The blogposts written during the process of compiling our submission to the Call for Evidence for the National Food Strategy are listed here in reverse order:
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...
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...
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...
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 .
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,...