Potato eyes
Do you remember when potatoes had eyes? When did you last have to dig one out?
Read DEFRA’s Food Statistics Pocketbook 2014
DEFRA’s Food Statistics Pocketbook 2014 was published earlier this month — and an interesting read its 60-odd pages are too. In a two-page summary (pp8-9), it gives some numbers about the scale of what it takes to feed 64M people safely and...
Read Eat food (not edible food-like substances), not too much, mostly plants
Seven words: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants . . . is the way to go, according to Michael Pollan on the BBC Radio 4 Analysis programme, along with a load of other intriguing perspectives.
Read Tackling food poverty in Manchester
A YouTube video about the week of action in tackling food poverty in Greater Manchester: 13th-19th October
Read Ron Finlay: A guerilla gardener from South Central in Los Angeles
Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA — in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus...
Read I don’t waste food… except…
Discussions about food waste tend to be accompanied by incomprehensibly large numbers…
Read How artificial sweeteners cause weight gain
We know that sugar is best avoided, certainly when trying to lose weight. So artificial sweeteners must be a good thing, right? Wrong…
Read Do Older People Eat Well?
1 in 10 people over the age of 65 is malnourished or at risk of malnourishment a recent literature review looking at ways to ensure older people eat well tells us…
Read Childhood obesity in Birmingham
Birmingham has the 311th highest rate of childhood obesity of 324 Local Authorities – one in four of our children is obese by the time they leave primary school.
Read How important is the food sector to Birmingham’s economy?
What is the value of the food sector to the city and regional economy? What's its nature? How many businesses are there here, what's their turnover, how many people do they employ, and where are they in the supply...
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