Growing even a little produce at home is a positive action towards a greener, rosier future as concerns around climate change and food security abound. No matter the size of our gardens, allotments, patios or windowsills, nurturing our own fruit and veg in a nature-friendly way can make a real difference for us, our plates and the planet. But it can be hard to see how our diet has an impact, so I asked food policy expert, Tim Lang, who is part of Gardeners' World Magazine's Growing Greener campaign panel, to explain.
Tim beleivesthe impact of food consumption on climate change has been played down by policymakers."The evidence on climate change (or global heating) has been building for 30 years," he says. "It's been ignored or downplayed as though a fictional 'someone' will come along and fix it.They won't, but we must. It's roll-upthe-sleeves time - put anxieties to one side and put your emotional, intellectual and practical energies into changing how you eat now as your contribution to action.
"With shop-bought food, you are almost certainly relying on largerscale growing. It will be less fresh, more packaged produce, with much hidden waste. Supermarket contracts force growers to jettison too much. Growing what you can at home always has an advantage over shop-bought groceries. Food systems drive 70 per cent of all water use, 26 per cent of greenhouse gases, most biodiversity loss and provide most jobs on the planet. It's so huge that the evidence has almost blinded policymakers."
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We love June
We're cruising towards midsummer: this is a month full of love and abundance. Wherever you look there will be something in your garden that lifts the spirits and makes you glad to be alive. We have colour to cheer us, we have leaves that still have the bounce and freshness of small puppies, we have the first berries fattening up, there are birds frantically parenting very demanding broods of chicks, the bees are all over the place, it's prime barbecue and picnic season, and we have lawns as lush and green as billiard tables. What a month to fall in love.
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