Food

Do you want to help make Manchester a leading city in the fight against climate change? If you do then help our city by joining the campaign to change the way we eat.

Much of the meat we consume – including British meat – is from animals raised on feed grown in areas where rainforest has been cleared. So just by eating a rainforest-free diet you’ll be helping to save our beautiful planet. By eating local food, and eating less poor quality meat, we are becoming part of a movement to prevent climate change.

Our Meat Free Monday campaign is aiming to work in Manchester to reduce the consumption of poor quality meat, and encouraging the city to start eating local food. Go to the Meat Free Monday page for an overview of the campaign.

At present much of the food we eat is imported from other parts of the world, but living on local food would benefit the communities around us – as well as reducing the air miles of our food. It’s also cheaper to eat local, but the goverment gives £700 million of taxpayers money to big food businesses, which is why it is cheaper for shops to import food instead.

Contact rachel@manchesterfoe.org.uk or al@manchesterfoe.org.uk for more information.

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Food campaigns meeting 23 Feb

The Food campaigns team will be developing the Taste before Beauty campaign (see www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/tastebeforebeauty) and stating to plan activities for the Manchester Food and Drink festival. Continue reading

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MYO: Learn the art of ‘making your own’ beer

If you would like to learn how to make your own beer in time for the festive celebrations (and beyond)  then pop along to the Green Fish centre on Tuesday 15th November, where James, a Manchester Friends of the Earth … Continue reading

6th October 2011 News Release: Local food campaigners call on supermarkets to put ‘taste before beauty’!

On Sunday 9th October, Manchester Friends of the Earth food campaigners will be asking visitors to the Manchester Food and Drink Festival [1] to take the ‘taste before beauty’ challenge by trying a variety of apples and deciding which ones … Continue reading

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‘taste before beauty’ food campaign

The ‘taste before beauty’ campaign aims to highlight the avoidable food waste that is created when supermarkets reject large amounts of food because it is not cosmetically perfect.

Recipe Competition – Denitsa Chuh Leva – Fresh Rice Noodles with Mediterranean Veg.

Veg: 3 coloured peppers, carrots, courgettes, ionion Slice the peppers into long thin strips, do the same with the carrots and chop the courgettes into cubes. Chop the onions into cubes Put a little oil (sunflower) in a frying pan … Continue reading

Recipe Competition – Richard Lane – Asparagus Risotto

Serves 2 Steam asparagus stems for 10 mins and set aside Fry 1 onion in olive oil for 10 mins until golden Add 150g of risotto rice and stir for 2 mins Add 500ml of vegetable stock slowly over 20 … Continue reading

Recipe Competition – Julie – Chick Pea & Sweet Potato Curry

Fry onions and garlic in a little oil Add green pepper (sliced) and small chunks of sweet potato Add cumin seeds, fresh coriander, chilli, ginger (generous amounts, fresh if possible) Add stock (veg of course!) and black onion seeds if … Continue reading

Recipe Competition – Anonymous – Wild Mushroom Stroganoff

Cook onions and garlic- Add cream and small amount of butter- Oven cook mushroms so flavour  releases- Add the mushrooms and fresh herbs- Serve with cumin rice and french beans