Sustainable Gifts: 27 meaningful ideas that do good

Recommended by Lucy Purdy, special projects lead

The Unusual Veg Bundle from She Grows Veg quietly broadens what we imagine food can be. I can just see how these offbeat varieties would catch my kids’ curiosity: a reminder that food diversity isn’t abstract but tactile, colourful and growing right in front of them.

Even as a reasonably experienced grower, I still get the thrill of the new: crops that break the monotony of supermarket sameness. By championing open-pollinated, peat-free seeds and celebrating lesser-known vegetables, this bundle nurtures biodiversity and reconnects us with food’s wider heritage. It’s a small, hopeful act that widens the palate and the imagination – the kind of gift I’d be delighted to unwrap this Christmas. £15.50; www.shegrowsveg.com

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