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Plus, five other tips to get more fruit and vegetables in your diet on a budget.
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You’re not alone if you find salads and vegetables bitter to taste. The good news is our taste buds adapt after time.
Households that produced their own fruit and veg wasted 95% less than the average UK household.
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Those who grow their own food in gardens and allotments waste less and eat more healthily – but not everyone has the chance to do so.
You can help wildlife in your garden thrive if you just stop doing several simple things.
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Your less manicured garden has the potential to combat tackle climate change and help wildlife survive.
Farmed landscapes have become less hospitable habitats for insects.
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Farms have become less friendly for our insect friends – this must be reversed if we want food to eat.
Walkley Bank Allotments, Sheffield, UK.
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Maintaining a diversity of insects may be key for crop pollination in cities.
Freezing lowers the amount of nutrients lost after harvesting.
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Fresh fruits and vegetables actually lose nutrients as soon as they’re picked.
A combination of bad weather and transport problems has seen UK supermarket shelves left bare of tomatoes and other fresh produce.
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UK supermarket shelves have been left bare of fresh produce in recent weeks – growing more fruit and veg in cities could reduce the severity of future shortages.
‘Ugly’ produce might be just as delicious but still gets rejected based on looks.
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Selling misshapen, bruised fruit and vegetables that are not a standard size requires a supply chain rethink, according to research.
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Not all fruit and vegetables need to be peeled. In fact, a lot of nutrients are lost when we peel them.
Supermarkets are beginning to remove date labels on fruit and veg to tackle the food waste issue.
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British households waste nearly 32% of all purchased food items per year.
Only 3% of UK households eat homegrown fruit and vegetables.
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Helping more city-dwellers to grow their own fruit and veg could improve health, wellbeing and food security for growing populations.
Primary and secondary school students who ate five servings of fruit or veg daily had better mental wellbeing.
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One in ten secondary school students didn’t eat a single serving of fruits or vegetables daily.
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We developed a healthy lunchbox program. Here, we provide parents with ideas for swapping unhealthy foods kids might like to healthier ones comparable on cost, taste, texture and preparation time.
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Pandemic border restrictions are keeping seasonal crop pickers from the Pacific out of New Zealand. Would adapting the quarantine system help?
Muscle mass is important for maintaining health and being active during older age.
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The vitamin could also protect against sarcopenia, which affects more than 50 million people globally.
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A gardening supply shortage during the pandemic showed our ill-preparedness to grow our own food. Permanent backyard veggie gardens can help us survive the next crisis, and provide everyday benefits.
Researchers May Nango, Djaykuk Djandjomerr and S. Anna Florin collecting plants in Kakadu National Park. Reproduced with permission of Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation.
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Charred plant remains from one of the oldest archaeological sites reveal that the first Australians ate a varied - and sometimes labour-intensive - diet.
Bigger, bigger, biggest.
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Have you recently harvested a big fruit from your garden? Here an expert’s tips on how to go from jumbo to gargantuan with your tomatoes.
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A seasonal diet could reconnect people with nature’s rhythms.