Tomato-gate? We ain’t seen nothing yet!
A hotter world will disrupt our food supplies. What can we learn from tomato-gate?
Read Eight ways in which the UK food supply system could be on a ‘war footing’
In this blogpost, we put forward eight ways in which the UK food supply system could be put on a war footing,
Read Should the UK food supply system be put on ‘war footing’? Yes, and here’s why.
Amol Rajan’s recent BBC podcast Rethink Climate: Pledges and progress is brilliant, if disturbing.
Read UK investment in horticulture technologies
At the best of times, the UK climate and terrain limits the range and quantity of fresh produce we can grow here. This Brexit means we’ve grown used to empty supermarket shelves, especially now midway through the ‘hungry months‘...
Read Eat 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.
Read Future 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.
Read Food System Transformation #12: A summary of the blogpost series
This blogpost is a summary of this series of blogposts on food system transformation:
Read Food System Transformation #11: Covid-19 and its impact on the food supply network
We’re facing an unimaginable ‘food system transformation’ as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. What can we learn from what is happening already?
Read Food System Transformation #10: Complex adaptive systems, networks & their dynamics
Systems thinking? The circular economy? Phrases such as these have shifted thinking markedly on from discussion about the food ‘chain’. But have they shifted our thinking a radically enough for the transformation we need?
Read Food System Transformation #9: The role of STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics)
At the Oxford Farming Conference last week, Henry Dimbleby put today’s urgency to transform the food system in the context of the Green Revolution in the latter half of the 20th century.
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