wonky carrots

Why I love wonky carrots

As I was preparing dinner the other night, my husband wandered into the kitchen and looking at the vegetables next to the chopping board said, apropos of nothing — ‘that’s some wonky carrot!’ Indeed, it was. A totally crooked carrot can come as a bit of a shock when you’re used to the produce that…

food sustainability

Biodiversity loss and why our food systems are unsustainable

Our food systems are responsible for the world’s health and nutrition, and provide economic, as well as environmental benefits. But our food systems also have profoundly negative impacts on biodiversity and contribute a significant share of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The bottom line is that our food systems are unsustainable. Globally, the agri-food sector…