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. By Amelia Nierenberg Amelia Nierenberg ...

Ghent's local council has since deleted a post on its Facebook page about eating Christmas trees and changed a heading on its website entry from "Eat your Christmas tree" to "Scandinavians eat ...

“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 ...

Advertisement Ghent edited the post on its website after the warning, changing a heading from "eat your Christmas tree" to "Scandinavians eat their Christmas trees" and including a warning ...

STOCKHOLM – A day after Belgium warned against eating Christmas trees ... on Jan 7 against eating pine tree needles after the environmentally minded city of Ghent posted tips for recycling ...

The problem with broiling your old Christmas tree needles is that many have been intensively sprayed with various pesticides. Also, some types of tree needles are inherently poisonous.

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 ...

Belgium's food agency issued a public health warning as the festive season wrapped up Tuesday: don't eat your Christmas tree. The unusual message came after the city of Ghent, an environmentalist ...

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

Belgium's food agency has warned people not to eat their Christmas trees after the city of Ghent suggested reusing pine needles in recipes as a way to reduce waste. The country's Federal Food ...