The Chief Medical Officer’s recommendations affect the food system
England’s CMO, Professor Dame Sally Davies, made fifteen recommendations in her 2018 Report: Health 2040 — Better Health Within Reach. Of these, five are directly concerned with the food we eat, and two others (about multi-morbidity) have implications for...
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The Game: Optimism, Reality and Context . . . dancing on the biscuit of opportunity
“How can you bear to spend so much time thinking about it all?” my friend Anne asked. “You have grandchildren.”
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The 6-to-12-year horizon: farming
There is the need to challenge the mindset of farmers. They are into the cyclical processes. The better farmers challenge themselves to improve. This is partly about consolidation – farmer will see greater and greater consolidation, as better ones...
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Dr. Helen Ferrier – 6 – 12 years outlook
Observations from the NFU policy unit perspective: Farming production has different decision making cycles; Thinking is for as long for as people will be farmers…. eg. Arable has 5-6 year rotations of cereals or veg. In livestock the breeding...
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What’s the secret to this? Children… and making healthy food easier
The first 1,000 days are the most important in your life, the meeting heard. Nutrition for pregnant women is the first important step to better food. But after that it’s the role of children that kept emerging as potential...
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Infographics for food futures
We’ve a set of food security related infographics. We’ve posted them here for those not lucky enough to be at the event You can download all the infographics together as one PDF or read them online .
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Food futures: the specialists
Here’s a bit about each of the specialists taking part in the discussion this evening. Mark Rogers (@MKMRogers) is Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council. He chaired our first Annual Meeting last November when the Food Standard Agency CEO,...
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