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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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Citizens want the same things from food
New insights from #TheFoodConversation show widespread consensus and consistent values when it comes to the change people want to see.
Citizens create mandate for government to fix food
Today, citizens from The Food Conversation launch their manifesto for change in parliament.
Risking UK's future for cheap, unhealthy food
Analysis reveals Britain's long-term food security is at risk from a dysfunctional food economy that’s failing public and farmers.
Sue Pritchard appointed to the Net Zero Council
FFCC Chief Exec joins other leaders across civil society, local authorities, business and government to accelerate the transition to net zero.
Land Use Framework edges closer
12-week government Consultation on Land Use to inform the publication of a Land Use Framework later this year.
Unhealthy food costing UK over £250 bn
New analysis commissioned by FFCC finds the costs of Britain’s unhealthy food system are almost equivalent to the total annual UK healthcare spend.
A statement from Sue Pritchard
"The overwhelming majority of people reject hate and violence"
New series: If I were a Food Minister
As we countdown to the election, we ask leaders in food, farming and health what they'd do if they were Food Systems Minister.
Have your say on food
As food and health, farming and land use climb the election agenda, The Food Conversation is set to involve hundreds more citizens through locally-organised Food Conversations.