It’s not a cost of living crisis. It’s a shortage crisis.
Shortages of any resource mean price rises. The risks and threats to our food supplies are increasing. At an accelerating pace, too.
Read A preliminary analysis of the Government food strategy
Our first take on the Government food strategy is here.
Read Preparedness for future food shortages: Economic & other factors
These two sets of economic factors are true of any resource shortages, as we’re seeing in the energy supply sector as well as with food supplies: A shortage of any resource can be met by ramping up production (if...
Read Part 13: Seeing CO2 shortages & Covid through the lens of the function map
This blogpost is about two events two events (CO2 and Covid) which greatly affected food supplies, but originated from outside the food system itself.
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: Building resilience through buffer contingency stocks?
The impact of Covid-19 lockdown on food supplies threw a harsh spotlight on our response and preparedness for what is potentially much worse to come.
Read Covid-19 commentary: Neither the food system nor the Government was prepared for the pandemic
Pre-Covid, few policy-makers and decision-makers had taken food security seriously. Even fewer were aware of the fragility of the food system, or how powerless local authorities would be to mitigate the effects of food insecurity for so many.
Read Covid-19 commentary: Will there be shortages? HMG need prepare for the worst (while hoping for the best)
The Government appears unprepared for food shortages and scarcities. They need to act. And fast. Preparedness is everything before a crisis hits.
Read Covid-19 commentary: What decision-makers need to pay attention to asap
Amid all the turmoil and flux even at these early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, we strongly recommend decision-makers at a national and local level keep in mind these six important points about our food supplies:
Read Covid-19 commentary: The food supply network on 20th March 2020
This is our first blogpost of a series giving a running commentary on the reconfiguring of the food network that’s happening in front of our eyes.
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