Cybernetics Society: UK preparedness for future food system shocks
This is an account of my talk on 12 September 2020 to the UK and American Cybernetics Societies on UK preparedness for future food system shocks:
Read Food System Transformation #3: The economic burden
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This balance sheet tells us that the food sector is generates a huge deficit to society.
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Read When is a food company not a food company?
A crowded room, too narrow for the number of people jostling for tea, coffee and the pastries on offer. A chance for people from the food industry to mingle with university researchers and find common ground. A chance for academics...
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This blogpost is about the kind of activities undertaken by some vested interests in the food network system.
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At the recent Local Nexus Network meeting at Birmingham Business School, I listened to a fascinating talk by Mark Pettigrew who is an expert on growing spuds.
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