Food Contact Chris Hopkins chopkinsx@tiscali.co.uk
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How many miles does the salad in a chain supermarket travel?
What would happen if the chains suddenly ran out of food?
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Small changes - big results.
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Why not buy a bit more locally?
Why not grow some of your own food?
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Ideas to check out:
Try growing something - even start with some herbs!
If you like it, dig a bit more of your garden up. If you love it - get an allotment.
Think about becoming less supermarket dependent:
Use Tring Farmers' Market http://www.tringfarmersmarket.co.uk/ and local food shops.
Swop plastic supermarket bottles for milk deliveries from your milkman.
Buy fruit and veg in season.
Links:
You can find the Tring Guide to Local Produce at www.churchestogetherintring.com/local
Tring Farmers Market is held alternate Saturdays (the same day as the Auction) http://www.tringfarmersmarket.co.uk/
See also an excellent list from Hemel in Transition http://www.hemelintransition.org/food/local-food/
Want to ‘grow your own’ but don’t have enough land? Have spare land that you’d like to share with another grower? Check out the landshare website http://www.landshare.net/
Tring Allotments http://www.tringallotments.org.uk/
RHS website for advice on fruit and veg growing http://www.rhs.org.uk