by Laura | Nov 7, 2017 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
What is the most sustainable meat? If you choose to eat meat, and you care for the environment and care for your own health, I bet you’ve wondered “what is the best meat to eat”? It’s a question I’m asked a lot, particularly by my Self Sufficiency in the Suburbs...
by Laura | Sep 28, 2017 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
If you have a pantry that’s brimming with food, much of which that’s been sitting there for a while. Or if you regularly find yourself tossing out stale or soiled food from your pantry, then this post is for you. I’m chatting about simple actions you can take to...
by Laura | May 30, 2017 | Zero Waste Home
In a world where famine and hunger are a daily battle for millions of people, the need to reduce food waste, and indeed the concept of food waste, can be difficult to comprehend. However the statistics on the volumes of food wasted are alarming. Roughly one third of...
by Laura | Sep 27, 2016 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
There’s no denying that meat has been an important component of the human diet since the beginning of our existence, but modern meat production methods are having a significant impact on our environment. In previous blog posts we heard from Joel Salatin of Polyface...
by Laura | Jun 1, 2016 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
So you may be trying to eat a healthy, unprocessed diet and do the ‘right thing’ by your body, but are you making the right choices when it comes to the environment? In this post I’ll share some of my best tips on sustainable eating including what is the most...