Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

Photo: Friends of the Earth International

European banks, pension funds and insurance companies are increasing global hunger and poverty. They are speculating on food prices and financing land grabs in poorer countries, according to a new report by Friends of the Earth Europe.

Ecological footprints are a way of working out how much of an impact on the environment we make. How people live their lives affects the amount of resources they use and the levels of pollution that create.

Here are some things you can do to reduce your footprint:

Local people enjoy a free curry at the Feed Cardiff event. Photo by Phil Martin

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Grow your own on an allotment. Photos: Lyndsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Growing your own food is healthy, fun and good for the environment.

August is a time for enjoying the harvest, this year we are picking a lot of food both off our allotment and in the wilder abandoned plots where blackberries have taken a hold. Squash, courgettes, cucumbers, beans, potatoes, tomatoes, salads and herbs are all proliferating.

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The meat and the dairy industry produces more climate-changing emissions than every plane, train and car on the planet. The food chain links factory farms in the UK to the rainforests of South America where huge soy plantations are wiping out wildlife and making climate change worse.

Compost bins at Centre for Alternative Technology
Photo: Lyndsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Making your own compost is satisfying and good for the garden as well as the environment. Best of all, compost is free. You can make it without spending a penny.

Cardiff's Real Food Market

Food and farming in the UK faces a stark choice. Do we continue to put profit first? Or adopt practices that safeguard the future of what we eat and those who provide it.

If we let them the Government, biotech industry and supermarkets will decide for us. It's time to put your foot down.