The benefits of beans, lentils and other pulses go beyond the belly.
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Today’s production of more, better food from the same amount land means that tomorrow’s population may not go hungry.
A healthy diet can help to reduce your risk of heart disease.
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Both diets can help to lower cholesterol, but which is better?
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Mindful eating can help to reduce emotional eating and promotes the consumption of smaller portions and fewer calories.
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Cats and dogs in the UK eat billions of tonnes of meat every year, but insect pet food could change this.
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Even if there are delays, Britain produces half of the food it consumes and trade with the EU will not stop overnight.
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Victorian Britain laid the foundations for today’s overconsumptive meat industry. Might it also show us a way out?
Conservation doesn’t have to be at odds with agriculture.
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Agriculture and the environment don’t need to be at odds with each other. They are more closely interdependent than we realize.
Your tongue has special parts, bundled together as taste buds, that pick up flavour. But your other senses also help your brain work out how something tastes.
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Your tongue, saliva and nose work together to help you taste your food.
Shaun Krijnen, seashore gatherer and Director of Menai Oysters and Mussels.
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In a world where products are just a few clicks away, foragers continue to seek out their food.
Honey bees are the most important single species for crop pollination.
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Research shows that managed honey bees may pose a threat to free roaming honey bee populations.
Food education takes place in preschools, primary schools and secondary schools, though in different ways and to different degrees.
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Food education in Australia tends to be patchy, and doesn’t fully met the present and future life needs of students and their families.
A keeper?
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What to do with those Christmas dinner leftovers.
Christmas dinner time!
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Follow these food safety tips to keep everyone happy and healthy this festive season.
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In the UK the equivalent of four million Christmas dinners are wasted every year.
Craft chocolate is on the rise.
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The chocolate industry is undergoing significant change at the moment, both for better and worse. Here are three trends on the positive side of things.
Cover of the menu for the AIF Christmas Dinner, Hotel Cecil, London, in 1916. Illustration by Fred Leist.
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For Australians serving overseas in WWI, Christmas was particularly difficult. Menus reveal how soldiers tried to maintain the traditions of home.
Go ahead Santa, take a cookie without guilt.
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Most Americans underestimate how many calories nutritionists recommend they consume each day, which means maybe you can probably have one more treat without feeling guilty.
Delicious, nutritious… and emissions-intensive.
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Most consumers underestimate the greenhouse emissions associated with different foods. But environmental labels, similar to existing nutrition information, can help us make lower-impact choices.
Can I get away with this amount of presents?
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Getting into the Christmas spirit means buying stuff. But how much is too much?
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Turkey, pigs in blankets, potatoes, parsnips, carrots, Brussels spouts and cranberries – which are safe and which aren’t?