REGENUARY is a campaign started by Glen Burrows at @ethicalbutcher back in 2020. The idea was to get more people to consider the impact of the food they eat. The campaign focuses not so much on telling someone what to eat or what diet they should have, but rather where our food comes from. Instead of going to a supermarket the aim is to shop locally, seasonally and sustainably.
The best thing we can do in terms of lowering the carbon footprint of our diet is to #buybritish produce grown and farmed on our shores; even better if it can be organic or from a farm that supports regenerative farming methods.
Some of my favorites that I have tried include:
Every life has an impact and all animal-based life on earth feeds on other life in one form or another. The vast majority of everything we eat comes from agriculture with some foods such as wild fish and game being harvested from nature.
Agriculture is the controlled practice of cultivating plants and livestock, and this practice varies hugely in its impact, from very high impact, through to sustainable and through to positive impact. Regenerative agriculture as I have mentioned a number of times is a key piece of the puzzle in not just tackling climate change but also ecosystem preservation, large scale flooding events, a decentralized food system, profitable farming and lastly improving human health.
Regenuary is not just a campaign, it’s a movement. A movement we can all be a part of...
The Ethical Butcher have got lots of resources over on their site that will help you — there’s a link here if you need it.
One of areas I struggle to be sustainable with the most is in terms of where my food comes from and what companies I buy from. This is something I am hoping to address through the whole of this year not just January, finding different and better places to buy local produce and support farmers who have made the decision to farm in a more sustainable way.
This comes as the UK has just signed multiple trade deals that are going to significantly impact both the health of our population and animal welfare in the UK. Meat is not bad for the environment but many large scale farming methods are and what is bad for the environment is bad for human health.
Make sure you check out @ethicalbutcher on Instagram and keep in touch with me on there too @miss.brocklehurst
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