• How to Reduce Your Meat and Dairy Consumption

    Veganuary, veganism – it’s everywhere! Whilst milk, after all, is meant for calves and animals are being mistreated, it is easier said than done to go vegan after seeing one, most likely, sponsored Youtuber talk about it for fifteen minutes. However, you don’t have to go vegan to help...
  • Rosa’s Recommendation of the Week: Oscar and Rosie’s

    Nestled just between Hockley and Lace Market, Oscar and Rosie’s is the place to go if you’re looking for fuss-free yet fantastic pizza. At first sight I was slightly concerned we had got the wrong place because, frankly, the outside looks like a children’s day-care centre, however don’t let...
  • The Breakfast of Champions – Banana Oat Pancakes

    With pancake day rapidly approaching, there’s no better time to try a new and improved pancake recipe. This recipe substitutes the conventional flour, milk and egg batter for a plant-based batter. Ingredients: This recipe makes approximately six pancakes. For the batter: 1 cup oats 1 teaspoon coconut oil 190ml...
  • Meet the Team and Their Pancake Toppings

    Pancake Day is undoubtedly the most sacred day of the year – pancakes are so flippin’ good. Some of the team at Impact  have shared their favourite pancake toppings.  Name: Inga Becker-Hansen Position: Science Editor  Pancake Topping: Mushrooms, spinach and pancetta A speciality of my household are savoury pancakes as they are...
  • Rosa’s Recommendation of the Week: Dolce

    Going out for a meal to celebrate a friend’s birthday, this hidden gem of a small, family-run Italian restaurant, located right opposite the Broadway cinema in the Hockley area of the city centre, was a great experience. The staff were warm and welcoming, the atmosphere intimate and enchanting, the...
  • Slaughter-free meat: a sci-fi nightmare or an innovative solution?

    Food technology is rapidly evolving, as is our relationship to the food we eat and its impact on our bodies and on the planet. Slaughter-free meat might just be the solution we’re waiting for, but what is it, and what does it entail? ‘Slaughter-free meat’ first appeared in headlines...
  • The Nicest Way To Be A Vegetarian Abroad

    How far would you go in pursuit of the best vegetarian food? Vegetarianism has taken its sweet time to catch on. Made increasingly trendy through the lens of food bloggers on Instagram, sweeping through niche, boho-looking bars in London, Paris and, predictably, California, the following is now huge. It...