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Even the softest of fruit can be used in this recipe, which adds tamarind and chilli to the mix and guarantees to make any cheese plate sing
‘So how, exactly, does throwing away cauliflower leaves or a pack of squishy tomatoes contribute to global warming?” asks Lindsey Harrad in her new book, Living Plantfully. “The link is more direct than you might expect. Global food waste alone is responsible for 8-10% of all greenhouse gas emissions.”
If food is wasted, so are all the resources that went into producing it, including the water and land use (including any potential deforestation), animal feed, fertilisers, pesticides, processing, packaging, transportation, storage and refrigeration. Once it’s sold, you can add to that the personal impact of travelling to and from the shops, home refrigeration and the cooking. Even after a food has been disposed of, it will still produce further emissions and harmful greenhouse gases. Combined, the global food system is responsible for a third of total greenhouse gas emissions.
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