The Christmas sustainability story behind our wasted sprouts

Louise Gray
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As we enter a time of giving, Louise Gray explores how redistributing Christmas excess to charity - right down to our seasonal sprouts - could help cut food waste

What is your favourite part of Christmas dinner? Is it the turkey? The pigs in blankets? The cranberry sauce? The chestnut stuffing? One thing for sure, I bet it is not the Brussel sprouts? Since our...

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