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It’s the food systems, stupid
When the early days of Covid-19 lockdown led to empty supermarket shelves, we were confronted with the fragility – and true importance – of food systems. While much of society was furloughed,...
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Tesco CEO: food strategy cannot be left to the market
The Chief Executive of Britain’s biggest supermarket group, Tesco, has said the National Food Strategy must holistically address the pressing...
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UK’s food strategy: poverty and trade focus
Poor diets lead to one in seven UK deaths – a figure set to rise as the legacy of Covid-19...
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Five ways to reboot the global food economy
Covid-19 has shown how damaging ill-health can be for the economy. But it has also shown how measures that benefit...
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It’s like trying to translate bird song: Life in country part three
In this third and final part we explore the complex set of obligations which have led to 50,000 years and more of sustainability.
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You tell us: innovating in lockdown
Matthew Cushen is a London-based investor, strategist and consultant in food retail, via his dual businesses Worth Capital and Uprising Consulting. He’s consulted globally, including helping to establish food giant Reliance Retail across India....
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Deadly food systems: poverty, Covid-19 and the Irish Famine
On the face of it, the Covid-19 pandemic has little in common with the Potato Famine that devastated the Irish population in the 1840s. One involved a disease that attacked the leaves and tuber...
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What really matters – food itself and community
The corona crisis has had untold impact, both on a human and systems level; and in doing so it has starkly laid out what really, truly matters. In the domain of food, I think...
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It’s the food systems, stupid
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Lulim’s 50,000-year food system is among the oldest in history
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Biodiversity can protect us from the next pandemic
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You tell us: innovating in lockdown
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What really matters – food itself and community
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Deadly food systems: poverty, Covid-19 and the Irish Famine
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