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Global platform for inclusive dialogue on the future of food. Collaboration between five universities.
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Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?

TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.

Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
A flyer for the new TABLE Report “Alternative proteins and better food futures: Moving beyond the binaries” by Joshua Rees, Tamsin Blaxter, and Tara Garnett with the logos of the United Nations Foundation, the University of Oxford and TABLE.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Can we eat better without paying more?

In the latest Feed Podcast episode, we explore a cost-neutral tax reform with Jörgen Larsson (Chalmers University), one that makes healthier and climate-friendly food cheaper without raising the overall grocery bill.

Listen here: buff.ly/aHEL5SH
A flyer for the Feed podcast episode 92 "Can we eat better without paying more?" with Jörgen Larsson.
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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As COP30 wraps up in Brazil, it's worth asking what these negotiations have achieved for food systems so far.

Before COP began, we heard from Oliver Camp / @gainhealth.org, Matheus Alves Zanella / @futureoffood.bsky.social & Alessia Mortara / FOLU

Watch the recording here: buff.ly/4yIKfHS
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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"[If] you ask people about what they think about a tax on beef, most people are negative. But when we ask what do you think of a tax on beef and that the equal amount would be used to subsidize fruit & veg, then the attitude changes dramatically."

Listen here: www.tabledebates.org/podcast/epis...
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Instead of telling people what to eat, what if we changed what food costs?

The latest episode of the Feed Podcast explores cost-neutral tax reform aimed at making healthy, climate-friendly food cheaper, with Jörgen Larsson.

Listen here: www.tabledebates.org/podcast/epis...
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Can we eat better without paying more?

In this week's Feed Podcast episode, we explore a cost-neutral tax reform with Jörgen Larsson (Chalmers University), one that makes healthier and climate-friendly food cheaper without raising the overall grocery bill.

Listen here: buff.ly/aHEL5SH
A flyer for the Feed podcast episode 92 "Can we eat better without paying more?" with Jörgen Larsson.
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?

TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.

Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
A flyer for the new TABLE Report “Alternative proteins and better food futures: Moving beyond the binaries” by Joshua Rees, Tamsin Blaxter, and Tara Garnett with the logos of the United Nations Foundation, the University of Oxford and TABLE.
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Last Monday, TABLE & our partners @foodfoundation.bsky.social & @green-alliance.org.uk presented findings from our AGILE Initiative "Reckoning with Regeneration" project, to a room of practitioners, philanthropists, & academics in London.

Report coming soon!

More on the project: buff.ly/fTEdStB
Tara Garnett presents about TABLE at a podium at the front of a wood-panelled room at the launch of the findings of the Reckoning with Regeneration project on 10 November. A slide projected next to her on a screen describes who TABLE is and "What we do". Photo by Jacquelyn Turner. Rebecca Tobi of The Food Foundation and three attendees of the launch speak in a circle before the session begins at the launch of the findings of the Reckoning with Regeneration project on 10 November. Photo by Jacquelyn Turner. Dr Helen Ferrier asks a question into a microphone at the launch of the findings of the Reckoning with Regeneration project on 10 November. Photo by Jacquelyn Turner. Tara Garnett, Ruth Mattock and Richard Kipling sit at a panel with microphones at the front of the room, answering questions after their presentation at the launch of the findings of the Reckoning with Regeneration project on 10 November. Photo by Jacquelyn Turner.
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Recently posted to our events board:

🙋 Call for Applications: In-person Workshop on Industrial Livestock Systems

📔 Hosted by the Critical Research on Industrial Livestock Systems (CRILS) Network

🗓️ 28 & 29 April 2026 (Apply by 5 Dec)

🌍 In-person at @soasuni.bsky.social

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November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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As COP30 forges on in Brazil, it's worth asking what these negotiations have achieved for food systems so far.

Last Tuesday, we heard from Oliver Camp / @gainhealth.org, Matheus Alves Zanella / @futureoffood.bsky.social & Alessia Mortara / FOLU

Watch the recording here: buff.ly/4yIKfHS
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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On Monday, TABLE & our partners @foodfoundation.bsky.social & @green-alliance.org.uk presented findings from our AGILE Initiative "Reckoning with Regeneration" project, to a room of practitioners, philanthropists, & academics in London.

Report coming soon!

More on the project: buff.ly/fTEdStB
Tara Garnett presents about TABLE at a podium at the front of a wood-panelled room at the launch of the findings of the Reckoning with Regeneration project on 10 November. A slide projected next to her on a screen describes who TABLE is and "What we do". Photo by Jacquelyn Turner. Rebecca Tobi of The Food Foundation and three attendees of the launch speak in a circle before the session begins at the launch of the findings of the Reckoning with Regeneration project on 10 November. Photo by Jacquelyn Turner. Dr Helen Ferrier asks a question into a microphone at the launch of the findings of the Reckoning with Regeneration project on 10 November. Photo by Jacquelyn Turner. Tara Garnett, Ruth Mattock and Richard Kipling sit at a panel with microphones at the front of the room, answering questions after their presentation at the launch of the findings of the Reckoning with Regeneration project on 10 November. Photo by Jacquelyn Turner.
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?

TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.

Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
A flyer for the new TABLE Report “Alternative proteins and better food futures: Moving beyond the binaries” by Joshua Rees, Tamsin Blaxter, and Tara Garnett with the logos of the United Nations Foundation, the University of Oxford and TABLE.
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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As COP30 kicks off in Brazil, it's worth asking what these negotiations have achieved for food systems so far.

Last Tuesday, we heard from Oliver Camp / @gainhealth.org, Matheus Alves Zanella / @futureoffood.bsky.social & Alessia Mortara / FOLU

Watch the recording here: buff.ly/4yIKfHS
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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"It's so easy to stand up on a stage and say things are urgent, it doesn't change anything." says Corinna Hawkes of @fao.org about how we need address many problems with our food systems in slower ways that invest in people who make connections.

Listen to the podcast episode here: buff.ly/ZaLgbV7
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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As many travel to Brazil this weekend for COP30, it's worth asking what these negotiations have achieved for food systems so far.

On Tuesday, we heard from Oliver Camp / @gainhealth.org, Matheus Alves Zanella / @futureoffood.bsky.social & Alessia Mortara

Watch the recording here: buff.ly/4yIKfHS
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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📣 Two days left to contribute! 📣

TABLE & @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social, are conducting a survey to learn what you want from food research, what you need from funders, & key topics.

Take the survey here: buff.ly/ROPrwTY
A flyer for a food research survey put out by TABLE, the Wellcome Trust and the Centre for Food Policy. The text says "Are you a food researcher or knowledge generator?We want to hear from you to help shape research within the UK and the EU! Take our survey to share your views on how research funding can better facilitate climate and health goals via food system transformation. Results are anonymous and will inform Wellcome Trust's research strategy for the next few years."
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?

TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.

Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
A flyer for the new TABLE Report “Alternative proteins and better food futures: Moving beyond the binaries” by Joshua Rees, Tamsin Blaxter, and Tara Garnett with the logos of the United Nations Foundation, the University of Oxford and TABLE.
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Do you research food, food systems or a topic related to food?

TABLE & @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social, have launched a new survey to learn what you want from food research, what you need from funders, & key topics.

Take the survey here: buff.ly/ROPrwTY
A flyer for a food research survey put out by TABLE, the Wellcome Trust and the Centre for Food Policy. The text says "Are you a food researcher or knowledge generator?We want to hear from you to help shape research within the UK and the EU! Take our survey to share your views on how research funding can better facilitate climate and health goals via food system transformation. Results are anonymous and will inform Wellcome Trust's research strategy for the next few years."
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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TODAY: Have we reached a fork in the road?

Join us for our 4 November webinar on 30 years of COP and the future of food!

Speakers: Oliver Camp / @gainhealth.org, Matheus Alves Zanella / @futureoffood.bsky.social, & Alessia Mortara / FOLU

Register here: buff.ly/6dQFwdU
A flyer for the TABLE event “Fork in the Road? 30 Years of COP and the Future of Food” hosted online on 4 November 16:00-17:30 GMT.
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?

TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.

Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
A flyer for the new TABLE Report “Alternative proteins and better food futures: Moving beyond the binaries” by Joshua Rees, Tamsin Blaxter, and Tara Garnett with the logos of the United Nations Foundation, the University of Oxford and TABLE.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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TOMORROW: Have we reached a fork in the road?

Join us for our 4 November webinar on 30 years of COP and the future of food!

Speakers: Oliver Camp / @gainhealth.org, Matheus Alves Zanella / @futureoffood.bsky.social, & one more speaker TBC

Register here: buff.ly/6dQFwdU
A flyer for the TABLE event “Fork in the Road? 30 Years of COP and the Future of Food” hosted online on 4 November 16:00-17:30 GMT.
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?

TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.

Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
A flyer for the new TABLE Report “Alternative proteins and better food futures: Moving beyond the binaries” by Joshua Rees, Tamsin Blaxter, and Tara Garnett with the logos of the United Nations Foundation, the University of Oxford and TABLE.
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Have we reached a fork in the road?

Join us for our 4 November webinar on 30 years of COP and the future of food!

Speakers: Oliver Camp / @gainhealth.org, Matheus Alves Zanella / @futureoffood.bsky.social, & one more speaker TBC

Register here: buff.ly/6dQFwdU
A flyer for the TABLE event “Fork in the Road? 30 Years of COP and the Future of Food” hosted online on 4 November 16:00-17:30 GMT.
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Do you research food, food systems or a topic related to food?

TABLE & @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social, have launched a new survey to learn what you want from food research, what you need from funders, & key topics.

Take the survey here: buff.ly/ROPrwTY
A flyer for a food research survey put out by TABLE, the Wellcome Trust and the Centre for Food Policy. The text says "Are you a food researcher or knowledge generator?We want to hear from you to help shape research within the UK and the EU! Take our survey to share your views on how research funding can better facilitate climate and health goals via food system transformation. Results are anonymous and will inform Wellcome Trust's research strategy for the next few years."
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Do you research food, food systems or a topic related to food?

TABLE & @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social, have launched a new survey to learn what you want from food research, what you need from funders, & key topics.

Take the survey here: buff.ly/ROPrwTY
A flyer for a food research survey put out by TABLE, the Wellcome Trust and the Centre for Food Policy. The text says "Are you a food researcher or knowledge generator?We want to hear from you to help shape research within the UK and the EU! Take our survey to share your views on how research funding can better facilitate climate and health goals via food system transformation. Results are anonymous and will inform Wellcome Trust's research strategy for the next few years."
October 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM