Food

How to… Grow your own

Are you a vegetable patch virgin? Growing your own veg can be easy and rewarding if you know the basics

Tomatoes growing on vine

How to… have an eco-friendly barbecue

Ruth Harwood gives her top tips on how to green your barbecue

Section:Seasonal

meat cooking on a barbecue grill

How big is your carbon hoofprint?

What does beef have to do with global warming?

Section:Food

Cows: Cows and climate change

Flavour of the month: July

The perfect teatime treat, this moist and fruity cake is easy baking at its best

Section:Seasonal

rasberry and blueberry lime drizzle cake

Puddings and principles: social enterprise eating

We check out some restaurants with a social and environmental conscience

Section:Food

The interior of Fifteen at Cornwall

The perils of packaging

The backlash against unnecessary packaging starts here, says Catherine Conway

Section:Food

Food products: The perils of packaging

60 second guide to... Sustainable fish

Here's what you need to know about eating fish sustainably

Section:Food labelling

Silver fish © Matthew Bowden - Fotolia.com

War on waste

A third of all the food we buy goes into the bin. Here are our top tips to avoid leftovers

Section:Food

Food Waste: Reduce food waste and your carbon footprint

The real price of bottled water

Tap or mineral water? Claudia Cahalane checks out the eco credentials of bottled water

Section:Food

Water bottle: The environmental impact of bottled water