Thanks for the review! To respond on a couple of comments and not wanting to quibble...yes, smallholders are key but this book was about tackling corporate capture and power imbalances. 'Anti-business' is over-simplistic...it's as much anti-politicians who fail to rein in corporate power. But 🙏 !

Enjoyed this chat with @kcrwevan.bsky.social www.kcrw.com/stories/chef... (from 24m) Good Food explores the world through the lens of food....from food politics to the science behind cooking, highlighting a diverse community of cooks, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians and journalists @kcrw.com

Powerful piece of journalism by the brilliant Jeremy Bowen...for the first time (that I've seen) a clear, detailed analysis of how food is purposively used as bait to target desperate, starving (and extraordinarily brave) young adults in Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🔥new substack stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/bending-th...

The MAHA funnel...Big Wellness, conspiracy fantasies (not much theory involved) with their tell-tale keywords and how to respond. Great @nytimes.com video opinion www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Funding the solution while driving the problem? www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

The David Bowie Centre at the V&A East Storehouse is amazing. It’s a must-see for fans of David Bowie. I’m immensely proud of East Bank, and City Hall will continue to support this new world-class cultural quarter.

Prof Jasmine Fledderjohann has compiled a Starter Pack on Food Security and Nutrition – perfect for anyone looking to learn, connect with experts & engage in meaningful dialogue. 🔗 Explore the starter pack & follow the experts: 👉 go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ #FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Inequality #FoodEquity

🔥new report from @unicef.org showing how our global food system is feeding profit and failing children www.unicef.org/reports/feed...

“I was looking out of my window at a glacier that’s half the size it was, listening to people whooping and hollering in delight.” A sordid story of net zero capitulation...but great research by Alexi Mostrous @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Like the scene in Rome from Spectre (....were there trapdoors underneath the chairs?)

The struggle to survive in Gaza...what it takes to make one meal www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

where is the steamroller...where is the government? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🔥new substack stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/now-well-s...

Excellent from @jasonhickel.bsky.social on the drivers of the gross hypocrisy by US and allies, and tolerance of extreme violence in Gaza. A liberated Palestine = potential liberation movements in a geopolitical hotspot that's pivotal for Western capital. jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-does-t...

📢 Today we publish a thought-provoking Series of articles examining the arms trade in health. @kamranabbasi.bsky.social & I problematise current “warfare vs welfare” debates, arguing for more scrutiny of the arms industry & renewed support for global peace dividend. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

On the shelves in the US, the day after Labor Day... www.simonandschuster.com/books/Food-F...

Thanks to the Next Big Idea Club team for selecting 'Food Fight' as a September must-read! Here are five insights..... nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/foo... @pegasus-books.bsky.social

The Scottish Parliament Festival of Politics 2025 session 'Junk vs Jabs: our relationship with food' from last week with Alexandra Johnstone and Gary Maclean...a very lively session, expertly moderately by Emma Harper, with some great questions and discussion www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-...

“What’s happening at the CDC should frighten every American Regardless of whether you are MAGA, MAHA, neither, or don’t give a damn about labels or politics. It’s unclear whether the CDC director—confirmed just weeks ago—has been fired or not. Absolute shitshow” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

how can anyone attend? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🔥new substack The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew.... stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...

Foreword has this intriguing riddle: "The IEA is a free-market think tank...not everyone’s cup of tea – but at least with the IEA, you know exactly what you get." "The views expressed in this discussion paper are…not those of the Institute (which has no corporate view)" iea.org.uk/publications...

In case we needed reminding.... A deliberately engineered policy of starvation using hunger as a weapon to target the most vulnerable children and women by a rogue state, aided by silence and inaction from others In 2025, on our screens, day after day stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/the-violen...

On the shelves in the US, the day after Labor Day... www.simonandschuster.com/books/Food-F...

Thanks for the shout-out @susfoodtrust.bsky.social !

sundowner in Ely

This is significant from one of the most famous footballers in the world, a Muslim. Suleiman al-Obeid, 41, was killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza when Israeli forces attacked civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, the Palestine Football Association (PFA) said.

“The fact that unprecedented numbers came out today risking arrest and possible imprisonment shows how repulsed and ashamed people are about our government’s ongoing complicity in a livestreamed genocide, and the lengths people are prepared to go to defend this country’s ancient liberties.”

Police dragging away an elderly protestor in front of a quakers for peace sign. She’s a terrorist apparently. Starmer’s Britain

And this is seen as progress... "Germany says it will halt arms deliveries to Israel amid growing international anger over planned operation" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

1,100 reports in 2024....three every day...

🔥'The Violence of Silence' stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/the-violen...

🔥'The Violence of Silence' stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/the-violen...

Why does it not address the weaponising of hunger, right now? "People’s access to food in conflict zones is highly constrained and – in some instances – attempts to access humanitarian relief has led to injury and death." ....is a bloodless sentence that could have been written any time.

Israel has killed ‘record number’ of UN staff since October 7 – UN special rapporteur www.channel4.com/news/israel-...

"People who are severely malnourished, their tissues don't heal, they're much more likely to get serious infectious complications." Surgeon Nick Maynard has just returned from a hospital in Gaza and spoke to Jackie Long. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/conditi...

Tribute page and memory wall for David Nabarro www.who.int/news/item/30...

Strange feeling of being watched on my evening walk…

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The luxury of thought in a post-literate world "just like the negative health impacts of junk food overconsumption, the cognitive harms of digital media will be more pronounced at the bottom of the socioeconomic scale." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4f...

Enjoyed this chat with Dr James Peterson of Evening WURDS radio ahead of the US publication of 'Food Fight' soundcloud.com/onwurd/dr-st...

"The purpose is to quieten the public through verbal laudanum...phantom wins, a grotesque exercise in crowd control, reputation laundering and public opinion management. Innocents are now starving to death. All that is not action is noise" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Repeat "...every single carton of it was confiscated, was taken away by the Israeli border guards, very specifically the formula feed."

In @ifpri.org's Global Food Policy Report 2025, we review the evolution of nutrition politics, policy and programming through the last half-century since IFPRI's inception. Chapter 12: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/4e31bb... Full report: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/f4fbb6...

Deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of our dear friend, colleague and @who.int Envoy David Nabarro. David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals. His work touched and impacted so many lives across the world. (1/2)

Very sad news about David Nabarro's passing. Will never forget the first time he lectured us at LSHTM in 1982...he burst in, after a delayed flight from Kathmandu, threw his bag in the corner and got straight in...with an energy that became his hallmark. Huge loss. Thoughts with his family

An extraordinary story of the struggle for scientific and personal integrity in face of censorship and even doctoring of articles. Thank you, Kevin and pod team!

Over a century ago, Eglantyne Jebb was arrested for protesting a European blockade that led to mass starvation....before later founding Save the Children. How is this happening now? i.guim.co.uk/img/media/48...