I'm delighted to be working with Organic UK* for a mini-series of podcast episodes to mark Organic September - an annual month long awareness campaign by the Soil Association In collaboration with the Organic Trade Board.

In the same way that 'sustainability' and 'sustainable living' mean different things to different people, 'sustainable eating' will too. With that in mind, we've collated a brilliant panel to discuss what it means to them, the impacts our choices around food have on the planet, and how we as individuals and families can take some simple steps to eat more sustainably. 

Our brilliant panel comprises Melissa Hemsley – self taught cook and author of a stack (technical publishing term..) of amazing cookbooks including her latest Eat Green – based on the 15 most commonly thrown away foods; Ben White from Coombe Farm Organic - an organic farm in Somerset breeding and rearing slow-growing native breeds to produce award-winning meat; and Tim Field, head of sustainability at Daylesford – one of the most sustainable farms in the UK.

Enjoy!

* This is a paid partnership with Organic UK.

This episode was edited by Emily Crosby Media

• Organic UK
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• Organic September
• Melissa Hemsley
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  - Eat Green - Melissa's latest book
  - The Felix Project
• Coombe Farm Organic
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• Daylesford
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• The 'Dirty Dozen' and 'Clean Fifteen' - lists of fruit and veg with the most and least pesticide residues
• Study looking into nutritional values of organic vs non-organic milk
• Research article regarding glyphosphate (a widely used weedkiller) levels in people eating organic and non-organic foods
• City to Sea - Contactless Coffee campaign
• The Sustainable(ish) Facebook group

As with all things Sustainable(ish), organic doesn't have to be 'all or nothing'. No-one is expecting you to covert to 100% organic, and as Harriet points out in the podcast, you'd struggle even if you wanted to, as there are some products that there aren't organic versions of.
But I hope after listening to this episode, and to the others in the Organic September mini-series, you'll be a convert (if you weren't already) to the power that organic farming has to help us to pass on a healthy planet to our kids and grandkids. 
As consumers we have a lot of power to amplify the impact of organic by making some simple swaps. 
Next time you're shopping, can you swap one of your regular products for an organic one? Just imagine the surge in demand if everyone who was able to do this, did it! 

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