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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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The political economy of junk food
Dr Courtney Scott on where power sits in the food system – and the economic motives of the largest food companies.
The farming leadership we need
Sue Pritchard on how farming leaders can chart a just course to a more resilient future.
A just transition for farming in Wales
Sue Pritchard on how, with the right support, farmers can be a force for change.
Serious politics for serious times
Sue Pritchard on how to head off divisive, populist politics in the UK's farming and rural communities
On methodology
Seeing systems with citizens. Sue Pritchard.
It’s broke – can we fix it?
Sue Pritchard proposes three steps towards real action on food at COP28
Land Matters
FFCC's Georgie Barber on why we need better land use decision-making
Politicians are getting us all wrong
Especially when it comes to food. Sue Pritchard on the electoral power of bold, inspiring food policy.
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.