Food Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Wed, 31 Jul 2024 07:49:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Food Archives - Positive News 32 32 Rising and shining: one woman’s mission to demystify the baking of bread https://www.positive.news/society/rising-and-shining-one-womans-mission-to-demystify-the-baking-of-bread/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:12:17 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488346 After baking bread lifted her out of a deep depression, Kitty Tait resolved to share the benefits of an honest, unprocessed, crust

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]]> From kimchi to kefir: why ancient wisdom on food fermentation remains good for our gut https://www.positive.news/environment/food/why-ancient-wisdom-on-food-fermentation-remains-good-for-our-gut/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:11:51 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=484990 A brief history of our favourite fermented foods – and why we should probably all be eating more of them

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]]> What went right this week: how to ‘slow’ time, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-17-of-2024/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:00:21 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=478335 Scientists revealed how to ‘slow’ time, a factory grew ‘food out of thin air’, and lazy gardeners boosted butterflies, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: shielding children from social media, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-13-of-2024/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:00:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=475421 Florida shielded children from social media, Scotland passed a ‘momentous’ wildlife bill, and a diet offered climate hope, plus more

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]]> Is this the blueprint for a food bank that’s more human? https://www.positive.news/society/is-this-the-blueprint-for-a-food-bank-thats-more-human/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:36:31 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=475179 Through the ways they connect communities, these hubs go further, and could form a model for others

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]]> ‘I cook from the heart’ – UK’s first black female Michelin-starred chef https://www.positive.news/society/uk-first-black-female-michelin-starred-chef/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:44:13 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=475121 Adejoké Bakare hopes she might inspire a new generation of chefs from diverse backgrounds

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]]> Six ways to head towards a zero-waste home kitchen https://www.positive.news/society/how-to-head-towards-a-zero-waste-home-kitchen/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:29:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=471646 Reaching zero-waste in a home kitchen can feel an impossible ambition. Here are six ways to begin

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]]> Thinking outside the bin at the world’s first zero-waste restaurant https://www.positive.news/environment/zero-waste-restaurant-silo/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:58:54 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=471586 Waste is a failure of the imagination, goes the adage at Silo: the world’s first zero-waste restaurant

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]]> Full of beans: how eating pulses can change you and the world https://www.positive.news/society/how-eating-pulses-can-change-you-and-the-world/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:32:25 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=470149 Pulses and legumes are a win for people and the planet. Here are some varieties to look out for, and ideas about what to do with them

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]]> Really wild diets are found to boost foragers’ health https://www.positive.news/environment/really-wild-diets-are-found-to-boost-foragers-health/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:56:22 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=465605 A recent citizen science study suggests that eating foraged food could improve gut health, blood sugar and BMI

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