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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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Who really wins and loses in the food system?
FFCC’s Chief Exec Sue Pritchard on the Wilder podcast, talking about the power, politics and economics of food.
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.
What communities can teach us about food
FFCC’s Mhairi Brown on recent findings from the Citizen Advisory Council for The Food Foundation’s Pod Bites series.
Recording: Delivering the Land Use Framework
Watch now: our panel of experts dig into what the Framework says, what it really means, and how to make it all work in practice.
Local actions, better decisions
FFCC's Georgie Barber on breaking down silos in land policy.
Making more effective land use decisions
FFCC's Georgie Barber speaking at Westminster Social Policy Forum, on the need for joined up policymaking in land use.
Recording: Sue Pritchard's OFC Oxford Union Debate
Sue debates the motion: "This house believes that in 90 years farming will be a one day a week job"
Land use strategies across the UK
FFCC Northern Ireland Director John Woods on how a Land Use Framework can work across the four nations.
“We need to design policy with farmers”
An excerpt from Mayor of York & North Yorkshire David Skaith’s keynote speech at the Oxford Conferences’ Welcome Dinner 2026.