The country’s food agency warned against using evergreens in food after the city of Ghent suggested an unusual form of recycling: spruce needle butter.

Ghent later edited the post on its website, adding information about pesticides and changing “Eat your Christmas tree” to “Scandinavians eat Christmas trees.” The assertion surprised some ...

Vantage with Palki Sharma Still got your Christmas tree? In Belgium, the city of Ghent suggested recycling it—and even eating it! Recipes like pine-needle soup and flavoured butter were inspired by ...

A Belgian city has sparked confusion after advising its residents to eat Christmas trees, despite being potentially poisonous ...

The Belgian Federal Food Agency issued the odd warning after Ghent's local authorities suggested people could reuse pine needles in recipes to avoid waste.

The Belgium food agency issues a warning against consuming Christmas trees after Ghent's council suggested reusing pine ...

The Ghent website had suggestions on how to recycle the conifers at the dinner table, such as by making flavoured butter with ...

“Your Christmas tree is edible as long as it is not yew, and your tree has not been treated with a fire-resistant spray,” Ghent Climate City wrote in a social media post, urging people to ...

The warning came after the Ghent City Council launched a campaign last week to encourage people to consume Christmas trees to recycle and reduce waste. The suggestion also included Christmas tree ...

Some things may go without saying, but just in case... Belgium's food agency issued a public health warning as the festive season wrapped up Tuesday: don't eat your Christmas tree.

A day after Belgium warned against eating Christmas trees ... issued a public health warning Tuesday against eating pine tree needles after the environmentally-minded city of Ghent posted tips for ...