Industrial, imperial food systems have reduced food to a commodity, to 'stuff' that can then be constituted in the homogenised lab.
… The industrialisation of fake food Vandana Shiva | 18th June 2019 News Food And Farming Exotic Pets … Industrial, imperial food systems have reduced food to a commodity, …
In the second part of our adaptation of Fatal Harvest’s iconoclastic analysis of agribusiness propaganda, The Ecologist reveals the real cost of industrial food.
… 2002 News Supermarket Health Industrial Food Chemicals F Processed Foods Food And Farming Pollution Archive_43.jpg In …
Renewed calls for a tax on less nutritious foods do not take account of the importance of issues like education, advertising and social justice say campaigners
… ignore wider social factors driving junk food habits Lee Bunce | 16th August 2010 News Food Junk Food And Farming Health hamburgereating.jpg …
As the Brexit negotiations begin, a coalition of grassroots food and farming organisations today launch ‘A People's Food Policy' calling for England to develop a more progressive food policy in advance of leaving the EU. Scotland is already in the process of adopting national food policies and is currently developing a ‘Good Food Nation Bill', while England has yet to make any progress
… A People's Food Policy - grassroot food and farming groups call for a more just food system 26th June 2017 News Food Farming …
Earlier this week, the Trussel Trust reported the number of UK families using food banks has tripled in the last year and increased a staggering FIVE FOLD since the coalition came to power. Paul Creeney asks the big question ...
… The UK sees a huge rise in families turning to Food Banks Paul Creeney | 29th August 2012 News Food Banks Food Waste Soup Kitchens Food Resuce Service …
Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable people. Yet supermarkets' anaerobic digestion plans may eclipse food redistribution says Matilda Lee
… Supermarket food waste to power renewable energy instead of tackling food poverty Matilda Lee | 23rd December 2011 News Food And Farming Politics And Economics Health …
Meet the Bhutanese entrepreneur working on organic food production, heritage and education.
… Bhutan’s new organic food movement Hannes Lorenzen | 16th November 2018 News Bhutan Organic Food And Farming Change Makers … the Bhutanese entrepreneur working on organic food production, heritage and education. …
The UN Committee on World Food Security in Rome has today launched a new report examining the impact of chemical intensive, industrial food system on human health. GEORGINA DOWNS responds.
… Expert panel identifies unacceptable toll of food and farming systems on human health … Downs | 17th October 2017 News Un Pesticides Food Health Cancer 405530.jpg The UN Committee on World Food Security in Rome has today launched a new …
Madeleine Cuff challenged herself to spend a week reducing her food and packaging waste. Did it work, and will other consumers and supermarkets take note?
… Love Food Hate Waste: could you live without throwing food away? Madeleine Cuff | 30th March 2012 News Food Waste Love Food Hate Waste Consumers …
The Sustainable Development Commission has been axed, the Food Standards Agency has had its powers stripped and DEFRA appears to be stalling. Where then does this leave planning for a national sustainable food strategy - and healthy eating plan - asks Nick Hughes?
… Sustainable food production and healthy eating strategies … threat Nick Hughes | 10th June 2011 News Food And Farming Investigations DEFRA Tim Lang … Development Commission has been axed, the Food Standards Agency has had its powers …
More than 13.4 million English households currently do not get their kitchen scraps picked up separately from the black bin rubbish.
… Food waste collections must be rolled out Emily Beament | 10th February 2020 News Food Waste Change Makers gi_market_food_waste.jpg More than 13.4 million English … bin rubbish. Town halls will need to roll out food waste collections to millions more homes …
Financial speculation in key commodities, like wheat and maize, is being linked to recent volatile food prices but attempts to regulate are being delayed by lobbying from the banking sector. Tom Levitt reports
… Banks should end 'secretive' trade in food commodities Tom Levitt | 13th September 2011 News Food Speculation Food And Farming Banking Politics And …
Ask those involved in public food procurement if they would like to see fresh, local ingredients on menus and they will say yes. Then they will list all the reasons why it wouldn't work. Not so, argues Maria Cross - and here's how
… Cross | 14th July 2009 News Investigation Food And Farming Public Procurement School Food Soil Association procurement.jpg Ask those involved in public food procurement if they would like to see …
A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
… Mexico's poor suffer as food speculation fuels tortilla crisis Tom Levitt | 13th September 2011 News Food Speculation Food And Farming Banks Trading Politics And …
A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
… Mexico's poor suffer as food speculation fuels tortilla crisis Tom Levitt | 13th September 2011 News Food Speculation Food And Farming Banks Trading Politics And …
Food and water shortages and sharp price hikes in the necessities of life are driving civil unrest and rebellion across the Middle East and North Africa, writes Nafeez Ahmed. Adding to the problem, many of the afflicted countries are of strategic importance for their oil and gas, putting them on the front line of destabilizing 'counter-terrorism' operations.
… Rebellion and hunger - how drought and food scarcity are fanning the flames of war Nafeez Ahmed | 13th May 2015 News Water Food Politics Society Oil Energy Middle East drought-burkina-faso-cut.jpg Food and water shortages and sharp price hikes …
Families hit by £605 food bill as extreme weather and energy crisis bites.
… Ruby Harbour | 4th December 2023 | News Food And Farming El Nino Bills Economics … Hurricane Patricia Families hit by £605 food bill as extreme weather and energy crisis … add the total cost of 10 weekly shops onto food bills as floods and drought hit food …
The financial industry has been quick to dismiss its role in pushing up food prices but with the evidence growing daily the Ecologist cuts through the jargon to explain the reality of food speculation
… A guide to food speculation: how to argue with a banker … The Ecologist | 9th June 2011 News Banking Food And Farming Speculation Finance Politics And Economics Banks foodspec.jpg Recent food price volatility has …
A broad community of independent scientific researchers and scholars challenges claims of a 'consensus' that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are 'safe' to grow and eat. The claims - which continue to be widely and often uncritically aired - are a false and artificial construct that have been misleadingly perpetuated through diverse media.
… colleagues | 23rd February 2015 News GMOs Food Farming Health Science … [7]. There is no consensus on GM food safety Regarding the safety of GM crops and foods for human and animal health, a …
In February a report by George W Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) suggested that fast food workers might in the future be classified as manufacturing workers. A CEA report asked: ‘When a fast-food restaurant sells a hamburger, for example, is it providing a “service”, or is it combining inputs to “manufacture’ a product?’
… Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser | 1st April 2004 News Fast Food McDonalds Advertisements Pollution McDonalds Wages Skilled Labour Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser Fast FoodFood And …