Our response to the Birmingham food system strategy consultation draft
In this, Our Response to the City Council’s Consultation Draft of their proposed food system strategy, we strongly recommended
Read Assessing the Birmingham Food Strategy
As part of the Healthy Food City Forum, we were asked to assess a draft Birmingham Food Strategy earlier this month.
Read City-level decision-making & the food system: What questions to ask?
The impact of Covid-19 caught Birmingham’s food system on the hop. Few if any city leaders realised either the fragility of the supply system or their powerlessness in the face of the disruptions it caused to the people of...
Read Our Annual Report: Enlightening & disturbing, an urgent wake-up call
Here’s what some reviewers of our 2017-2018 Annual Report said: “Enlightening and disturbing: an urgent wake-up call for us to take these issues seriously, talk about them, raise awareness and influence policy-makers.”
Read Project to raise food hygiene standards in Birmingham
In collaboration with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Birmingham Environmental Health, we’re several months into a project to raise food hygiene ratings in the city. We’ve begun by targeting care homes, schools and nurseries — and I’m delighted to report, we’ve...
Read Briefing paper for the GBSLEP
The food and drinks sector: A briefing paper for the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership was written in response to the request to us by the LEP to provide intelligence and information on the food and drink sector as part...
Read Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at our Annual Meeting (Part 3)
Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at Birmingham Food Council's Annual Meeting from podnosh
Read Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at our Annual Meeting (Part 2)
Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at Birmingham Food Council's Annual Meeting from podnosh Tonight Catherine Brown from the Food Standards Agency is speaking at our annual meeting, these are some notes from her presentation: What can/should we do? It is...
Read Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at our Annual Meeting (Part 1)
Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at Birmingham Food Council's Annual Meeting from podnosh Tonight Catherine Brown from the Food Standards Agency is speaking at our annual meeting, these are some notes from her presentation: The things she is covering are: What...
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