Food System Transformation #8: The geometry of the box [we need to think outside of]
Biologist Jack Cohen, one of the New Optimists scientists, used to say that you cannot ‘think outside of the box’ unless you know the geometry of it very well indeed.
Read Food System Transformation #6: The fresh produce supply chain
A “transformed” food system means a radical restructure of what happens between farm gate and retail outlet. Why? It’s where most of the activity and nearly all of the profits lie.
Read Food System Transformation #4: A new corporate order?
Here’s a thought experiment: What would a list of the world’s largest food and beverage companies look like if there were a ‘food system transformation’?
Read Food System Transformation #3: The economic burden
As well the carrying capacity of the planet, there’s another reason why we need take urgent action. The economic burden of the food sector.
Read The language of small worlds: Useful concepts for entities & properties we cannot ‘see’
This blogpost is about the language of small world networks, and how it helps our understanding of the food supply system.
Read National Food Strategy #15: Drug foods and their specific risks to the food supply system
The profits and prevalence of drug-food companies present specific and damaging risks to the UK food supply chain.
Read Annual Report: Timely and pertinent work
“Both the course of events within the UK over a possible Brexit, and the troubling forecasts about climate change, resource depletion and population pressures mean the work described over the next few pages is even more timely and pertinent...
Read What does this food sector ‘balance sheet’ tell us?
This balance sheet tells us that the food sector is generates a huge deficit to society.
Read Update on our projects and other activities
Here’s the latest summary of the activities we’re doing:
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