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An easy rule of thumb for reducing food miles: buy delicate food locally

Thumbnail image for An easy rule of thumb for reducing food miles: buy delicate food locally August 6, 2007

Don’t you think trying to shop ethically sometimes seems mind-bogglingly complicated? Should I buy the imported but sun-ripened tomatoes from Spain, or the ones from 50 miles away but that have been grown in a heated greenhouse. On the one hand, it is great that the modern world lets us share so much information about these pros and cons … Read the full post

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Decadent fig and rosewater smoothie

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The produce lowest in food miles has to be all of that fabulous fresh stuff so many of you are busy growing in your own back gardens! Lots of people seem to be busy munching through very impressive courgette harvests and there have been some fantastic courgette recipes posted including those from Kalyn, Wendy and Joanna to name just … Read the full post

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Okahijiki (aka land seaweed)

Thumbnail image for Okahijiki (aka land seaweed) June 30, 2007

During my last visit to our lovely local purveyor of organic fruit and vegetables I was offered a special treat, a sample of a new plant they were experimenting with. “Okahijiki – you’ll never remember the name, but it’s also called land seaweed”.

True to prediction, my ability to do an internet search and find out what to … Read the full post

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A Spring Breast of Lamb Recipe with Lemon and Rosemary

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If you’ve read the post just before this one about sustainable lamb farming, you’ll know that I sometimes buy the lamb farmed by the Northmoor Trust at our local farmers market in Oxford (see their picturesque location above). The first time I bought their lamb I bought a pack with 2 rolled breasts of lamb in it; it was both … Read the full post

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