Food

Tired of paying supermarket prices for food?  Worried about what is in your food?  Want to purchase food that has travelled less food miles?  Check out some of our tips below.

• Try to buy in season local fruit. It will be fresher and will have travelled less miles. Plus it will be supporting local growers.

• Only buy what you need. You don’t want to be throwing food out at the end of the week

• Avoid buying products with excessive packaging. Do you really need to buy pre-wrapped lettuce?

• Take your own mug to work or to your favourite coffee takeout.  Ask them to fill that up rather than get a disposable cup.

• Keep your fruit in the fridge and only have a few pieces in the fruit bowl. It will keep longer.

• Support your local growers by visiting your local farmers market. It will save you money and the food tastes great. The food has also travelled less food miles to get to you.

• Visit you local butcher and fruit and vegetable shops - they are often cheaper and/or better quality.

• Grow your own fruit and vegetables. You can't get fresher than from your garden.  You know what you are getting, it is good for you and the family, and it tastes great too!  The kids are more likely to eat it if they helped to grow it, so get them involved.

• Eat less red meat.  Red meat production requires a lot of water, and our agricultural industry is one of the largest producers of the dangerous greenhouse gasses methane.

• Cook your meals from scratch rather than buying ready meals.  Not only will it taste better, but it will be better for you, and eliminates a lot of packaging.

• If the food will last, buy in bulk.  It will usually work out cheaper as you are not paying for as much packaging and handling costs.
  
  
   

Last page update: July 2010