Local food growing makes a difference to people on low incomes
It’s worth reminding ourselves that local food growing really does make a difference to people on low incomes — and there is evidence for this.
Read ‘Food deserts’ in Birmingham
Professor Jim Parle is a practising GP and Professor or Primary Care at the Birmingham Medical School. He is also one of the Food Council directors. In this video interview, part of the Birmingham 2050 Scenarios Project on possible food futures...
Read What it takes to feed Birmingham
The human mind has problems with big numbers and vast geographies. Yet a glimmer of understanding of both is necessary to begin to appreciate what it takes to feed a city, even a relatively small one such as Birmingham....
Read The health and social benefits or urban food growing
In an important report published last year, there's a long list of projects for Birmingham researchers to get their teeth into. This blogpost outlines three potential topics, among many.
Read School food standards
Jamie Oliver welcomes the new set of school food standards published this month ( June 2014).
Read #FutureFood – An Event Looking at Food Poverty and the Future in the West Midlands
Last night we attend a Lunar Society Event over at the NIshkam Centre to take part in a debate about Food Poverty in Birmingham. This is a record of all the online activity on the #FutureFood tag and the live...
Read When the Elliott Review came to Birmingham
Yesterday the Elliott Review came to Birmingham. Led by Professor Chris Elliott, Director of the Institute for Global Food Safety, this Review was set up by HM Government in response to the horsemeat scandal. He has uncovered widespread food...
Read Elliott Review Birmingham workshop on 2nd April – follow #BrumElliott
The Elliott Review Birmingham is gathering information from people across the city's food supply network so that Birmingham can be used as a case study of how a major UK city can tackle food crime. Join their conversation at...
Read Presentation to the Birmingham Sustainability Forum last September
Kate Cooper's slides from her presentation about the proposed Birmingham Food Council at the Birmingham Sustainability Forum meeting on 17th September 2013.
Read Birmingham Food Council incorporated as a Community Interest Company
On March 10th we finally became a Community Interest Company, aka CIC.
It took some doing, too. Companies House queried the use of the word "Council" in our name which, on reflection, shouldn't have been a surprise.
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