Gardening organically is a good way to ensure that the food and plants you grow are free of pesticides or chemicals. Using pesticides and chemicals to kill pests can be harmful to the animals who feed on them and have a wider detrimental impact on the environment. Michael Bright is… Read More »organic gardening – top tips!
With the weather finally warming up, it’s easy to forget that food can perish more quickly at home. Shockingly about 30% of all food produced globally goes to waste, and in the UK over 60% of this waste occurs at home. Here are a few ideas to keep… Read More »Preventing food waste in the warm weather
Throughout January our Instagram account featured a number of small steps you can take to help make positive choices for a healthier lifestyle and healthier planet. If you missed them, here’s a quick summary to get up to speed!
If you’re entertaining over Christmas there can be a lot of work involved in preparing everyone’s favourite festive dishes. Here are a few tips and tricks to lighten the load and help you get ahead with the Christmas cooking, and also to think about the most energy efficient… Read More »Get ahead with Christmas cooking
So much of what we are encouraged to buy in the run up to Christmas tends to be single use or plastic based, so here are a few things you could start saving through November and December to lower your environmental impact over the festive season!
Planning your weekly meals in advance has several advantages: However, planning for a family with different dietary requirements can be a real challenge; it can feel demotivating trying to find a meal that works for everyone. Below are a number of suggestions and strategies to assist with trying… Read More »Family meal planning for multiple diets
We’ve put together some useful tips that you can use to make the most of the materials and possessions you already own, and collated some questions that you can ask before you buy something new to make sure you are reducing the impact of your decision on the planet.
Here at True Food we have been supporting the world-wide initiative of Plastic Free July. Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution by cutting down on single-use plastics. The poster below suggests various, easy ways in… Read More »Reducing Plastic Use
If you want to buy plastic free, zero waste organic foods and ethical household and body care refills, we can help you. We stock over 90 zero waste organic foods and a wide range of ethical household and body care products, you can browse our ranges or download… Read More »Helping you reduce single use plastics
Have Fun With Refills!? Why not bring the kids to True Food Co-op in Emmer Green. Make an activity of it – put aside a box of used plastic bottles and containers – get the kids to clean them! Then come down to True Food and have some… Read More »Shopping with a Difference
