Scale of supplies. Price rises. Why they are inevitable. What can BCC/BPH do?
In this short presentation to the Healthy Food City Forum, I made three points:
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City-level decision-making & the food system: What questions to ask?
The impact of Covid-19 caught Birmingham’s food system on the hop. Few if any city leaders realised either the fragility of the supply system or their powerlessness in the face of the disruptions it caused to the people of...
ReadEat local, eat organic: When and where are these statements relevant to UK food supplies?
Nearly 20 years ago, I read an intriguing longitudinal study of ant colonies by a Stanford University Prof, one Deborah Gordon. And yes, her insights are relevant to the decisions we make about our food system.
ReadOur food system is failing — and it’s about to get dramatically worse
I hope I’m wrong. But there’s no evidence to suggest I am.
ReadOur Response to an IPPR Call for Evidence: Food and the recovery of nature, communities and livelihoods
Our Response to this IPPR Call for Evidence, submitted to them last week, is also published on-line here.
ReadFuture System Shocks: A buffer stock system of nutrient-dense foods is essential — and feasible
The UK is facing the all-too-real prospect of food shortages and scarcities. It is essential that there are buffer stocks of safe, nutritious food for these times.
ReadFuture System Shocks: Food, people and the UK Government
A super-efficient commercial food system comes at a price. It’s fragile, as many millions learned to their cost when supplies are disrupted as with Covid-19. And secondly, only those who have the money to participate in the system can...
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