Members of the food movement share an infectious vision, writes Jonathan Latham - one which is constructive, convivial, classless, raceless, international, and embraces the whole world. Unled yet inspirational, it rests on a novel, harmonious philosophy that combines science, recognition of planetary boundaries, and the universal need for wholesome sustenance.
… Why the sustainable food movement is unstoppable: it's the … Jonathan Latham | 3rd October 2016 Comment Food Farming Philosophy Society Health garlic-cut.jpg Members of the food movement share an infectious vision, …
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 …
The dominant story about the future of the world food supply is logical, well known and widely disseminated, writes Jonathan Foley. It is also completely wrong.
… Changing the global food narrative Jonathan Foley | 1st January 2014 Comment Food Farming GMOs Gm Food Population water-apple-kerala.png The …
In the red corner, the increasingly successful citizens' campaign to label foods containing GMO ingredients. In the blue, a supine government and powerful GMO and grocery industry that will fight it all the way. Welcome to 2014 ...
… GMO and 'natural' food - let the fight begin Ronnie Cummins | 9th January 2014 Activism Gm Food GMOs Food Farming gm-right-to-know.png In the red …
Campaigners for the labeling of GMOs in food are winning their battle against corporate America, writes Ralph Nader. No wonder the corporations are fighting back with lawsuits and scare stories ... they're on the back foot, and they know it.
… Nader | 30th June 2014 Activism USA GMOs Food Corporations Society Law … Campaigners for the labeling of GMOs in food are winning their battle against … latest initiatives of our nation's growing food safety movement. Across the country, …
Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement.
… Resisting the corporate stranglehold on food and farming - is agroecology enough? … Colin Todhunter | 4th March 2016 Comment Food Farming Corporations The Land India USA … Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous …
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 …
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 …
In an extract from her new book What to Eat, investigative journalist Joanna Blythman offers top tips on how to make your food pound go further without scrimping on what you believe in
… 10 ways to save money on food without compromising your principles … Joanna Blythman | 3rd April 2012 Activism Food And Farming Society Climate Change Diet Meat Ethical Consumer Food And Gardening holding.jpg What to Eat, …
The very first GE product, a dietary supplement, poisoned thousands of people of which dozens died, writes Steven M. Druker. The first GE food, the 'Flavr Savr' tomato, caused stomach lesions. But a long campaign of concealment and deception by regulators and corporate scientists re-engineered the truth to present GMOs as so safe they did not even need to be tested for safety.
… The GMO food venture is built on a foundation of mass … GMOs Science Corporations Regulation Toxics Food Farming … died, writes Steven M. Druker. The first GE food, the 'Flavr Savr' tomato, caused stomach … reconfigure the genetic core of the world's food supply has substantially relied on the …
A campaign to force food manufacturers and retailers to reduce their waste is coupled with an innovative celebration of the rejected food
… Campaign: Fighting food waste through feasts David Hawkins | 17th … 2010 Activism Society Waste This Is Rubbish Food Waste 1img_0279---version-2.jpg A campaign to force food manufacturers and retailers to reduce …
Everyone loves family farming! And so they should, writes Holly Creighton-Hird, as family farms produce most of the world's food. But the UK Government has a funny way of showing it - favouring corporate agriculture and eliminating farm payments for small land holdings. It's up to us, the public, to support small, high welfare producers.
… as family farms produce most of the world's food. But the UK Government has a funny way of … Family farming is a hot topic this year. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the … week, family farming was the focus of World Food Day 2014. Of course there's is no …
A tax on unhealthy foods would be more effective at tackling obesity than making healthy foods cheaper but could hit the poorest the hardest
… obesity The Ecologist | 4th March 2010 News Food And Farming Tax Subsidy Consumer Society … be more effective than subsidising healthy food A tax on unhealthy foods would be more effective at tackling …
Monsanto has a simple purpose, writes Pete Dolack: to control the world's food supply, monopolizing seeds and agrochemicals to extract profit from every bite of food we eat. Caring nothing for the disease, poverty and destruction that it causes, it has suborned politicians, governments and regulators to its will. But millions are determined to stop it.
… Marching on Monsanto - we demand food freedom! Pete Dolack Systemic Disorder | … writes Pete Dolack: to control the world's food supply, monopolizing seeds and … to extract profit from every bite of food we eat. Caring nothing for the disease, …
India's food system, essentially clean just a generation ago, has been comprehensively contaminated with sugar, bad fats, synthetic additives, GMOs and pesticides under the country's neoliberal 'great leap forwards', writes Colin Todhunter. The result? a surge in obesity, diabetes and cancer incidence, but no let-up in the under-nutrition of those too poor to join in the over-consumption.
… malnutrition and the globalisation of bad food Colin Todhunter | 4th April 2016 Comment Food Farming India Trade GMOs Health … Toxics mcdonalds-india-cut.jpg India's food system, essentially clean just a …
Thanks to pro-GMO politicans and lobbying by powerful agribusiness interests the UK and other EU countries may soon find supermarket shelves flooded with GM foods, both imported and home grown, writes Linda Kaucher. We must press parliamentary candidates now to defend us from this serious and long-term debasement of our food and farming.
… TTIP could soon bring GM foods to UK supermarket shelves Linda Kaucher | 2nd April 2015 News Food Farming GMOs Trade Regulation UK EU … soon find supermarket shelves flooded with GM foods, both imported and home grown, writes …
This Tuesday voters in Oregon and Colorado will have the chance to strike a decisive blow for consumers' right to know by forcing the labeling of GMO ingredients. Big Food is spending big to mislead and confuse voters, writes Ronnie Cummins - but the outcome is looking too close to call.
… forcing the labeling of GMO ingredients. Big Food is spending big to mislead and confuse … and highly publicized state mandatory GMO food labeling ballot initiatives: Measure 92 … Bayer), backed by the world's largest junk food manufactures (Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kraft, …
The growth of food banks reflects a simple truth: the government does not care about hungry families, writes Rupert Read. To tackle hunger, work must pay a living wage, social security must do its job, and communities must rebuild local food networks.
… Food banks - a radical plan Rupert Read | 5th May 2014 Comment Food UK Society Politics … trussell-vauxhall-cut.jpg The growth of food banks reflects a simple truth: the … its job, and communities must rebuild local food networks. I've just co-authored a report …
Increasing quantities of 'hidden GMOs' are finding their way into our diet, writes Pat Thomas. They are coming mainly in US imports for supermarkets and caterers, and in animal feeds used for meat, dairy and egg production. It's time for chefs, pubs, takeaways and restaurants to take responsibility for the food chains that supply them - labelling the GMOs in their meals, and better still, cutting them out.
… Hidden GMOs in our daily food? Let's get UK chefs talking, and doing! … Pat Thomas | 31st March 2017 Activism GMOs Food Farming UK USA pub-meal-cut.jpg … restaurants to take responsibility for the food chains that supply them - labelling the …
There's no such thing as 'healthy food' if it's not produced by sustainable farming systems on living soils, Patrick Holden told the recent 'Food: The Forgotten Medicine' conference. But after 70 years of industrial farming, there's a huge job to be done to restore our depleted soils and the impoverished genetic diversity of our seeds and crops.
… Patrick Holden | 7th September 2016 Comment Food Farming Health GMOs Pesticides … There's no such thing as 'healthy food' if it's not produced by sustainable … living soils, Patrick Holden told the recent 'Food: The Forgotten Medicine' conference. But …