Reducing the amount of food wasted in the UK will tackle issues of food poverty and climate damage, argues Rosa Uijtewaal, however it requires a shift in cultural attitudes towards food, not just information provision.

Rough sleeping in Greater Manchester rose by 41 per cent in the last year according to latest figures

Milo Diduca investigates the root causes of the UK’s food wastage crisis and asks what we can do to help

Reclaiming Indian food from the white gaze is vital to eradicate the risk of erasing Indian culture. Without it, the West continues to profit off its super foods and plant-based recipes rooted in Indian heritage.

Use these simple tricks to stop your food going mouldy

Want Not Waste, Manchester’s first student-run, plastic-free shop and wider project, celebrates three years of positive change on campus.

Rhiannon Ingle shares her top tips for shopping healthy and consciously

Scientists at The University of Manchester have made a breakthrough discovery that could move away from fossil fuel usage to a more sustainable and less harmful alternative

Becky Mundill volunteered at FareShare and shares her experience volunteering for the food distribution charity

We chat to two student volunteers at the Students’ Union’s student run zero-waste shop ‘Want Not Waste’

Contributor Elena Bradley celebrates Black History Month by detailing The Groundnut Cookbook, the book to celebrate Duval Timothy, Jacob Fodio Todd and Folayemi Brown’s supper club that brought the African food of their heritage to UK streets

Save money for yourself and save the planet with Want Not Waste, the new zero-waste store in the SU

The shop is in its “experimental” phase, with a full launch scheduled for January 2019

This week, Sainsbury’s puts ‘barbecue flavoured crickets’ on their shelves across Manchester. Could insects be the answer for our environmental issues?

Read about the changes to food on The University of Manchester’s campus and whether more can be done to help students in their day to day lives

Producing a lot of waste is an inevitable aspect of student life, but can the waste be better managed through recycling and shopping considerately?

Sources suggest that the fermentation/pickling process, buying hyper-local produce to minimise environmental impact, healthy fast food and snacks, and booze-free food and drink are all popular trends during 2018. The trends of fermentation/pickling and buying from the most localised sources indicate a fashionable step into Britain’s agricultural past. What can we, in 2018, learn from […]

A Manchester food festival aiming to reduce food waste