Peter Richardson said on October 6, Coffee takes seconds to make and the ingredients cost pennies — good bread takes a long time to make and the ingredients cost about 70p per loaf. As I sit here, a batch of sourdough next to me is proving on the waste heat from a renewable energy powered web server! I now bake an extra loaf each week to give to a friend, who pays for the flour. Chris Vernon said on October 8, Sounded like a good setup you had with your neighbour.
There should be a lot of that going on. I also like your point about the coffee. Why are so many folk perfectly happy to spend more on a cup of coffee than a decent loaf of bread? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Why What How. How much should a loaf of bread cost?
Blog home. Posted Oct 4 by Dave Darby of Lowimpact. Total Facebook Twitter 0 Pinterest 0. Is this the best way to get our wheat? Share this: Twitter Facebook. Subscribe to our blog. Receive email notifications of new posts. Related articles. How superstores destroy jobs and local resilience How we got olive oil from a small farm in Portugal brought over in a sailboat by a co-operative based in Brighton — and how you can do the same Campaign to develop the Community-Supported Agriculture CSA Network in the UK The number of people with allergies is rising rapidly; but 10 times as many people believe that they have allergies, when in fact they don't If you're not exactly 'time-rich', here's how you can change society with your money as well as your actions Suggested campaign to remove unnecessary regulations from independent businesses Well done for fighting food waste, Hugh; but let's take it a step further.
Related topics. Very good read. However, recent studies show that producing the staple food affects the environment. According to a study published in Nature , food production and consumption of bread cause approximately one-third of the total greenhouse grass emissions in the atmosphere.
If this continues, there would be an impact in environmental sustainability. Ultimately, humans would be the end recipient of the harmful effects caused by the irresponsible and unsustainable production of the basic commodity. One way to help mitigate greenhouse effects for even just a little bit is to opt for loaves of bread made from wheat that did not grow by using chemical fertilizers.
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