The Food Foundation

🗣 'A future where everyone can access healthy food is not a pipe dream' Our Food Ambassador and disability rights campaigner DAN WHITE on what the new The Labour Party government - and retailers - should be doing to address #foodpoverty Read more: ➡ https://lnkd.in/dUQv8kaV #CostOfLivingCrisis #PortfolioDay #disabilityrights #foodinsecurity

How can we scale out the work of community-centred 'food hubs' to tackle food insecurity across the UK? 🍏 Dr Effie Papargyropoulou, Dr Rachel Oldroyd, Professor Michelle Morris and colleagues from The Food Foundation are conducting research to address this need. ⭐ Their project, titled ‘Scaling out place-based, community centred food initiatives’, is working with food hubs across the UK to understand what policymakers can do to better support their work. Effie tells us more about the project and their national ambitions ▶ https://lnkd.in/gvFszJJQ 👉 Learn about other policy-relevant research projects taking place at the University of Leeds on our Youtube channel: https://lnkd.in/ehXzSCas Global Food and Environment Institute, University of Leeds, University of Leeds Sustainability Service, Leeds Social Sciences Institute #FoodInsecurity #Leeds #UK #FoodHubs #Community #FoodPoverty

🛒 Mandatory reporting of healthy food sales is critical to improving business transparency and avoiding the risk of gamification. Our latest blog looks at what the groundwork should be: ➡ https://lnkd.in/e2wYSKSR #mandatoryreporting #reported

📽 Our Citizen Engagement Manager Lucy Heyderman shares her thoughts on what she'd like the newly elected The Labour Party government to do in its first 100 days in office! More here: ➡ https://bit.ly/46k5ICY #NourishingtheNation #FreeSchoolMeals #GeneralElections2024

📢 Our Food Ambassador Saf was among inspirational speakers taking part in a Let's End Poverty webinar about rising levels of poverty across the UK. She highlighted the impact of food insecurity and affordability of healthy food alongside speakers from MUMS ON A MISSION, Survive To Thrive Nation and Cardiff Foodbank Watch here: ➡ https://lnkd.in/etti4jiq #MondayMotivation #foodinsecurity #foodpoverty #poverty

📢 To mark the start of the new government we hosted a panel discussion with representatives from food businesses and the investment community. Find out what they'd like to see from the Labour Party (UK) in its first 100 days of office in our latest podcast: ➡ https://lnkd.in/evv8GcV3 Thanks to guests Sophie Lawrence of Greenbank Investments, James Perry of COOK, Rachel Crossley of BNP Paribas Asset Management, Richard Hall of Danone and Rebecca Tobi RNutr for hosting. #ElectionResults #GeneralElections2024 #Labour

🗣 'Now is the time to set out a bold agenda for change; everyone deserves a food system which helps us to live well' Our Executive Director Anna Taylor reacting to the The Labour Party's General Election victory. Here's what we'd like to happen next: https://lnkd.in/eja9YWvw #Labour #ElectionResults #GE24

🎉 We're delighted to report our chair and founder Laura Sandys CBE has been shortlisted for a Third Sector award! She's been recognised for her vision to change the food system to make it easier for everyone to access nutritious food and the charity's 'incredible record of impact'. Read more here: ➡ https://lnkd.in/e9u5pHim (she's in the Charity Chair of the Year section)

How would you improve the food system? 'Ensuring food system considerations are integrated into key global agreements' - Alexander Burr of Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) Read more from the investor and business community here: https://lnkd.in/enEP2df6 #GeneralElection2024 #LobbyingForGood

🧵 Discussion about improving the food system has been sadly lacking throughout the election campaign! So as the country goes to the polls tomorrow, here's five key areas for change we've identified: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eja9YWvw It's clear the first 💯 days of the next government presents a unique opportunity to improve the food system. That's why we've outlined 10 Cost Free Policies that could be introduced immediately and have a major impact. Learn more: ➡ https://lnkd.in/ejVw3RZr The food industry shapes what we eat as a society and has a huge impact on our health and the environment. We examine how mandatory reporting by food businesses can create a level playing field and de-risk business investment in this briefing: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eFNgxRRk There's growing recognition urgent action is needed to break the #junkfood cycle for the sake of our health, the NHS and the economy. This briefing highlights the loopholes in existing regulations: ➡ https://lnkd.in/e_fdQSsc Nutrition in a child's early years is crucial for development, yet many households are cutting back on fruit and veg due to food insecurity. This briefing highlights the swift action required to breakdown the barriers hindering families from providing adequate nutrition to their children: ➡ https://lnkd.in/efietYDh The UK currently produces just 35% of our total fruit and vegetable supply. A long-term #horticulture strategy is needed which could benefit our health, the environment, create employment and improve our food security: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eVwrEArD The NHS Healthy Start scheme has failed to keep up with inflation and price rises during the #CostOfLivingCrisis - as a result, it is no longer able to guarantee the basic nutritional needs of babies born in low-income families: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eRtewgk6 Despite inflation decreasing in recent months, data shows a substantial increase in food prices since 2022. The National Living Wage and #UniversalCredit fail to cover the costs of the basic necessities needed to live with dignity, including food: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eA2uqChP 900,000 children living in poverty in England currently miss out on a hot, nutritious meal at school. This briefing sets out the economic case for extending #FreeSchoolMeals and the level of support for this among voters: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eaKDmeH5 #NourishingtheNation #GeneralElections2024