Covid-19 commentary: Coming out of lockdown: An account of food supply system fragilities
Things could have been worse, much worse. Nonetheless, lockdowns across the world have exposed serious fragilities in the UK food supply system:
Read Covid-19 commentary: Re-think food and farming on this week’s Farming Today
This week’s Farming Today was outstanding. And I’m not just saying that because Barbara Bray was the first speaker.
Read Covid 19 commentary: Has the time come to trial a universal basic income?
From the start, Covid-19 was the opposite of a “great equaliser”. Not only are the poor disproportionately ill and dying, but they are going hungry, often choosing between paying rent or eating.
Read Covid-19 commentary: Will there be shortages? HMG need prepare for the worst (while hoping for the best)
The Government appears unprepared for food shortages and scarcities. They need to act. And fast. Preparedness is everything before a crisis hits.
Read Covid-19 commentary: Lessons from Milan’s approach to their food emergency
We can learn from Milan’s experience: Milan approach to Food Emergency. It’s a presentation from Andrea Magarini, Milan’s Food Policy Coordinator.
Read Covid-19 commentary: What decision-makers need to pay attention to asap
Amid all the turmoil and flux even at these early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, we strongly recommend decision-makers at a national and local level keep in mind these six important points about our food supplies:
Read Covid-19 commentary: The food supply network on 20th March 2020
This is our first blogpost of a series giving a running commentary on the reconfiguring of the food network that’s happening in front of our eyes.
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?
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