One of the barriers to the wider uptake of more sustainable food production systems and healthier diets is a lack of understanding of the often complex issues relating to what constitutes sustainable production, what constitutes a healthy diet and how these two aspects can be better integrated so that healthy food consumption is both compatible with, and helps to encourage, sustainable food production and distribution.
At the same time there is also a very strong interest amongst farmers about what constitutes more sustainable food production and how this can be embraced at both a practical and an economic level. We approach the twin issues of sustainable production and sustainable consumption by raising awareness and improving understanding amongst the public, food producers and key influencers, about the central components of sustainable, healthy food systems and diets, so that more informed choices can be made about what to eat and how to farm.
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Go with your gut
Over the past twenty years there has been a revolution in how we understand the breadth of the gu...
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Is our food supply making us sick?
Dr Pete Myers makes an urgent and compelling case for reducing the amount of agricultural chemica...
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A public health time-bomb
Professor Tim Lang explains the astonishing public health costs of our current dietary choices an...
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Are edible insects a novel solution to feeding the world?
We need to dig a bit deeper to understand the promises of edible insects, and what their role mig...
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Changing how we eat
In advance of TEDxManhattan last week, we met the experts and eaters planning their speeches for ...
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Childhood nutrition steps up
Francesca Price looks at the importance of engaging children in what they eat and the increasing ...
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Confronting our sugar addiction
Could a sugary drinks tax, with proceeds spent on subsidising fruit and vegetables, be the soluti...
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Dining out with the Millennials
With millennials eating out more frequently than older generations, do they extend their food pri...
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Eat real
It's time to revitalise food. Anya Fernald’s Eat Real Manifesto urges us to support sustainable a...
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Eating is important
As we become busier, we are cooking less and eating poorer quality food. How do we relearn to eat...
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Eating local food
Local food blogger Francesca Price looks at the growth of projects that advocate regional eating,...
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Eating skint
Eating consciously or sustainably can be difficult, especially if you're young and hard up. These...
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10 ways to eat well for less
Francesca Price reveals her top ten tips for eating well on a budget. From growing your own to ma...
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Eating the seasons
There's no better way to eat locally, seasonably, ethically and frugally than fishing out your we...
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Eating well on nearly nothing
Leanne Brown challenges every assumption one might have about eating on a budget with her book Go...
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First world problems: Disliking food
In an age of abundant choice, it's easy to dislike foods. Alicia Miller says we need to be less p...
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Five things to know about pulses
The UN has chosen 2016 as the year to celebrate pulses – a humble family of plants that deserve m...
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Food as medicine: Diet, myths and microbes
Tim Spector’s recent talk on the microbiome and health was one of the highlights of the recent Fo...
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Food for your soul
Satish Kumar, editor of Resurgence and Ecologist Magazine, discusses his philosophy about food an...
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Food youth: The next generation of the food movement is coming up
Young people today are inheriting a catalogue of issues associated with a broken food system but ...
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Foragers: Guardians of the environment
Could foraging in local parks be a source of free, sustainable and healthy food? What barriers do...
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From grower to grocer: Building community food systems
What roles do the growing number of small food chains and alternative distribution networks play ...
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Frugal food
Nick Rapps, head butcher of Sheepdrove, shows you how you can eat well, even on a budget, simply ...
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Future food leaders innovate solutions to social food problems
During this year’s Terra Madre event in Turin, an alliance of diverse organisations invited young...
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Futurefarmers & the Flatbread Society
Artist Amy Franceschini talks to us about the potential of public art as a catalyst for food syst...
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Health, food and well-being
Patrick Holden looks at the meaning of well-being through the prism of food, farming and health
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Helping our children to make better food choices
How do we protect our children from the global food companies who want to turn them into life-lon...
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How British is our ‘British’ cuisine? A look at marmalade on toast
From the cure-all cup of tea to our breakfast staple, marmalade on toast, are these quintessentia...
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Improving diets: Health-by-stealth
Meet the Chicken Shop, their health-by-stealth approach has young people coming back for more
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Integrity of the flour – respect for the grain
The Farm to Loaf Symposium brought together pioneering farmers, millers and bakers to celebrate h...
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Liz Earle Wellbeing
Patrick Holden interviews Liz Earle about her new website, life as an organic farmer and other ex...
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Nutrition the Nordic way
An inspirational toolbox from the Nordic Council of Ministers for improving the health and nutrit...
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Revolting food traditions
Almost every culture has its own 'revolting' food traditions, but what role do they play in food ...
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Say ‘no’ to junk in children’s food
Anna Wharton finds it hard to buy healthy snacks when she is out with her toddler. A new campaig...
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Self-sufficient Britain?
British produce or cheap international imports? Richard Young asks whether global food chains rep...
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Serving up the food industry’s darkest secrets
Patrick Holden interviews leading investigative food journalist Joanna Blythman about her new boo...
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Shopping for change
Patrick Holden looks at whether information on what's wrong with our current food system can crea...
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Singing for your supper
Can good food and good music help to change the world? Julianne Mesaric explores the efforts of W...
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Slipping spelt into the British bowl
We attended the launch of the Great British Spelt Recipe Collection, aiming to popularise the hea...
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Sourdough and digestibility
Why is it that some people find they can digest some sourdough bread with ease, but not all sourd...
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Street food: A tale of three cities
There's more to street food than burgers. In communities across the globe, street food provides a...
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Sustainability is complex: There is no single diet solution
Peter Mundy explains why grazing ruminant livestock can and should play a key role in feeding the...
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The spring plate: Eating in the ‘hungry gap’
As we wait for the bounty of summer produce, here's what's available in the leaner months known a...
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The truth about sugar
What happens when we eat something that is loaded with sugar? This short film from TED-Ed reveals...
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What makes a sustainable menu?
Last month, farmers, chefs and caterers put down their respective pitchforks and knives and desce...
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What should we eat now?
As climate change and soil degradation threaten our current food supply, there is an imperative n...
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