Formal structure for weddings is out, casual is in. Elopement weddings, barefoot weddings, call them what you will – they’re popping up on beaches, backyards and in baches all over the country

Yes, it really is a thing.

So why are our rich and succulent pomegranate beef cheeks turning people flexitarian (ok, the clue is in the question) and why are they our most asked-for recipe? No, we’re not giving you the recipe right now (‘cos, cookbook … maybe … one day), but … here are all of its secrets.

In 2009, I was travelling in Lebanon with my partner Caroline and four of my 10 siblings. Near our hotel in Beirut was a tiny farmers market with a sign that read ‘Slow Food’ in English. I was as attracted to those words as I was to the heaped up tomatoes and shiny aubergines and sheaves of flat-leaf parsley. I now think of it as a message from my future.

In the many moving parts of Big Fig, here are some of the ways we’re trying to be a more environmentally responsible business. It’s a constant work in progress.