National Food Strategy #1: The brief

Last June, the Secretary of State (then Michael Gove) commissioned Henry Dimbleby to conduct an independent review to help the government create its first National Food Strategy for 75 years.
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What Michael Gove didn’t talk about at #OFC2018

What Michael Gove didn’t say in this speech to the Oxford Farming Conference yesterday was far more significant than what he did. He didn’t say a word about food security. Yet food shortages, and looming food insecurity can be...
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Sugar tax?

The notion of a sugar tax has undoubtedly had impact. But how feasible is such a tax, and what effect would it have? Lawyer Jessica Burt recently wrote a Guardian article A sugar tax won’t work. And here’s why. Following on...
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If acute hunger is here to stay . . .

If acute hunger is here to stay, what’s the nature of the infrastructure Birmingham could put in place to ensure reliable food supply delivery to all our citizens in the future? The answers to that question will be explored at...
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