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.
Read 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.
Read 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.
Read 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.
Read 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.
Read Birmingham: Food futures for us — and for everyone else
Radical changes in our diet could be a major part of us meeting the huge global food security challenges we’re facing. Yet what the heck is any one of us meant to do?
Read Avoid VAT-rated food products — save money, pay less tax and be healthy!
If the average person spends 30% less on their household food bill, they’ll save money — and pay less tax, be a lot healthier and contribute to global food security.
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