Tag: National food strategy

Criterion 1: Do their recommendations support all UK households to have economic access to sufficient supplies of safe, nutritious food?

Regarding the first of our five criteria in assessing the National Food Strategy: The answer to this question is no.

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National Food Strategy Plan: Does it meet our five criteria?

We have five criteria to assess the National Food Strategy Plan, published today, 15th July.

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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.

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Henry Dimbleby’s speech to the Oxford Farming Conference

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Food System Transformation #6: The fresh produce supply chain

A “transformed” food system means a radical restructure of what happens between farm gate and retail outlet. Why? It’s where most of the activity and nearly all of the profits lie.

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The natural environment cannot be “restored”

We didn’t flag up this statement in the National Food Strategy Call for Evidence as it didn’t seem appropriate in our submission. Nonetheless, we think it’s important we challenge it now.

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Climate Change Conference on 6th November 2019 in Birmingham

This is an expanded version of the talk I’m giving at the Climate Change Conference in Birmingham today, 6th November.

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Our submission to the National Food Strategy Call for Evidence

Our submission to the National Food Strategy Call for Evidence is on-line here.

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National Food Strategy: The supporting blogposts

The blogposts written during the process of compiling our submission to the Call for Evidence for the National Food Strategy are listed here in reverse order:

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National Food Strategy #20: A Public Inquiry led by a senior Judge

We recommend the Government sets up a Public Inquiry, led by a senior Judge. Its concern would be to advise on the structure or body to be an authority to ensure food system players act ethically

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