2025 Food for Thought

Food related issues and innovations

Hot Topics

Beer made from surplus pasta! Beyond Belief Brewing produce craft beers using surplus fresh pasta to replace half the traditional malted barley, reducing both food waste and the environmental impact of the brewing process.

Local horticulturalist and author Charles Dowding is the pioneer of modern no-dig and organic soil management in the UK. In his new book Compost – Transform Waste into New Life he explains how to use your kitchen and garden waste to make homemade compost.

FareShare is a British charity network that aims to relieve food poverty and reduce food waste in the UK, by taking good quality surplus food from across the food industry and distributing it to nearly 8,000 charities and community groups.

Root Connections is a community garden that runs a local vegetable box delivery scheme and cut flower subscription service. Our mission is to help end rural homelessness and to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable adults.

Shepton Mallet Community Fridge is a community fridge, freezer and larder set up to reduce food waste in Shepton Mallet.

SWEDA is a local charity that supports people with eating disorders in the South and West of England. In the UK, an estimated 1.25 million people are living with eating disorders, with a disproportionate number of young people affected.

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