Here something nice to read: taken from here  refreshed link While food is the life force that sustains and connects us, there is no singular way to obtain and harness the vital nutrients within it. We live in an era of many choices when it comes to food and nutrients: starting with the origins of seeds, progressing to the way the plants are grown, and moving up the chain to how food is delivered to our plates. It doesn’t stop there. Moving back down the chain, we make choices about how we deal with food waste, and how it gets recycled back into the food system. These choices have become ever more complex since the days of modern agriculture, 10,000 years ago. Our seemingly individualistic choices have profound effects on our planet and our heath. It all begins with “scale.” If you’re not buying from a local farmer (and there are varying definitions of “local”), chances are that the meal you’re eating has travelled more than 1,500 food miles to get to your plate. This system ...

 Reclaim! Only 9 tickets left (at £10 each) for this lovely meal highlighting the issues surrounding food waste and what we are doing about it, which we are proud to sponsor with great food, along with This Is Not A Take Away, Feeding the 5000 and the People’s Kitchen Dalston. More details below, here is the link to TINATA’s website: http://thisisnotatakeaway.com/event/february/ ‘Tinata Presents: Reclaim! This month Tinata wants to tell you the story about how much delicious food goes wasted in UK and around the world every day. And to do so we have teamed up with a bunch of good people who know a lot about it! We are working with Feeding the 5k, Best Before Project, The People’s Kitchen, Bootstrap, Merci Marie and many shops and businesses to prepare a yummy four-course freegan dining experience for you. All ingredients will be saved from oblivion and combined by a chef, artists, friends, Tinata’s team and why not…YOU! The meal will set the basis of a discussion about the reclamat...

I met Hilary Whitwell when I was picking up food and snacks for the jam from the Best Before Project, where she is one of the core organisers, and we had a chance to talk in the traffic. What is your background and what made you decide to set out on your mission? I am a physiotherapist by background who stumbled and then fell head first into this project. About 2 years ago I was at a Tai Chi workshop and during one of the breaks I idly picked up a magazine. In it was an interview of Mark Boyle who lives without money and has set up skills sharing website called http://www.justfortheloveofit.org. I joined the network and a few months later Voytek Stando, the founder of Best Before Project, put out an appeal for people interested in setting up a group to stop perfectly good food being thrown away just because it is past its ‘best before’ date. Can you describe a couple of high and low points on the way? There have been very few low points but there have definitely been some ‘what on eart...