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Our Annual Report 25-26 and new strategic priorities.
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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
“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
The high price of cheap food
Professor Tim Jackson asks who’s counting the cost of our national diet.
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“Make good food a right”
As part of a new blog series in the run up to the election, leading public health expert, Dr David Pencheon, tells us what he’d do if he were a Food Systems Minister.
What do citizens want from politicians?
In this new film for #TheFoodConversation, citizens from across the UK tell us more about what they want from politicians when it comes to food.
“Governments must set the playing field”
As part of a new blog series in the run up to the election, Helen Browning OBE tells us what she’d do if she were a Food Systems Minister.
Hungry for more
Why political leaders need to put food at the centre of their ambitions
We need to see more ambition on food
Mhairi Brown on whether the Party Manifestos demonstrate an aim to improve the UK food system.
Land use beyond borders
Georgie Barber on learning about land across five nations.
Where next for the Land Use Framework?
FFCC’s Georgie Barber on how a multifunctional approach to land can help deliver a new government’s most pressing priorities.
How farming can be a force for change
Dr Charlie Taverner on how a new government can help farming work for climate, nature and people.
Now’s the time to make food fair
Sue Pritchard on why politicians should listen closely to this unprecedented consensus from citizens, farmers, environment and business leaders.