2 weeks live, and we’ve got another 5 new members!
A big warm SOLE Mama welcome to:

ran
hungrygirl
james
dixiebelle
mysticmumma

Please keep spreading the word!

This week SOLE Mama wants to highlight 2 things.

Firstly, we are rallying to get everyone interested in helping to change the law in regards to allowing Cheesemakers to be able to produce Raw Milk Cheeses. Both pg and Sticky have posted about it on their blogs and are hoping other supporters of SOLE food will participate.

In order to effect change, they are asking everyone to email a submission to Food Standards Australia and New Zealand. You just need to copy and paste it into an email addressed to FSANZ. By doing this you will be helping to protect and encourage the production of traditional foods and better still you will send a message that we will not be told what we can and can’t eat.

The submission and further information can be found at SOLE Mama’s blog:

http://solefoodmama.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/raw-milk-cheese-please-act-now/

The other matter is to draw your attention to food wastage.

- Australians are still wasting $6 billion of food each year – enough to feed the entire nation for three weeks. – Current research suggests the majority of food thrown away is fresh fruit and vegetables. – Meat, fish, bread, dairy produce, rice and pasta are all in the ‘top’ most wasted foods. – The two main reasons for food wastage is that people ‘cook or prepare too much’ or ‘don’t use food before its use-by date’. – A 2005 study by The Australia Institute estimated that food waste was costing Australians $5.3 billion per year. – The Australian 2006 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory report stated methane emissions from solid waste disposal on land were equivalent to 13.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. – According to CSIRO data, dumping a kilogram of beef wastes the 50,000 litres of water it took to produce that meat; throwing out a kilogram of white rice will waste 2,385 litres and wasting a kilogram of potatoes costs 500 litres.

pg has blogged about it and you can find out more at:

http://agoddessinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2008/08/food-wastage.html

her post also includes a link to The Notebook competition, where the best suggestions on how to minimize food wastage will be published on the web site, and will go into the chance to win a prize.

In other news, 2 of our members, Gottie and Bluenose, have just returned from a SOLE Safari to Daylesford, and we’re eagerly awaiting more posts about their adventures!

Georgia has a shout out to help her design a dinner party, and Grocer has some hilarious tips on how to stop Office lunch-roaches stealing your goodies from the communal fridge!

Have a great weekend guys, and keep helping us spread the SOLE message!

SOLE Mama!