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Tag Archives: UK
Slavery lies behind today’s diets says historian James Walvin
What we eat and drink has a history. And when it comes to some ubiquitous things like sugar and coffee, as well as plantation-based commodities, slavery lies at the heart of that history. From his first book ‘A Jamaican Plantation: … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Uncategorized
Tagged coffee, colonialism, Europe, Farming, food, North America, plantations, racism, Slavery, South America, sugar, UK
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Feeding Britain: our food problems and how to fix them
Tim Lang, professor of Food Policy at City University, London, spends 2 years writing Feeding Britain: our food problems and how to fix them and when it comes out it is in the midst of a global pandemic when feeding … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Interviews
Tagged Britain, COVID-19, environment, food, food policy, food systems, health, labout, poverty, sustainability, UK
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Resilience in the UK #foodsystem – 4 key questions
Resilience is one of the buzzwords of our times. Having a resilient food system is crucial in the light of climate destabilisation, biodiversity loss, and political changes such as will be brought about by Brexit in the UK. So what … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Reports
Tagged bread, Farming, food security, food system, food systems, Nourish Scotland, resilience, Scotland, UK
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Rat hairs, hormones and chlorine – why food standards matter in trade deals
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
Trading #food between countries – it’s harder than you think, especially if you’re a small producer
How to trade food between countries has been the lifetime’s work of Elsa Fairbanks. She’s worked on exporting food from the UK for all her career and is now a director of Food and Drink Exportese Ltd. It’s an issue … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Brexit, drink, EU, food, food exports, Food trade, free trade agreements, FTAs, rules of origin, UK
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Don’t copy failed US #foodbanks model in UK warns Andy Fisher, author of Big #Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-hunger Groups”
Do not create a hunger industrial complex in the UK as has happened in the USA. That’s a key message from Andy Fisher, author of “Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-hunger Groups”, who is touring the … Continue reading
Getting the facts straight about #foodinsecurity
I just wrote this blog for the #EndHungerUK campaign, prior to its national conference on 17th October in London In September 2015, the British Government committed itself to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition. It was then that the … Continue reading
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Tagged end hunger, FAO, food insecurity, food security, hunger, right to food, SDGs, UK, zero hunger
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A Recipe for Inequality: Why our food system is leaving low-income households behind – Fabian Commission #foodandpoverty interim report
I’m on my way to Glasgow to chair a hearing of the Fabian Commision on Food and Poverty tonight. Yesterday, we released our interim report ‘A Recipe for Inequality: Why our food system is leaving low-income households behind’. You can … Continue reading
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Tagged feeding britain, food and poverty, food banks, food security, food system, inequality, poverty, right to food, UK
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Hear the launch of #FeedingBritain report by the All-Party Inquiry into Hunger in the UK
After a blaze of publicity yesterday and in front of TV cameras today, the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the United Kingdom was launched this morning in Parliament. You can hear a full recording of the launch event here: … Continue reading
Reflections from the UK on COVID-19 and our food systems
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 →