There are so many shows and blogs about food how much we love it, celebrate it, seek it, share it however how many of us try to save it?
Imagine the role Materchef could play in preserving our planet with all that viewing exposure. Sadly money talks and in the speed for sponsorship television is reluctant to invest the time to challenge sponsors to produce ethically and responsibly paying the farmer the true price for their food and buying locally. The future of our food is at risk and with it the traditional skills and culture integral to it.
We are encouraged to shop at Farmers’ Markets and buy local but this is just the top soil so to speak and the issues run deep.We need to ensure we have farmers and we are losing them because of the prices paid to them and the threat of cheap imports and the difficulties of drought and the other impacts of climate change.
You can help with every mouthful - changing out purchasing behaviour, learning how to substitute imported for local ingredients in receipes,when it makes sense to, demand GM free save food and challenge the amount of packaging used. Take time to learn about how your food was produced, discover the true price for food, how much it costs the health of the planet to produce it. Grow when you can and share when you have too much. I switch off to the elections collectively people can create change with more power than any party and safeguard their future.
Today I want to create a buzz about bees. We all love honey it is hard not to sweet and sensory it is nectar for our souls. Our bees are at risk.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXpnrV1IzTY Learn more…
We are losing species of food on the planet which are having huge consequences for the future of the food. Often referred to as ‘flying fertilizer’, bees are an essential part of our farmed and wild food and flora ecosystem, pollinating a third of what we eat, from apples and raspberries to barley and beans. A decline in diverse plants species on which to feed may be causing a similar decline in bee survival. (more…)
