The real reason for spikes in food prices
From Reuters: Spikes in grain prices are regularly blamed on oil shocks, droughts and emerging markets’ hunger for meat. The real culprit in the three bubbles-and-busts of the last five years, however,...
View ArticleWhat is your business case for sustainability?
In the Guardian’s Sustainable Business Blog last week, Ed Gillespie said its time to stop asking ‘What is the business case for sustainability?’ and instead start demanding ‘What’s the business case...
View ArticleRich diet, poor diet
Cherry-picked highlights from The gulf between rich and poor in terms of diet is still vast, and that’s wicked in the Guardian. Rising food prices and falling incomes are reducing our intake of fresh...
View ArticleThe Future of Food – board discussion with Grayling
From 27th June 2012 Grayling Future Planet was joined by a panel of industry experts to explore how our relationship with food might change in the future. Mark Tazzioli, menu design manager at British...
View ArticleNFU calls for resilience in 2013
Peter Kendall, NFU President has published a New Year’s message on their website which is available in full here. Here are the key points: The NFU estimates the bad weather in 2012 cost UK farms £1.3bn...
View ArticleMore interesting things and people we like
Casserole Club: Home-cooked food made by neighbours for neighbours. Do something great with an extra plate. www.casseroleclub.com Pasture Fed Livestock Association: a grassroots community interest...
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Two excellent, comedic rants about the food system
1. Nick Doody‘s fantastic tirade of disappointment on from Friday’s Now Show on Radio 4. I just stumbled across a nice quote from Lord Reith which applies rather nicely to Big Food’s shield of...
View ArticleOpen letter to our MEP about the proposed seed laws
URGENT!! VOTING IS ON 6th MAY!! Please take action, too, at Open Seeds Hi Catherine I’m sure you know what I’d like to say since I suspect you’ve received thousands of emails like this one. I run a...
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“Food from here” conference
We’re going to be on the panel at this conference – see you there?
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