But dishonest (or disingenuous?) in omitting how it has done trade deals that could lower standards! (As George Eustice acknowledged when no longer Secretary of State for Enviro, Food & Rural Affairs!)

Still no Land Use Framework (England). This would be surreal if it was not so stupid. Politics of land use are of paramount importance (climate, water, food, biodivrsity, access). UK Government ducks it having promised it for a long time. What is land for? committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…

Why should we worry about #biodiversity ? Should we stop buying certain foods? 🍇🥐🍩

@bbcfood asks food experts how changing our diets can help protect #nature .

'The messages have to be different according to people’s circumstances.' — @proftimlang

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🚨 Last call for posters to show at our City #FoodPolicy Symposium on Thurs 18 April! 🚨

We welcome all abstracts that explore the potential for #foodsystem transformation through local and regional food policy.

Deadline TOMORROW, Thurs 7 March.

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Good paper just out from Faculty of Public Health Food SIG on the public health case for planting more fruit and nut trees in orchards, woods, towns, hedges. UK has low number and should plant and eat more fruit and nuts. fph.org.uk/media/ytij1puu… This is a 'win' for both human and ecosystems health.

dire State of Rivers 2024 rept on UK & Irish rivers. Using EU Water Directive Framework standards, in 2022 only 15% English, 31% N Ireland, 42% Ireland, 44% Wales, 57% Scotland were in good ecological health. 62% English causes were farm, 54% Water Cos. theriverstrust.org/rivers-report-…

I simply ask: is this really necessary? Rice is a key world grain but also at risk of climate change (see Saud, Wang et al 2022 or Schonhart 2021). Why put cultured meat in it? Might be whizzo science but does it address civil food resilience? Who gains? nature.com/articles/d4158…

word 'resilience' is much applied to food systems. Jane Lloyd & colleagues have begun nailing down what it means in practice. New paper on what 4 govts (Aus, NZ, USA, Sweden) do/ don't do. Some work on food climate resilience, less on other issues. Read! doi.org/10.1186/s12889…

Civil food resilience perhaps requires us to think ‘we, we, we’ not ‘me, me, me’.

Join us for our #FoodThinkers on Thurs 22 Feb when Professor Tim Lang will be talking about significant positive changes we can make to create more resilient #FoodSystems .

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Final days for abstract submission for a 2-day event on 'Horticultural Science from Discovery to Application' 🥦🍅🥕🍎🥭

📅 March 26-27 in Reading and online

Submit abstract before Feb 1st!

Organised in collab with Journal Horticultural Science & Biotechnology

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3 DAYS TO APPLY! Come and work with us!
Want to join a team of experts working on the FixOurFood to transform the UK food system? Apply now for the Research Fellow position at Centre for Food Policy City, University of London. Deadline: 26 Nov 2023. More info: city.ac.uk/about/jobs/app…

Looking for a post-doc position? Come work with the Nova team at the University of Sao Paulo that developed the UPF concept! You will work on the NutriNet Brasil study, one of the largest cohorts designed to study dietary patterns and health. Please share: fsp.usp.br/nupens/wp-cont…

Indeed important evidence. Good study. Good tax. Could UK SDIL (sugar tax) be ratcheted up? How do we remove more hidden sugar from processed foods? Tax #UPFs ? Meanwhile too many people on low income cannot afford dental care or even have access to a NHS dentist.

I speak at British Science Association (ex BAAS) this pm to give thoughts on why even affluent countries must prepare and improve civil food resilience (ahead of my forthcoming report). UK illustrates hidden dependencies, lack of planning, and over-reach of food system impacts.