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Track 3: The food Waste Trail

VDD: Moments, Mindfulness, Meditation

July 7, 2020 by Rima

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Moments, Mindfulness, Meditation

Thursday 29th July 21:10 – 21:40

Mindfulness simply means paying attention to our experience in the present moment, on purpose and with an attitude of kindly acceptance. Join Suzette as she ends the virtual discussions with time to reflect, be calm and to prepare your mind for the journey of a peaceful sleep.

Suzette Jones (MSc, RN) is a Registered Nurse and a Health & Wellbeing Adviser who delivers and facilitates training, talks and support groups on a range of health and social issues to the faith, voluntary and statutory sectors. A lifelong Christian meditator and Mindfulness teacher of over ten years she facilitates sessions which are open to all, regardless of faith or none.
Mindfulness practice can be found in a range of settings including health, education, and business. Each session is bespoke to those attending in time and content and will include some simple exercises that use our natural human capacity such as observing breathing, walking, speaking to reduce stress and aid our mental & physical well-being.

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Filed Under: Eco-Festival, Pre-Recorded, Track 2: Zero Waste, Track 3: The food Waste Trail Tagged With: Consumerism, Egham Museum, Past, Reduce Waste, zero waste

VDD: The Food Waste Cycle

July 2, 2020 by Rima

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Make Food Last & Eat Great Food

17th July 2020 7-8pm – Free Ticketed Virtual Dinner Discussion + Q&A

The average UK household throws away £355.68 worth of food every year, equating to a startling £9.7billion across the country annually.

According to the research collated in February 2019, 65 per cent of UK adults admit to buying too much food that ends up being thrown away, with London and Newcastle reporting the highest rates of food waste.

Source: https://resource.co/article/study-reveals-uk-wastes-97-billion-food-each-year
Advocacy | FEBA
Image from: https://www.eurofoodbank.org/en/advocacy

As Christians we give thanks for our food and pray it blesses our bodies. However, there is a great deal of confusion about how long food can be kept safely.

Some believe we have been programmed to use an artificial date as a means of when to dispose of food products, instead of relying on our natural senses to look, smell and taste. When we grow our own food, we rely on those senses to tell us when food is inedible. Fruit, vegetables and freshly laid eggs taste so much better when you’ve grown it yourself, looked after chickens.

Heather will be sharing tips about growing your own

The Use By Date and the Best Before Date have different meanings. A Use By Date is about safety and a Best Before Date refers to the quality and shelf life of an unopened food product.

Every year, we throw away 7.2 million tonnes of food and drink in the UK, most of which could have been eaten. So think carefully before throwing away food past its “best before” date. The food will be safe to eat after this date but may not be at its best in terms of flavour, texture and nutritional value.

Suzanne from EdAbles Social Kitchen will sharing tips on cooking great food with food that may seem old

For more about food labelling see here: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-labelling-terms/

For handy tips on reducing food waste see here: https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

Janet loves her veg

At the live Q&A session the panel consists of people who are dedicated to reducing food waste from purchasing, to cooking, to preserving to growing your own.

  • Suzanne from EdAble Social Kitchen: her social enterprise creates meals from food that would otherwise be wasted
  • Heather is a professional gardener who will be able to tell you about plants and composting
  • Janet is a veg lover who enjoys cooking and growing veg

Come join us for a free live virtual dinner discussion on making food last and growing food on the 17th July 7-8pm. Register for this event below:

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Filed Under: Eco-Festival, Track 3: The food Waste Trail, Virtual Discussion Tagged With: Food waste, gardening, grow your own, pickling, preserving, ugly foods, vegetables

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