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Stuck on what to give the eco-friendly foodie in your life? Here's a selection of sustainable feel-good gifts for Christmas that are sure to impress well beyond the big day itself.
Critters for Christmas
How about getting a head start and teaching your foodie how to cook with the insect protein we should all be eating by 2050. Try an online cooking course from Atlas Obscura: Cooking Insect-Based Dishes With Joseph Yoon, or introduce them to world of bug-nibbling with On Eating Insects, a book by Josh Evans, Michael Bom Frøst and Roberto Flore. Better still, try encouraging them to start their own desktop insect hive (pictured below) in their kitchen, and grow their own.
Adopt a cow
For the gift that keeps on giving, try adopting a cow. With this farmer-run initiative from Italy, you can receive butter and cheese made from your adopted cow's milk, delivered to your front door, every month, for the entire duration of the adoption. Find out more.
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Fund-a-tree gift box
Greek forests took a battering during the wildfires last summer. Proceeds of this fund-a-tree gift box, including a selection of Odysea olives and olive oils hamper, will be donated to help plant trees in all affected areas. Find out more at odysea.com.
Countertop dehydrator
If you know someone who likes experimenting in the kitchen, a countertop dehydrator is a great way to extend the shelf life of fruit and vegetable favourites. Perfect for making packable snacks for travel and hiking. Check out all our tips and recipes for dehydrating.
Fermentation kit
Encourage your foodie friends to get into the habit of pickling with an all-encompassing fermentation kit.
Support your favourite restaurants
Support your local restaurants and get your favourite foodie a voucher for their most beloved local restaurant, or a t-shirt that says they've been there. Find out more.
Refillable coffee pods
For guilt-free coffee pods for your friends, help them stock up on home-compostable fill-them-yourself coffee pods.
Home composter
Oklin’s dinky electric home composter machine turns food waste into nutrient-rich soil amendment in 24-hours, making it the perfect addition to your forward-thinking eco-geek friend's kitchen.
Gift the best chef in the world
Ditte Isager
Chef René Redzepi's new book, Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine, arrives just in time for Christmas. Give your friends the gift of the visionary at the helm of the groundbreaking 'number one restaurant in the world', Noma, and champion of all things seasonal, local and foraged. Available through Phaidon.
Zwilling 'Fresh & Save' vacuum sealer system
Let your friends love their leftovers a little bit more in the new year by keeping them up to five times longer with this nifty vacuum-sealing system complete with dishwasher-safe storage containers.
Organic cotton food storage bags
For an easy and useful stocking filler, these handy organic cotton bags are great for storing fruit and veg. After all, you can never have enough storage.
Give the gift of bees
Become a beekeeper with a beehive starter kit and enjoy homemade honey.
