Category Archives: Reports

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

Posted on 29 October 2018 by

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

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

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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Visiting the world’s largest oregano processor

Posted on 17 April 2018 by

Ever bought any dried oregano or eaten anything with oregano in it? Then you’ve probably eaten some that came from the Kutas factory in Turkey. Here you’ll find and smell the most oregano in one place in the world, as … Continue reading →

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Creating a vibrant gastroeconomy in Turkey

Posted on 13 April 2018 by

How do you get people to treat food and cuisines as a serious part of the creative economy that supports economic as well as social development in a country? That is what a group of restaurateurs in Turkey have just … Continue reading →

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Cutting #livestock consumption to prevent further wildlife extinction

Posted on 13 October 2017 by

There was a major conference on Extinction and Livestock in London last week, 5-6 October 2017.  The contributions will be put up on line in due course but I took the chance to interview some of those present. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Science for #food and #environment – Royal Society conference on Science for Defra (#sci4defra)

Posted on 4 April 2017 by

Last week I spent a day in London at the Royal Society conference Science for Defra (Department of environment, food and rural affairs in the UK), where I helped facilitate one of the tables in the food and farming workshop. … Continue reading →

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