Welcome

Welcome to issue 24 of Green Kids magazine, this issue is all about local food. Did you know that our food is travelling further than ever before, often thousands of miles from where it was made? This means that more fuel is used and therefore more pollution from the trucks, lorries and planes used to carry our food from one place to another. We can choose to eat as much local food as possible, which reduces the impact on the environment. Find out how.

What ar efood mi les? Food mile s are a m easure of how far ou r food has to travel from the place it wa s grown to our plate. The furthe r it has to come, the more en ergy it tak esto transpo rt it.

fact Ev entho ugh th e UK is abl e to gr ow lettuces th rou gho ut t he year, we impo rt n ear ly half our lettu ces fr om other coun tri es,like Spai n.

Contents:

3 All about food miles 4 The local food game 6 Green Kids pinboard 7 In the kitchen 8 Earth Friendly Kids

WIN a solar helicopter Send us your drawings and poems and you could win one of these fantastic solar powered helicopters. We have three, worth £18.50 to give away kindly donated by Holz Toys (www.holz-toys.co.uk). Please send entries to the address below.

Editor Melissa Corkhill Design Jez Harris. Green Kids is printed on recycled paper using vegetable based inks. To write to us: Green Kids, PO Box 104, Lewes, BN7 9AX Tel: 01825 872858 Website: www.thegreenparent.co.uk • With thanks to Fi Bird for the recipes.