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The Future of Food
I write about the evolving food landscape and the connections between our food systems, the natural environment and public health. My blog explores the factors that influence what we eat and the far-reaching impact of our food choices. Discover the stories, research, and ideas redefining our relationship with food.
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What 2025 Made Clear About UK Food Security
“Our food system is damaging the very foundations of our food security.” When Paul Behrens delivered this assessment to over a thousand policymakers and business…
COP30 and the Politics of What We Eat
For decades, climate negotiations have treated food security as separate from emissions reduction. The Belém Declaration on Hunger, Poverty, and People-Centred Climate Action changed that…
It’s Time to Choose: Why Food System Transformation Can’t Wait
During the Second World War, the UK reshaped farming, land use, and diets with unprecedented speed in reaction to unforeseen events. We need that scale…
Playing With Our Food: How Serious Games Expose Food System Vulnerabilities
In recent years, we’ve witnessed empty supermarket shelves, panic buying, and supply chain failures that would have seemed impossible a decade ago. Chronic vulnerabilities in…
From Charity to Rights: How European Food Strategies are Making Food Security a Reality
Parents skipping meals to feed their children, healthcare workers relying on food banks, middle-income families struggling to afford fresh produce—these increasingly common realities reflect something…
A Wake-up Call from Industry Insiders: Food System Vulnerability Demands Immediate Action
Industry insiders sounded the alarm earlier this month when an anonymous group of food industry executives released a whistleblowing memo, warning of unprecedented threats to…
Food Security in a Climate-Changed World: A Shared Vision for National Security
The UK’s food and farming systems reached a crossroads with the release of the Climate Change Committee’s Seventh Carbon Budget (CB7). Energy, manufacturing, and other…
When Systems Resist Change: Lessons for Food System Transformation
“Healthcare systems and hospitals are usually inert to most forces that try to get them to change,” observed a former UK government civil servant in…
Better Together: Integration and Inclusion in Food Policy Reform
Fragmentation has long described the UK’s approach to our food system. And with the challenges facing our food system increasing—from climate impacts threatening production to…
Bold Politics, Better Food: The Recipe for Good Health
The numbers in the UK are staggering: Unhealthy diets cost an estimated £268 billion annually. Some 2.8 million people are out of work due to…
