Food systems work perfectly... ...for the handful of multinational corporations who control them, that is 😱 We need to focus less on profit, and more on people and planet. To achieve this we need government action and strong social movements, says @stuartgillespie.bsky.social

What would it take to transform the global food system? Coinciding with #UNFSS2025 we’re sharing a series of videos from @foodequitycentre.bsky.social hosted by IDS. For @philbakernz.bsky.social redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key.

Food systems are unfair, often built on legacies of colonialism. We need improved policies to support people marginalised in food systems, especially those working in fields, factories & hospitality. @deewoods.bsky.social explains how food systems can be changed. @foodequitycentre.bsky.social

We need to move away from food systems which encourage overconsumption and overproduction, says IDS researcher Lidia Cabral from @foodequitycentre.bsky.social As citizens, how can we reassess our relationship with food to help achieve this change?

Did last month's #UNFSS conference focus too much on investment for food, and not enough on rights and accountability? Read our co-Director Jody Harris's take on the discussions @justjody23.bsky.social www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/acc...

Hunger is a crime in South Africa. Who are the criminals? Stephen Devereux of the Food Equity Centre and Mark Heywood identify the accused as the state, supermarkets and privately owned corporate food producers ⬇️ #WorldFoodDay

Launched in 2024, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty is playing a crucial role in the fight against hunger and poverty. How is it using evidence to inform policy? Join the Food Equity Centre and the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada to find out: ids-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In case you missed it in your busy inbox (somehow I did!) the Food Equity Centre's fantastic new newsletter is now out - you can view it and sign up (please do!) here mailchi.mp/ids.ac.uk/fo...

Resilience in food systems should not just be about bouncing back - we need to find ways to bounce forward. On #WorldFoodDay, read about Equitably Transformative Resilience, a new concept proposed by the latest @hlpe-fsn.bsky.social report. www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/equ...

🎙️IDS #Podcast What does it mean to navigate #motherhood while pursuing a postgraduate degree? IDS students Patronela Tshuma, Chaltu Merera Fana, and Akinyi Ochieng speak about their journeys as mothers pursuing higher education. #Gender Listen at: 👉https://ids.pulse.ly/afmp3twszx

Next in our @foodequitycentre.bsky.social series asking how to transform the food system, @stuartgillespie.bsky.social! thanks again @chalkstonefilms.bsky.social !

HAPPENING TOMORROW Our webinar ‘Boiling Point’ will present findings from our report on heat stress in Colombo, followed by a discussion on extreme heat in South Asia and policy solutions. Time: 6.30pm IST/ 2.00pm UK Click here to join: us02web.zoom.us/j/88231558646

From the farm to the fork, inequalities exist throughout the entire food system.   📌Addressing inequalities in #foodsecurity and #nutrition lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.   Download your copy of the HLPE-FSN report📘https://f.mtr.cool/xmxvjggzzz

Excited to be presenting in this webinar alongside awesome colleagues on Monday July 14 on Concentrated Corporate Power in Global Food Systems: Consequences and Potential Policy Responses. Info below! 👇 www.unfoodsystemshub.org/latest-updat... @hilalelver.bsky.social @stefanosfotiou.bsky.social

And Phillip Baker:

Here's Dee Woods once again:

Next up in our series asking how we can transform global/local food systems - our own (Food Equity Centre and @ids.ac.uk's) Lidia Cabral. Check it out! And thanks again @philbakernz.bsky.social @deewoods.bsky.social for the earlier videos in this series and @chalkstonefilms.bsky.social !

New video 🎬 Modern food systems encourage overconsumption and overproduction. As citizens, we need to reassess our relationship with food. Lidia Cabral offers her take on transforming food systems #sustainablefarming @chalkstonefilms.bsky.social

"Food is for people, and we need to have alternative economic systems that benefit our communities and those people who are underserved in communities" @deewoods.bsky.social shares her vision for transforming food systems in this latest video from the Food Equity Centre

NEW REPORT JUST LAUNCHED! 🛢️Our food system is hooked on #fossilfuels – but left out of #climate talks. 🔥Food systems use 15% of fossil fuels & 40% of petrochemicals. #FuelToFork exposes the risks – and lays out real paths to #FossilFreeFood. 👉 ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... #ClimateAction #BigOil

Lots of fantastic food equity related news in our latest newsletter, don't miss it. Sign up!! @foodequitycentre.bsky.social

New issue of our newsletter just out! Top story: the relaunch of Consea, the national food and nutrition security council in Brazil Read it here ➡️ mailchi.mp/ids.ac.uk/fo... Newsletter sign-up 👉 ids.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

INCYMI amazing video here by @deewoods.bsky.social for @foodequitycentre.bsky.social

So grateful to @deewoods.bsky.social for participating in this @foodequitycentre.bsky.social series of films asking what it will take to transform the global food system, with thanks also to filmmakers @chalkstonefilms.bsky.social ! ping also @philbakernz.bsky.social thanks again for yours!

People working in food systems - those in fields, in factories and in hospitality need to have their labour fairly compensated. That's the key to transforming food systems for the better says @deewoods.bsky.social ‪from @landworkersuk.bsky.social ‪ and @grancomkitchen.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to speak with the team from @foodequitycentre.bsky.social at @ids.ac.uk about transforming the global food system. I was visiting to speak about the global health challenge of ultra-processed foods, and we made this short video 👇 please check out the wonderful work they are doing

What would it take to transform the global food system? For @philbakernz.bsky.social, redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4q... What actions do you think are needed? #foodjustice #foodsystems

Happy to have contributed an essay on food and conflict in the forthcoming Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/elg...

It’s been great working with @nicknisbett.bsky.social and @stevemetcalfe.bsky.social at @ids.ac.uk to develop this series of short films featuring thought provoking insights from food system academia and beyond.

"When the legal threshold for genocide is met, we must call it genocide – and act accordingly." Read the commentary from Martin Griffiths, former UN humanitarian chief and @philipproudfoot.bsky.social https://ac.pulse.ly/q5ldukwti0

We've got a bunch of video shorts coming out on how food systems need to be transformed. Here's the first! With thanks to @chalkstonefilms.bsky.social

first in our series for the @foodequitycentre.bsky.social featuring the incredible @philbakernz.bsky.social ...watch this space for more and thanks to our amazing filmmakers @chalkstonefilms.bsky.social !

New from the Food Equity Centre: Grassroots projects provide more dignified alternative to food banks Read more here: www.ids.ac.uk/news/grassro... @ids.ac.uk

Join us on Monday! HLPE-FSN Chairperson, @suwa-eisenmann.bsky.social, will present a new note at the @UN_CFS's High-Level Forum "Tackling Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Land Degradation through the Right to Food". Register now! All information and the note👇 www.fao.org/cfs/workstre...

Tomorrow!!

📣IDS and @foodequitycentre.bsky.social event! Join us for the launch of Food Fight: From plunder and profit to people and planet - a book by food and nutrition expert @stuartgillespie.bsky.social Tuesday 29 April at 16:00 to 17:30. At IDS and online on Zoom. Book: www.ids.ac.uk/events/food-...

going to start posting more academic stuff, starting with some papers I've read recently This analysis by @uribejuanita.bsky.social on the managerialist lineages of multistakeholder governance is fantastic, connecting the dots between deliberative democracy and neoliberalism

In FOOD FIGHT Stuart Gillespie reveals how the system we once relied upon for global nutrition has warped into the very thing making us sick. Both unflinching exposé and revolutionary call to arms FOOD FIGHT maps a way towards a new system that gives us hope for a future of global health and justice

My book on "Smugglers and States" has won the Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award by @apsa.bsky.social and @ipsa.org. I'm surprised and honored and thrilled to be in the company of some really great books that won in recent years. www.ipsa.org/na/news/max-...

Yes ⏩ “connect, not compete. ‘My crisis is bigger than yours’ will never work in the long run, especially when it’s clear that crises interact. We need to see (and seize) the common ground” I want to underline this & more from this provoking read from @stuartgillespie.bsky.social

🔥new commentary in World Nutrition 'Use your Power' worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn...

Sadiya plans her day around waiting for water. If it’s late or doesn’t come, her family’s meals are affected. Reliable infrastructure is key to food security, yet it’s rarely part of the conversation. It should be. Watch her story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=axgv... #WaterSecurity #FoodJustice #N4G

[2/4] Alors qu’un enfant de moins de 5 ans meurt de faim toutes les 11 secondes nous constatons un recul massif de l’aide publique au développement dans de nombreux pays riches🚨 L'arrêt brusque des financements de l'aide humanitaire des États-Unis n'a fait qu'aggraver une situation déjà dramatique.

[1/4] Aujourd'hui et demain nous participons au Sommet International #N4GParis sur la nutrition 🌍 Cette édition prend une ampleur politique sans précédent puisqu'il s'agit d’un des premiers sommets sur la solidarité et le développement international depuis la crise des financements américains ⬇️

I love these animations. See more here: foodinfrastructurejustice.ac

For families like Naleli’s, unstable energy access makes nutrition a daily struggle. Ahead of the #N4GSummit, its important to talk about infrastructure and food security together. 📽️ Watch her story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjoE... #EnergyJustice #FoodSecurity #N4G

Had the privilege to review @maxgallien.bsky.social's absolutely fantastic new book 'Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins' @columbiaup.bsky.social. Please contact me if you can't access the review - or, simply, just get his book: doi.org/10.1111/deve...

Amidst the #ODA cuts, IDS fellow Santiago Ripoll points to Spain’s success in improving global #nutrition despite a smaller aid budget and makes recommendations for the ongoing #N4G Summit 👇 www.nutritioninsight.com/news/how-spa...

Recent outbreaks of avian influenza cast doubt on the mantra that large industrialised farms are always best from a biosecurity perspective. Could the next global pandemic originate from the so-called “developed world”? www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/avi... @ids.ac.uk

Some highlights from our latest policy brief 'Beyond Aswesuma: Investing in Transformative Social Protection' by Iromi Perera. To read the full policy brief ➡️ tinyurl.com/4u6h8564