Healthy and sustainable food; fish; fairtrade; cities; better food traders; Brexit - all of this and so much more... CEO of @UKSustain but my views are my own
Oct 7, 2019 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
I find this advert troubling. It does not take £3 to feed 12 Mancunians in food poverty. It takes a generous, fair, humane society in which hunger is unacceptable and good food is a right and a priority. @RighttoFoodUK
It takes a change in how we perceive food, so we say, “Hunger is not acceptable,” and – better – “We have systems to prevent this.” @right2fooduksustainweb.org/righttofood/. It takes @LivingWage incomes and an @DWP social security safety net that meets the actual cost of living.
Sep 19, 2019 • 16 tweets • 17 min read
On @Channel4News tonight: Food charities and industry tell government “Stop passing the buck” on responsibility for ensuring vulnerable people can get the food they need in a #NoDeal Brexit food crisis.” Pensioners, children in low-income families, people who are ill or disabled.
Government’s Yellowhammer #NoDeal Briefing says food prices could go up, serious delays and disruption to food supply. With 8.4m people in this country already food insecure, “What happens if demand for emergency food aid goes up? Whose job is it to step in?” asks @Channel4News