It’s time to act against drug-food corporations for the health of the population and the planet
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) published our Rapid Response to an article by Tim Spector & Christopher Gardner’s
Read 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 Covid-19 commentary: 13 features of our pre-Covid food system . . .
Noticing and responding to the frailties and weaknesses of the pre-Covid UK food system as they’re being exposed through this crisis,
Read Food System Transformation #4: A new corporate order?
Here’s a thought experiment: What would a list of the world’s largest food and beverage companies look like if there were a ‘food system transformation’?
Read 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.
Read National Food Strategy #15: Drug foods and their specific risks to the food supply system
The profits and prevalence of drug-food companies present specific and damaging risks to the UK food supply chain.
Read National Food Strategy #13: A local level strategy?
Should a city such as Birmingham have a food strategy of its own? Would it make a difference to the well being and economy of the city?
Read How the UK VAT system identifies vested interests costing us and the earth
Few realise the UK VAT system can precisely identify, at the point of sale, the major powerful global interests skewing our food system, costing us and the earth. Here’s how it does so:
Read The status quo, vested interests & a simple metric for civic leaders
Where, we asked ourselves, should we recommend civic leaders to focus their time and effort given what else is on their agenda? What’s within their power to do?
Read Food system dynamics: Part II — Follow the money
The image above is of the Walkers crisp factory in Beaumont Leys in Leicester, taken from Bradgate Park by Phil McIver.
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