Tag: 11th May 2015

Food Poverty in Perspective : What was rationing like during WW2

We need to look at food poverty in perspective. Think about what we eat now in a fairly sedentary lifestyle. Now look at at what the adult rations were during the Second World war for an active adult. Weekly...

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‘In wartime, people came together and didn’t waste food…’

So, where can we learn from other times and other places about communities and food? The conversation at the Birmingham Food Group turned to history both to the war and the memory of family dinners sat up at the...

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“There has always been emergency food aid”

Views from group session at the Food Poverty event in Birmingham. There has always been emergency food aid through history. Food banks are just a modern, more formalised version of emergency food aid. In the past, needy and hungry...

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What can we learn from other times and places about community and food?

Combining your collective experience share what we can learn from other times & cultures? Global Food Poverty is a global issue – places such as Japan are malnourished. Rice is healthy but now when it’s all you can afford –...

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Have we turned food into a spectator sport? #foodpoverty Eleanor McGee

Eleanor McGee, Joint Head of Service, Birmingham Community Nutrition – says she’s seen a fundamental shift in our attitude to food, regardless of social circumstances. She says food has become a spectator sport, not something we do and the...

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What are the drivers of food poverty now and in the future?

Birmingham Food Council event on food poverty Birchfield Community School, Birmingham 11th May 2015 The event is looking for different perspectives of the food supply system from attendees and asks a pretty big question – are drivers of emergency food...

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Tag: 11th May 2015

Food Poverty in Perspective : What was rationing like during WW2

‘In wartime, people came together and didn’t waste food…’

“There has always been emergency food aid”

What can we learn from other times and places about community and food?

Have we turned food into a spectator sport? #foodpoverty Eleanor McGee

What are the drivers of food poverty now and in the future?

Drivers of Emergency Food Aid Now and in the Future

‘Why do people not get the right food? Cooking has become a spectator sport…’

Food Security a Human Right?