🐙🍽️ Are octopuses too intelligent to eat?

As a £50m 'humane' octopus farm prepares to open, protestors insist the animals' brains make them an unsuitable supper

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telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink… What was once an exotic holiday meal, octopus is now consumed to the tune of 1,300 tons per year in the UK, up 12-fold since 1990.

In the decade to 2019, the global trade doubled to a value of more than £2 billion

❓Keen to eat food that’s kind to the planet, but don’t want to forgo steak?

🧑‍🌾Forget being vegan, go planet-friendly 'regen'

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telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink… Two million participants have signed up to the Veganuary campaign since it launched in 2014.

➡️But proponents of regenerative eating say we should be focusing on how vegetables and grains are grown and animals are reared, rather than on ruling out meat altogether

🍺 25 cosy pubs for winter walkers

After a frosty stroll, retreat to one of these pubs for a warm meal and comforting drink

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telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink… 📍 The South East

The Merry Harriers, Surrey

🍲 A remote, good old-fashioned pub. Head chef Nick Ash turns out heartwarming pub favourites sourced from no further away than 15 miles, including homegrown herbs and vegetables