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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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.
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National Food Strategy #13: A local level strategy?
Should a city such as Birmingham have a food strategy in its own? Would it make a difference to the well being and economy of the city?
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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:
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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?
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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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VAT: A really useful point of sale metric
Taxation is really interesting. Oh yes it is. In 1940, Britain was at war. The British Isles surrounded by water. Dependant on imports that couldn’t get through. Shortages everywhere.
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VAT: A really useful point of sale metric
Taxation is really interesting. Oh yes it is. In 1940, Britain was at war. The British Isles surrounded by water. Dependant on imports that couldn’t get through. Shortages everywhere.
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Five levers on our food system
Birmingham spends some £3.4bn every year on food and drink, yet the cost of obesity to the city has been estimated to be £2.6bn, with a further £448M being spent here on dealing with alcohol related harm.
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Lunar Society: Climate change & food security
My starter-for-ten for the discussion on climate change and food security tonight for the modern-day Lunar Society is that we need to find qualitatively different kinds of questions on the matter.
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