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Real Defence Spending Ensures Good Food for All

Posted on 9 November 2020 by Geoff Tansey

Here, I’m reposting a blog I wrote for the Rethinking Security website last week. I argue that there is no security without food security. Meeting the real security needs of humanity necessitates the progressive redistribution of military budgets toward ending … Continue reading →

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Reflections from the UK on COVID-19 and our food systems

Posted on 12 June 2020 by Geoff Tansey

In Mid-May, I was asked to make this video as a contribution to the Agricultural and Food Ethics Association of Turkey (TARGET) ‘Virtual Conferences in the days of Corona’. It starts with a brief introduction in Turkish with sub-titles in … Continue reading →

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It’s time to turn swords into ploughshares, bombs into bread, and soldiers into good Samaritans*

Posted on 23 April 2020 by Geoff Tansey

It is blatantly obvious that there is no military response that can defeat the COVID-19 virus. It should be equally obvious that military spending can’t deal with the other two great long-term, slower-acting pandemics – climate change and biodiversity loss. … Continue reading →

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Rat hairs, hormones and chlorine – why food standards matter in trade deals

Posted on 9 September 2019 by Geoff Tansey

I interviewed Dr Charlie Clutterbuck when his book Bittersweet Brexit came out. Given the many stories about the impact of trade deals, particularly with the USA, on current food standards in the UK I asked him for his take on … Continue reading →

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Eating Tomorrow – #Agribusiness, Family #Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of #Food

Posted on 12 August 2019 by Geoff Tansey

In this conversation, Timothy A. Wise takes us to Africa, India, Mexico and the USA to explain the key findings in his book ‘Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food‘. He also discusses trade deals … Continue reading →

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Trading away #food and #health post #Brexit?

Posted on 5 August 2019 by Geoff Tansey

Forget the day after Brexit – deal or no deal. The disruption then, though serious, will be temporary. Long-term, the key issue is what kind of country Britain will be in the decades following our departure. To understand that, we … Continue reading →

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Young people facing #food insecurity in the UK have spoken. Was anybody listening? #Right2Food

Posted on 27 June 2019 by Geoff Tansey

It’s been a couple of months since the Children’s Future Food Inquiry launched its final report and children’s #Right2Food Charter in late April. So, has anything been done to address the issues raised? I invited Pandora Haydon, Communications Manager at … Continue reading →

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#Food’s role in creating healthier, happier #cities for all

Posted on 29 October 2018 by Geoff Tansey

Belfast in Northern Ireland is, unfortunately, perhaps best known for the decades of violence, called the Troubles, and as the place where the ill-fated Titantic was built. While the local TV news bulletins were reflecting about how the start of … Continue reading →

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Future #Food #Sustainability and research needs for the UK and EU facing #Brexit?

Posted on 23 July 2018 by Geoff Tansey

I was at an horizon scanning workshop organised by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics last week to discuss the future of food sustainability in the UK. It was run under the Chatham House rule, which means you can say things … Continue reading →

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The many arguments for urgent #climate action – in 32 A5 pages

Posted on 1 June 2018 by Geoff Tansey

How do you convince governments to take more urgent action on climate change? When ministries spend so much of their time, as one ex-downing street advisor once said to me, firefighting the immediate problems of the day? The authors of … Continue reading →

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