'Somehow, the positive mood music around improving public sector food never quite translates into meaningful policy'...good summary of where we are on procurement #foodpolicy from Nick Hughes footprintmedia foodservicefootprint.com/comment-quince…

Shining a light on food fraud. A BIG breakthrough in fighting #foodfraud described in my latest New Food Magazine article Nick Hughes newfoodmagazine.com/article/225521…

Calling a government press office is like calling a utilities helpline these days. 10 mins on the phone to Defra listening to elevator music before I gave up. Is this a deliberate tactic or are resources really that stretched?!

I was delighted to contribute to this episode of The Food Programme alongside the oracle on food fraud Prof Chris Elliott OBE. Herbs and spices are ripe for adulteration and UK supply chains remain vulnerable as the results show Nina Pullman Jaega Wise

Labelling landscape continues to confuse as ministers dither over plans to improve food information to consumers Nick Hughes footprintmedia foodservicefootprint.com/comment-labell…

A call for more action from Nick Hughes. Caterers must step up to the plate on antibiotic overuse. I totally agree, a hugely important topic.
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In my defence Prof Chris Elliott OBE this is partly to offset all the negative stuff I wrote at the end of 2023!!

A nation in need of a sugar solution. The UK supply of sugar is 3 times what we should be eating for our health. Another great example of modern day policy failure Nick Hughes footprintmedia foodservicefootprint.com/a-nation-in-ne…

The FAO's new 'Global Roadmap' for food and farming has some promising elements, but it fails to adequately address fossil fuels, agrochemicals, industrial livestock, corporate capture, or dietary change. It should be more agroecological in ambition. 🧵

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Can #foodservice shift to a citizen mindset? What does this look like, practically?

Nick Hughes joined our latest Food Citizenship event for foodservice, to investigate just this. He's reflected on this new way of working in today's footprintmedia.

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'What do British people really want? Have they been engaged with, meaningfully? .. Or are assumptions about what people want being used to prop up political decisions?'

Dan Crossley reflects on the importance of listening to citizens in The Grocer (£).

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We’ve been here before…. & there’s no evidence I know of that letting industry be standard setter, judge & jury did any good except to the bottom line. ‘Businesses to set health agenda – again’ foodservicefootprint.com/businesses-to-…

The Government has scrapped a £5m plan to fund a “school cooking revolution” just 19 months after it was unveiled, i newspaper can reveal

🔴 Exclusive from Jason Arunn Murugesu

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Job alert! I am biased but this is honestly a one-of-a-kind job in journalism/editing at Wicked Leeks, at an incredibly exciting time for food and farming and for a progressive employee owned business Riverford. Happy to answer any Qs for more info. riverford.co.uk/about/work-wit…

The BIG Brexit lie, or at least one of the big Brexit lies.... The 5th postponement of checks at UK border show the promise of cheaper food post-Brexit were always an illusion. Nick Hughes tells it as it realy is footprintmedia
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The human cost of food inflation. Households and businesses are at breaking point as food prices continue to soar. Nick Hughes footprintmedia foodservicefootprint.com/the-human-cost…

How much would you be prepared to pay for your cup of coffee if you knew the social & environmental costs of producing it were factored into the price? It's time we paid the the true price for food. Foodservice operators are in a position to change things! foodservicefootprint.com/comment-its-ti…

This is truly pathetic. Most businesses are fine with mandatory food waste reporting. If the government can't bring itself to enact even the least contentious of new regulatory requirements then what hope is there?

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Today we publish Climate Change Committee annual report on progress in reducing UK emissions.

We reflect on policy progress in a year that brought the UK’s first recorded 40C day and spiralling fossil fuel costs.

And there’s a reality check on the acceleration needed for 2030 and beyond.
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Despite over 3,000 pages of new detail, our confidence in the UK meeting its goals from 2030 onwards is now markedly less than it was in our previous assessment a year ago. A key opportunity to push a faster pace of progress has been missed. theccc.org.uk/2023/06/28/bet…