THE CONCEPT of cutting meat consumption to save the planet is a difficult one to swallow – especially for a nation that prides itself on livestock farming and craves roast beef on a Sunday. Indeed, it’s an idea that environmentalists love, politicians hate, food companies (often) ignore and consumers don’t really understand. [...]
THE INTRODUCTION of a ban on large sugary drinks in New York has stalled with a judge having declared it “arbitrary and capricious”. Meanwhile, the UK is facing a similar public health u-turn with the government stumbling in its bid to introduce minimum pricing on alcohol. The [...]
UK CONSUMERS have become ‘squeamish’ about eating certain cuts but a new report argues that meat – including offal – needs to be valued rather than wasted. Fergus Henderson will be pleased. A report published last month by WWF- UK and the [...]
AS NEW YORK bans giant servings amid growing pressure to confront obesity, Footprint asks if the UK’s soft drinks face hard regulation. Last month Coca-Cola unveiled a new advert, but it’s not just any advert. Instead of relating its drinks to happiness the [...]
THE LIGHT-TOUCH approach to healthy food policy concerns campaigners, but the government and food businesses are now in contact more than ever – and it’s making a difference, Phil Hooper tells David Burrows. It’s no secret the coalition government likes to nudge rather than push. Nudging, an idea popularised by academics Richard Thaler and Cass [...]
PLACING GREATER value on meat could help to cut consumption with knock-on benefits for the environment and health, according to a new report published by WWF-UK and the Food Ethics Council (FEC). High meat consumption has been associated with a number of factors related to [...]
POLITICIANS FEAR the idea. Environmentalists love it. Consumers dont understand it. And businesses are beginning to trial it. David Burrows investigates the controversial concept of sustainable diets. Obesity and diet-related illness are on the increase. Fewer young people are being taught how to [...]
THE FOOD Ethics Council is running a month-long online survey to help with its ‘Beyond Business As Usual’ project, which aims to move the UK towards a fair, healthy and sustainable food and farming system. In order to achieve this important aim, the first thing we need to do [...]
Farms of the future
By footprint on November 20, 2012
Published in: Comment, Features, Features, Foodservice News, Green Scene and tagged Al Gore, Bayer CropScience, Cafedirect, Coventry University, Dr Julia Whright, Dr Patricia Thornley, Elizabeth Bowles, European Food and Farming Partnership, Food Ethics Council, Food for Life Catering, Forum for the Future, Future of Food And Farming, Geoff Tansey, Jonathan Porritt, Julian Little, Mark Driscoll, Michael Bond, NFU, Peter Kendall, Professor Charles Godfray, Professor Sir John Beddington, Rachel Carson, Robert Frost, Robyn Kimber, Silent Spring, Soil Association, The Dailt Telegraph, University of Manchester, University of Oxford, WWF.
FIFTY YEARS ago this month the book Silent Spring kick-started the environmental movement and changed the way we grow our food. As climate change and population growth exert growing pressure, what will the next generation of farms look like? This month marks the 50th anniversary of [...]