🆕New blog: The road to food security ffcc.co.uk/conversation... 🌍As global instability exposes fragility in the UK’s food system, Dr Charlie Taverner explores how matching the ambition of the green energy transition could build resilience and set us on the path towards a more hopeful food future.

👏 Very good to see the government scrap high-sugar and other unhealthy food from school menus – and launch a consultation on new School Food Standards for England 👉 news.sky.com/story/high-s...

🌱“The citizens saw lots of things working everywhere they went: they saw real energy and passion in each place, and were so struck by the collaboration and partnership.” 👂Listen to FFCC's Head of Food Futures Mhairi Brown on @foodfoundation.bsky.social Pod Bites podcast: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

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📣New chapter for FFCC This month marks a significant milestone in the life of FFCC. As we enter a new three year strategy, we bid a fond farewell to Dame Fiona Reynolds as Chair (who will stay on as a Commissioner), and warmly welcome Martin Nye to lead FFCC into its next phase.

👏💪Blaenau Gwent shows strong local leadership on food – with the council backing plans to restrict advertising of ultra-processed food across all local authority properties. See more from what citizens really want: ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy Read the article: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

🫐🍒 “You can get blueberry vapes and cherry vodka, but you can’t get a blueberry or any cherries.” - Citizen Advisory Council member Dominic Watters reflecting on the reality of his local food environment See more from what citizens really want from food: ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy

🌿Emergent Generation are hosting an exciting series of gatherings across the UK this spring and summer 🌿 🧠 From agroecology in the city to regenerative farming in practice, these events will explore how food, land and community connect Find out more here: www.emergentgeneration.co.uk

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 What communities can teach us about the future of food? Citizens working with us and @ffc-commission.bsky.social visited regions across the UK to uncover local ideas shaping tomorrow's food systems. 🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/episode/2Dhm...

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🌾“Resilience for a farming business comes from diversity… monocultures are not resilient, and we are highly vulnerable to a crisis at any one time.” - Ian Wilkinson, @realfarmed.bsky.social Right now, that vulnerability is playing out in real time. 👉More #FarmingVoices: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

Great summary of our discussions about the Government’s new #LandUse Framework for England, from ffinlo Costain @8point9.bsky.social 8point9.com/new-land-use...

🌱What does the Land Use Framework actually mean in practice? This week saw the long-awaited publication of the Land Use Framework - a major step towards joining up decisions across food, nature, energy, housing and climate. 🚨Join the conversation - tickets here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

FFCC Commissioner Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE responds to the Land Use Framework. Read the government publication here: www.gov.uk/government/p...

At last, the Land Use Framework is here FFCC first called for a #LandUseFramework in 2019. Since then, we've run pilots, published reports on how it could work, and last year were commissioned by DEFRA to run workshops to support the Consultation on Land Use. @suepritch.bsky.social responds 👇

🚨Frustrating to see new analysis from @nestauk.bsky.social suggesting the UK’s junk food ad ban will only affect as little as 1% of food and drink advertising. 🔗Nesta report: tinyurl.com/unz322kd ➡️@theguardian.com article: tinyurl.com/2abvjfuc 👉What citizens really want: ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy

📝 New blog: Local actions, better decisions 💡 With the #LandUseFramework on its way, FFCC’s Georgie Barber explores what’s needed for this long-awaited policy to work effectively for people, communities, and the diverse group of sectors that rely on land. Read it here: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

“Pushing the burden onto overworked, time-poor citizens is an abdication of responsibility. We need the government to step in.” 💥💥- David, Citizen Advisory Council member, speaking to MPs about what people really want from food 👉See more from what citizens want from food: ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy

Food, farming & land are on the agenda this week in Westminster 🔥 First up, our CEO @suepritch.bsky.social attended a Net Zero Council meeting on Monday with other leaders in govt, business & civil society. With energy & food resilience in the spotlight, these are vital conversations to have...

Regional pride & community resilience at heart of the North East’s food system ❤️ Last but not least, a new film and report from the fourth and final ‘What Works Here Inquiry’ on food in the 📍 North East. Watch the film & read the report ffcc.co.uk/the-north-ea...

💥“No more making decisions about us without us.” ➡️Report & film: ffcc.co.uk/liverpool-me... lpoolcouncil.bsky.social lpoolcityregion.bsky.social kindlingtrust.bsky.social alchemickitchen.bsky.social lucyantal.bsky.social feedingliverpool.org anneliesemidgleymp.bsky.social kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social

💪 In Liverpool & Merseyside, people are building their own solutions to get good food to communities. ➡️Find the report & film here: ffcc.co.uk/liverpool-me... @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social @kindlingtrust.bsky.social @alchemickitchen.bsky.social @lucyantal.bsky.social

Why do some communities have easy access to organic eggs, while others have easy access to blueberry vapes and cherry vodka? Dominic reflects on visiting food projects in #Yorkshire as part of a citizen-led inquiry Report out now! foodfoundation.org.uk/news/whats-d... @ffc-commission.bsky.social

🗣️“We need policies that make nutritious food the easy choice, not the hardest one” 🛋️Read Citizen Advisory Council member Rebecca's Field Guide here: ffcc.co.uk/field-guide-... ➰See how the Citizen Advisory Council are helping to shape Defra's new Food Strategy: ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy

Yorkshire leading the way on food 💡 Today, a new film and report from the second ‘What Works Here Inquiry’ in York & North Yorkshire is out, coordinated by ‪Deliciously Yorkshire and ‪FixOurFood. 👉Film & report here: ffcc.co.uk/yorkshire-wh... @ynymayor.bsky.social @ynydeputymayor.bsky.social

🐔Very disappointing to see some of the UK’s biggest restaurant chains pull out of the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC), a science-based framework designed to improve chicken welfare across food supply chains. 🗞️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🚨What citizens really want: ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy

Great to hear the Citizen Advisory Council and Cornish ‘What Works Here Inquiry’ featured on BBC Cornwall this morning💥 👉Listen from 43 mins in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 📚Read the report: ffcc-uk.files.svdcdn.com/production/a... 🎞️See citizen insights in this film: ffcc.co.uk/cornwall-wha...

💥 NEW film & report: What can government learn from Cornwall’s food system? Today, we are publishing initial findings from a citizen-led investigation into local success stories and challenges in 📍Cornwall's food system. 🔗 foodfoundation.org.uk/news/what-ca... #foodsystems #healthyfood #cornwall

📽️💥New film & report: What can government learn from Cornwall’s food system? 👉Watch the film, read the report and find out more: ffcc.co.uk/cornwall-wha...

👏“Increase industry accountability and reduce industry influence. Remove the focus on individual responsibility and strengthen the regulation of industry to reduce their influence over high consumption of unhealthy food.” BMA report: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/p... See more ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy

🗣️“I don’t think they’d spend the amount of money they do on advertising food - particularly aimed at children - if it didn’t have that effect.” - @angelaeagle1.bsky.social speaking to @dansaladino.bsky.social. 👂Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🌱What citizens want: ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy

🚨Who really decides what ends up in our kitchens? 🌿Join FFCC Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social, @mallikabasu.bsky.social, Josiah Meldrum, and Lulu Grimes speaking at 'Panel Talk: The Powerful Pantry', held at Fortnum & Mason's, Piccadilly. 🔗Get tickets now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-talk...

💸Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social at this year’s OFC Oxford Union debate asking a simple question: where has all the money gone? ➡️See the full OFC Oxford Union debate here: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

👏The kind of leadership the food system needs 🎧Listen in full here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🚨More on what people want from food: ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy

📚 New research out today ‘Potential Pathways and Solutions to Acute Food System Crisis in the UK’, examines how a serious food crisis could happen in the UK, and what can be done to stop it. Read in full here: www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/18...

🎙Let’s all co-own the farm next door? 🌱 Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social on a new episode of “Screw this… Let’s try something else” – all about the brilliant Fordhall Farm and how collective ownership could offer a different kind of food and farming future. 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/1p5m...

Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social at this year’s OFC26 Oxford Union debate, setting out the opportunities and potential of a thriving and prosperous farming sector with people at its heart. Watch in full 👉 ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

Ultra-processed. Cheap. Low in goodness. Too many children are still served unhealthy food at school. Watch our animation featuring Emma Thompson and young campaigners to see the impact and join the call to improve #schoolfood standards 🍽️🌈 🎬 Watch the animation → youtu.be/DEAaBcKx23A

⛈️As Storm Chandra brings heavy rain and disruption to parts of the UK, it’s a snapshot of the kind of conditions many farmers are constantly planning around. 👉See more #FarmingVoices ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

🌿Interesting to hear BBC News weather presenter @paultheweatherman.bsky.social set out how changing weather patterns are reshaping the realities farmers face each day, during BBC Look North’s coverage of the Yorkshire Farming Conference. 👀Watch in full here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

🗣️“The important thing is making sure that local communities are involved and engaged in designing and delivering interventions that work for them.” 📹Watch FFCC's Georgie Barber at Westminster Social Policy Forum: ffcc.co.uk/conversation... ➕More about our land use work: ffcc.co.uk/multifunctio...

Exactly. And this is part of a growing pattern. People *want* to be able to trust businesses and institutions that shape their lives. It’s about more than food. But let’s start with fixing food.

"The point is that it's a lot easier for families to fill up tummies with really convenient, energy-dense food." "We need supermarkets to be doing much more to make it easier for families to make those healthy choices." - our Executive Director Anna Taylor on BBC Breakfast this morning.

📢“We know from public opinion research, including by the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission that people are desperate to know what’s in their food, they’re desperate for transparency” Full segment from 07:24: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... More on what citizens want: ffcc.co.uk/food-strategy

🙌 Tomorrow, our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social is speaking at the first-ever Yorkshire Farming Conference. 🧩 Sue will be on the panel ‘In the Middle: The Farmers Role in the Big Food Picture’ to highlight the critical role farmers play in health, climate, nature and rural prosperity...

Good piece from James Rebanks in @unherd.com about how Big Food is suffocating the British farming industry – while manufacturing food that’s making people sick. unherd.com/2026/01/big-...

🍎Brilliant new film from @foodfoundation.bsky.social, narrated by Dame Emma Thompson and young people with lived experience of food insecurity, calling on government to improve school food. 👉Watch the full animated video here: foodfoundation.org.uk/news/powerfu...

In better news, 👇 UK is getting on with providing a more secure, affordable and resilient future

“It is beyond comprehension that the richest 1% now own three times more than the world’s total public wealth combined.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

We often hear that children “won’t eat healthy food”. But the evidence shows that when school food improves, uptake increases. In the midst of a child health crisis, we are calling on the government to urgently improve #schoolfood. ▶️ Watch the full animation: youtu.be/DEAaBcKx23A #childrenshealth