Tag: VAT

Part 6: Safety, assurance and integrity — ‘drug-foods’ that damage human and planetary health

Few consider the so-called ‘drug-foods’ in the context of food safety. I have done so here, because our over-consumption of them presents dangers to both human and planetary health.

Read

National Food Strategy Plan: None of our criteria was met. Does this matter?

None of our five criteria was met (they are listed at the end of the post). This matters. This blogpost summarises why.

Read

Diet and Taxes: A brief talk for Aston Law School

Watch

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

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