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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 3d

❤️‍🩹 15 million deaths a year could be saved worldwide if we all followed the Planetary Health Diet!

Our Executive Director Anna Taylor analyses this and other key findings from the #EatLancet2025 report in our latest podcast.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/48oWsBm

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TABLE @tabledebates.bsky.social · 4d

"A child that is hungry can never concentrate on his or her studies. And we want these children to flourish. Want them to excel. So how do we support them to achieve all this?" asks Glory Omoaka in Part 2 of "Hunger on our doorstep".

Listen here: buff.ly/lmONDdI

@foodfoundation.bsky.social

A flyer for the Feed podcast episode "Hunger on our doorstep (Part 2)", produced by TABLE and produced with support from the Agile Initiative and the Food Foundation, with photos of the podcast guests.

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 The government blocked the publication of a report warning the collapse of tropical rainforests could push up UK food prices, reports @thetimes.com

If true, this is very worrying! Here's why: bit.ly/3HcANBf

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 4d

📢 Is the government doing enough to improve the food system?

As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.

Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social

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Oxford Future of Food @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social · 6d

We are excited to be launching our new seminar series for the term. These are open to all. Attend in person or join online. Details and booking: www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/events

cc: @foodfoundation.bsky.social @cleoverk.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @herts.ac.uk @petescarbs.bsky.social

A flyer with the heading Future of Food Michaelmas seminars. Underneath it says Thursdays, 16:00, Oxford Martin school seminar room 1 or online. Below left it has a picture of a white man with curly blonde hair, wearing a red shirt. Next to the picture it says Thursday 16 October, Professor Harry West, University of Exeter. The title of Harry's talk is: How place-based are terroir products?: Reflections on scale, movement and change. Below Harry is a photograph of a white woman with long dark hair, wearing glasses. To the right of the photograph it reads Thursday 30 October, Dr Claire Thompson, University of Hertfordshire. The title of Claire's talk is: Experiences of food provision in asylum hotels and the implications for health. On the right of the flyer are two further photographs. At the top is a photo of a white woman with dark brown hair talking into a microphone. To the right of the photograph it reads Thursday 13 November, Cleo Verkuijl, Stockholm Environment Institute. Cleo's talk is titled: Alternative proteins: progress, pitfalls and possibilities. Below Cleo's photograph is another photograph of a white woman with short brown hair, talking. She wears a black top. The details read Thursday 20 November, Anna Taylor, The Food Foundation. The talk title is: Opportunities offered by a new food strategy.

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 6d

🫘 Beans are good for our health, our planet and stretched family budgets yet across all income levels consumption is low.

Join our campaign to get more people in the UK eating beans more regularly: ➡️ bit.ly/47wdTiW

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 9d

📢 A new @thelancet.com report highlights the need to eat less meat and more fruit, veg, beans & nuts for both human and planetary health!

Given the findings, it's clear beans, pulses & legumes need to be the drivers of the UK government's #GoodFoodCycle strategy.

🔗 tinyurl.com/4tbzxxys

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 10d

🍔 Food systems issues were a key part of fringe events at @teamlabouruk.bsky.social conference.

But what about the party's agenda? Get the inside track from our Public Affairs Lead Joss MacDonald in our latest podcast!

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3WiN0Ij

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 11d

📢 Did you know 96% of adults in the UK don't eat enough fibre?

Beans, lentils and pulses can help close the gap so we're building a movement with @vegpoweruk.bsky.social to get more people eating beans!

🔗 bit.ly/47wdTiW
#BeansisHow #BetterOffWithBeans

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 12d

🙏 New restrictions on #BOGOF and multibuy deals on unhealthy food come into force today.

As only 4% of multibuy deals by major retailers are on fruit and veg we hope supermarkets will use the opportunity to start promoting more staple healthy foods!

🔗 bit.ly/3PR0Gal

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 12d

🗣️ 'Our food system is wreaking havoc on the nation's health and the planet'

Our Head of Food Business Transformation Rebecca Tobi quoted in today's @bigissue.com 👇

www.bigissue.com/life/food/su...

Supermarkets have a monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?

Should supermarkets have a near monopoly over grocery sales in Britain? The government faces calls for "action".

www.bigissue.com

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 14d

📝 A new report shows the value of involving citizens in policymaking!

It highlights real-life examples of how Food Ambassadors working with us and the @ffc-commission.bsky.social are making invaluable contributions to the government's new Food Strategy.

Learn more: ➡️ tinyurl.com/2e6um2b9

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 17d

🚜 New evidence shows extending Free School Meals could give British farmers a £600 million windfall!

How? Barbara Crowther of @sustainweb.org spills the beans in our latest podcast.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/4mu5Fvn

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 17d

📢 We're looking forward to making a big impact at the
@labouruk.bsky.social Party Conference!

Several Food Ambassadors we work with share insights about how to improve the food system. Watch the video below to get a flavour of what they'll be saying ⬇️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVcN...

'This isn't a game. This is our lives, our families, our future'

YouTube video by Food Foundation

www.youtube.com

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 18d

⚠️ Some children are missing up to 15 days of school a year being treated for painful tooth decay.

NHS community dentist Lindsy Vallayil explores the impact of this preventable disease on some of our most vulnerable children.

🔗 bit.ly/4nhWxex
@thebda.bsky.social @bspdofficial.bsky.social

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 19d

📢 New job alert! 📢

We're looking for someone to play a leading role in a new campaign to boost consumption of beans, legumes and pulses across the UK!

More info & how to apply: ➡️ bit.ly/4ctsJql

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 Did you know as many as one in three primary school children have obesity in the most deprived parts of the UK?

This can have life-long consequences for their health and the economy.

Find out why: bit.ly/inequalities...

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 20d

We're looking forward to learning more at the #LabourPartyConference

Can't wait to hear from Food Ambassador Dev Sharma! 📢🗣️👏

Details here: www.recipeforchange.org.uk/news-and-blo...

#RecipeForChange #LPC25

Children's Food Campaign @childrensfood.bsky.social · 26d

🎤 Meet the speakers for our Recipe for Change panel at #LabourPartyConference!

We’re asking:
“How can making food healthier help drive the shift to prevention?”

Join us: Mon 29 Sept | 16:00–16:45 | ECL, Exhibition Event Hub, ACC Liverpool

#RecipeForChange #LPC25

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 20d

Throw some #beans in!🥫➡️🍲

Add some fibre to your pastas, burritos, stews, sandwiches & more🍝🌯🥘🥪🌮🥙🥟

@thesun.co.uk highlights easy bean meals to boost your health & chats with with Chloe Mackean from our team: www.thesun.co.uk/money/367872...

👇Yes those are lentils - looking tasty😋🫘

#healthyfood

The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 20d

🛒 In our latest podcast, Barbara, Food Ambassador, shares experiences & examples of #foodinsecurity where she lives in #Hartlepool

🚧 @amandabailey.bsky.social talks about structural barriers to accessing #healthyfood

🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/episode/1Tlr...

Bigger than a crisis: Why is our health a postcode lottery?

open.spotify.com

The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 20d

"One of the biggest inequalities in food I notice in my area is lack of access to fresh fruit and vegetables. This means that people like me often have no choice but to rely on processed or packaged food which may be cheaper and closer but are not healthy at all"

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 20d

Our new health & inequalities dashboard shows that food insecurity, child poverty, & diet-related diseases like obesity & diabetes are rampant across the UK and affect disadvantaged areas the most. Gov't leaders should use this as a resource to target interventions: bit.ly/inequalities...

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 20d

We also joined @libdems.org.uk MPs to talk about the party's plan for food & health

Great to meet @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social @dannychambers.bsky.social @mp4stratford.bsky.social @alisonebennett.bsky.social @mariecgoldman.bsky.social @werahobhouse.bsky.social

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 20d

Andrew George MP: "we need to look at prevention" & voiced support for taxing unhealthy food

"Despite promises from retailers/manufacturers that they're doing their best, they really aren't." George said the @commonshealth.bsky.social inquiry should focus on prevention

@smfthinktank.bsky.social

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 20d

The Government must take action and target intervention.

Explore the UK's health & diet inequalities:
🔎 bit.ly/inequalities...

@salfordfoundation.bsky.social @mancitycouncil.bsky.social @gmyn.bsky.social @rotherhamcouncil.bsky.social @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social

#healthyfood #fastfood

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