An article on the environment blog by Mark Boyle on the Guardian website caught my attention and made me really consider the amount of food I do waste and the packaging that comes with it. The article discusses how it is possible to live without money and feed yourself just on what mother nature provides for you. As a student in Birmingham I am always open to ways I can save money especially on food which is where most of my money seems to go but I must say some of the suggestions are a bit out there.

As much as I would love to I don’t have the time to grow food, I’m sure it is very satisfying to grow your own food and to know where it has come from I’m just not sure how feasible the idea is for a student but for a family I think it is a very good idea to not only grow your own food but to also educate children. As pointed out in the article children have become shockingly bad at being able to identify fruit and vegetables when presented with them with shocking suggestions when asked what it is.

A suggestion is to go foraging for food, does automatically make me think of caveman times and in summer will probably be a lot of fun, the cold winters and not so attractive though. They are almost as attractive as the thought of rummaging through skips for food, which is another suggestion.

I think this is all a great idea if you have the time and you feel passionately about helping the environment and don’t mind putting in the effort. I may consider growing my own food when I’m a bit older, have a permanent address and actually own some gardening tools!