The GLA and the London Development Agency have released a new report about how much greenhouse gas is accounted for by our food.
In London, it says, our eating habits cause nearly 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gases - including CO2, methane and nitrous oxide. A great deal of that is in its production and transport. Another great reason to start growing your own food - and if you can't get an allotment or don't have a garden, to sign up for our garden-sharing scheme.
Related to this, our upcoming film screening shows the incredible potential of urban agriculture: Havana now produces more than half of its vegetable needs inside the city itself. Londoners eat 8 billion meals a year and just 2 million of those are accounted for by food grown on allotments, so we have some way to go to approach Havana's self-reliance - not surprising when we have 100,000 people on allotment waiting lists nationwide, itching to have get dirt under their nails but still frustrated.
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