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Growth is not the same as public value
FFCC Chief Exec Sue Pritchard on what kind of economic choices build the country we want to live in.
The Hidden Bill
How much does the food industry spend lobbying government?
The road to food security
FFCC’s Dr Charlie Taverner on war in the Middle East and what the food system can learn from the green energy transition.
Voices from outside FFCC
Guest Blogs
Held Hostage
Professor Tim Jackson on the way Big Food is still hijacking public health and undermining public finances.
“Blueberry vapes, no blueberries”
Dominic Watters on what council estate food environments reveal about Britain’s food system
Crisis as catalyst
Pasture for Life’s Jimmy Woodrow on the need to speed the farming transition
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Fairness in the food system
The Food Conversation participant Sam shares his perspective to Wicked Leeks magazine.
What do people really think about food?
Our first film for The Food Conversation brings citizen voices to the fore.
A timely opportunity for local food?
FFCC Wales Director Jon Parker reflects on whether recent developments in UK trade present a new opportunity for community growing and local, small-scale food systems.
Land Use Framework debated in the Lords
Peers echo five key findings from FFCC's Land Use Framework pilots
Invest to adapt
What does government's latest adaptation programme need, to help farming rise to climate challenge?
Birmingham’s Food Revolution
Professor Monder Ram and Sarah Pullen on what's needed to bring about meaningful change in Birmingham's food system
Sue in conversation at Groundswell
The Wildlife Trusts CEO Craig Bennett & FFCC Chief Exec Sue Pritchard discuss agroecology, land use and supply chains.
"Public were way ahead of policymakers"
Former Royal Society for Public Health CEO Shirley Cramer on how citizen voice can move the debate on food forwards.
Who does the food system serve?
Beth Bell and Dan Crossley on why what citizens demand from their food systems is unignorable for those making policy.