Reasons
- fresher food
- tastier, more flavoursome food
- healthy eating - you are what you eat
- the challenge of creative cooking
- the fun of devising recipes
- experimenting with different combinations of herbs in cooking
- learning to make use of abundant crops eg "What can I do with 50 globe artichokes!"
- Preserving food to extend the season
- sharing local food
- unpolluted or less polluted food
- food with less packaging
- shared meals, including outdoor meals
- discovering new tastes
- using appropriate technology when preparing food
- appreciating ugly veg
- surprises in vegetable boxes
- getting youngsters to appreciate real food
- teaching cooking skills
- learning about how to do more with less when preparing food
- more vitamins from fresher food
- doing stuff for others boosts happiness, doing stuff for others with others, for example when preparing food, boosts happiness even more (ref?)
- the pleasure of shelling peas in the garden on a warm sunny day
- mindfulness via preparing and enjoying local food
- Seasonal treats and specialities (heading: listings, recipes, etc)
- participating in a local food project, for example in learning about preparing food, can increase your learning curve, there is always something new to learn, new challenges
- community activity, for example preparing for a food event: the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
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Headings and topics[edit | edit source]
- recipes, which ties it all together
- what to do with unusual crops
- what to do with sudden abundance
- local food and allergies
Helen: Why I enjoy eating fresh food
Richenda: Using local produce and seasonality
Danielle: Wellbeing aspects of local food
