Environment
Saving the food
My second week of saving food, distributing and delivering to those who can make use of it.
Read MoreBatcombe’s Carbon Footprint Shock
When a group of villagers in Batcombe decided to explore ways of being more environmentally friendly, they discovered a big shock. Using an online carbon footprint tool, Batcombe residents were able to work out that the carbon footprint measure per household in their Parish was over double the amount of the UK average. When compared…
Read MoreFood savings on the door step
This evening I helped deliver food, that would have been thrown away from a busy village shop, to people who could made good use of It. These days shops and supermarkets encourage community groups to take and distribute unsold food. Having “saved” food delivered to people’s homes has advantages for people who can’t leave their…
Read MoreWe need to talk about farming!
While I was out and about in Mendip South recently, I was conversing with a local Dairy Farmer. He told me that he was one of the last Dairy Farmers in the village (where we met) and that many of his generation were leaving farming for good, while younger folk weren’t stepping up into the…
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