Tag Archives: food

From #food #waste to #sustainable #foodsystems – digging deep into the reasons why and changes needed

Posted on 13 September 2019 by

Unusually, I spent yesterday, a warm and sunny September day, mostly outdoors in a short-sleeved shirt at a workshop held at the green oasis of Calthorpe Community Garden, near Kings Cross Station in London. Around 30 people had been gathered … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted on 9 September 2019 by

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 →

Posted in Comments | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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

Posted on 12 August 2019 by

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 →

Posted in Comments, Conversations, Interviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Trading away #food and #health post #Brexit?

Posted on 5 August 2019 by

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 →

Posted in Comments | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted on 27 June 2019 by

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 →

Posted in Comments | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Food Justice, law, trade and food policy – making links, making changes.

Posted on 5 April 2019 by

What have lawyers got to do with Food Justice? And how do you get lawyers to interact with others tacking food insecurity and hunger. These were some of the issues a range of academics were discussing at a Symposium at … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Reports | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Feeding history: the politics of #food

Posted on 26 March 2019 by

There’s a small room on the right as you go in the main entrance of the British Museum. It is there that I met Yi Chen, curator of the ‘The Asahi Shimbun Displays. Feeding history: the politics of food’ exhibition, … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment