Ideas for your crop

Many thanks to the chefs at Echo Food and Whatley Manor Hotel for these recipes.  
Download and cook and let us know how you get on. 
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Whatley Manor - Apple Day 2021 recipes
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Apple varieties

At Apple Day 2021, we presented a selection of locally grown apples and asked people to try to match them with the name of the variety.  This is the quiz answer sheet and gives a glimpse at the 1000s of varieties of apples that exist.  There are also some useful links for finding out more.​ 
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Useful Links

The links between food and climate change

Useful facts in graphical form here from CGIAR (an international partnership of research centres for agriculture): https://ccafs.cgiar.org/bigfacts

COP26 - fighting climate change​

In 2021, the UK is hosting the COP26. This is a global event, a conference to try to find ways to prevent dangerous climate change.  Here is the official website, including COP26 Explained.
Food production and consumption usually contributes to climate change, and climate change will have serious impacts for food production, so of which we are already seeing.  The outcomes from the COP26 are significant for both of these.

Reducing food waste

Food production and food waste produce climate change-inducing greenhouse gases.  There are a lots of things we can all do to reduce the impact of food on the climate and help protect resources.
Here are some helpful links:
https://lovefoodhatewaste.com/why-save-food