A preliminary analysis of the Government food strategy Our first take on the Government food strategy is here. Read
It’s time to think about food supply strategies in a post-Johnson world Will food security issues rise up the agenda of a post-Johnson Government? Read
How this Brexit is putting our food supplies at risk This Brexit poses grave threats to our food supplies. And we can catalogue them: Read
Part 5: Safety, assurance and integrity — worker safety, modern day slavery Under the heading ‘food safety’, I decided to mention the qualitatively different issues associated with the safety of all the people involved along the food supply chain. Read
Part 4: Safety, assurance & integrity — inspection, sampling & testing capacity & capability I spoke to three aspects of food safety, assurance and integrity, the first being inspection, sampling and testing capacity and capability. Read
Criterion 2: What are their recommendations about ensuring food safety, assurance and integrity? None. Read
Covid-19 commentary: Four lessons about the preparedness of the UK food supply system As we emerge from the latest Covid lockdown, here are four lessons to learn about making the UK food supply system better prepared for future shocks. Read
What threatens our food supplies today During the 1840s, over a million people in Ireland and Scotland starved to death, millions more fled, most to the US or Canada. Read
Our food system is failing — and it’s about to get dramatically worse I hope I’m wrong. But there’s no evidence to suggest I am. Read
Future System Shocks: A Committee on Food Security? Should the UK have a Committee on Food Security, similar to the Committee on Climate Change? Read