Part 7: Nutrient-dense foods
In the 21st century, we’re experiencing a nutrient famine, with many in the UK already suffering.
Read About the food system in 2030-50: How smart were our predictions in 2017?
This is our final blogpost in a series of three, giving a retrospective look at the horizon scanning project we undertook in 2017. The time frame? 2030-50. In summary, our predictions in 2017, scary though they were, were way...
Read Future System Shocks: A buffer stock system of nutrient-dense foods is essential — and feasible
The UK is facing the all-too-real prospect of food shortages and scarcities. It is essential that there are buffer stocks of safe, nutritious food for these times.
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 Food System Transformation #12: A summary of the blogpost series
This blogpost is a summary of this series of blogposts on food system transformation:
Read National Food Strategy #3: The global competition for safe, nutritious food
Our horizon scanning project report, Back from the Future, published in January 2018, contained this stark warning: We currently import 40% of our food. But that this food won’t be available in the future. The “long-term” future we looked at...
Read Government Chemist Conference: Homo sapiens or pan narrans?
Are we, I ask at the start of my presentation to the Government Chemist Conference on 14th June, home sapiens (wise wo/man) or pan narrans, the story-telling ape?
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