Archbishop of Canterbury urges families to grow their own food
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has urged families to tackle climate change by growing fruit and vegetables in their gardens and allotments instead of buying produce flown thousands of miles.
The carbon footprint of peas from Kenya and other airfreighted food was too high and families should not assume that all types of food would be available through the year, he said.
Dr Williams also called for more land to be set aside for allotments, to encourage people to connect with what they eat and move away from a consumer-driven lifestyle....
