Our response to the Birmingham food system strategy consultation draft
In this, Our Response to the City Council’s Consultation Draft of their proposed food system strategy, we strongly recommended
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Where have all the agri-food policy experts gone?
Gone from Defra, every one? Not quite, it seems, but many had by the end of 2019.(1)
ReadIt’s not a cost of living crisis. It’s a shortage crisis.
Shortages of any resource mean price rises. The risks and threats to our food supplies are increasing. At an accelerating pace, too.
ReadWill this Government White Paper on food strategy sink with barely a trace?
The Government White Paper on food security has been heavily criticised by many. Notably, on the day it was published, Lord Deben in the House of Lords was scathing, saying it is not actually a food strategy [ ] it...
ReadWhat the government can do to minimise risks to food supplies
In meeting the dietary needs of the 68.6m (and growing) population of the UK, a post-Johnson government needs to take into account the increasing risks to our food supplies.
ReadWhat should the aim of a Government food strategy be?
The Government so-called ‘food strategy’ published on 13th June doesn’t have an aim. The aim of a national food strategy should confirm the Government’s commitment to ensure all UK citizens have access to sufficient supplies of safe, nutritious food....
ReadWhat does the Government’s food strategy set out to do?
In this blogpost about the Government White Paper, we analyse what it sets out to do. In so doing, we’ve also identified what it doesn’t cover.
ReadA preliminary analysis of the Government food strategy
Our first take on the Government food strategy is here.
ReadThe Government food strategy: What’s its purpose? Its aim?
Every strategy needs an overall aim, a purpose. What’s it all for? This Government ‘food strategy’ (their lower case) doesn’t have an aim, or purpose.
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