Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

With current trends and policies, we'll transgress all planetary boundaries in 2050, except for ozone depletion. Targeted interventions — e.g., the Paris Agreement — can help, but not enough. More effective policy measures are needed to ensure we live well within the planetary boundaries.

Policies such as free school meals and breakfast clubs can be a real lifeline to families who are struggling, but if they are going to be done on the cheap then their impact will be greatly diminished.They simply must be fully funded schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-confirms...

Yesterday, I spoke @johnharris1969.bsky.social for the Guardian political podcast, exploring the harsh realities of child poverty—and how it’s hitting our schools and shaping children’s futures. www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...

'What about if you were to scrap the two child benefit cap, surely that would do more than 30 minutes in a breakfast club?' Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the two child benefit cap as she launches pilot project for 750 breakfast clubs

Key questions for school governance and policy which are still a little unclear are what food is being served and who is providing and preparing it, and how are these meals being monitored? www.gov.uk/government/n...

We are delighted that Professor Kevin Morgan of @cugeogplan.bsky.social will be talking about his new book Serving the Public at our next #FoodThinkers webinar on Wednesday 30 April. Book your place! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

We are hiring! We're looking for two post-doc researchers to help us deliver a randomised controlled trial of group model building to address inequalities in diet in English local authorities. Two 3y posts, ideally starting in July. Closing date 4 May. Full details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50905/

Need more details but this looks like an interesting #foodpolicy development

We are delighted that Baroness Joan Walmsley, Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Food, Diet and Obesity, will speak about policy at our City St George's Food Policy Symposium on Thurs 15th May. Reserve your place now. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Join us tomorrow to hear Dr Carrie Bradshaw @cjbradshaw.bsky.social talk about Food waste law and regulation in the UK at our #FoodThinkers webinar, 4.00 - 5.15 pm GMT. Book your place! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Featuring @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social @proftimlang.bsky.social recent landmark report on civil food resilience www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The importance of food security writ large again and no little irony as US begs Denmark and others it has attacked with tariffs for eggs amid painful avian flu driven US egg shortage www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

👀 the fabulous policy scholar Paul Cairney on policy coherence, integration and whole of government approaches… open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-7...

New research adding to the climate change and beef debate by examining grass fed beef’s impacts. Disrupts the “less but better” arguments? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

"History indicates that students with disabilities, Black, brown, and Indigenous students, students experiencing homelessness, immigrant children, and low-income families would suffer the most." Read our latest op-ed here ⤵️

Stark evidence on the impact of the pandemic on our poorest children which will impact their life chances www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Essential viewing for food policy - up close: power, destruction and corruption leading to environmental degradation and deforestation, in the service of our desire for cheap meat www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Super great to have Rebecca Williams give a hybrid lecture "High Steaks: Climate Change, Cattle and the International Legal Order" to our students and other guests. @wellsrebecca.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social

There was a lot of concern about this seemingly sudden announcement in audience at London City Food Lecture last night particularly from NFU. With Government already out of favour with farming communities on inheritance tax, building positive relationships on a Food Strategy is going to be hard.

At the glorious Guildhall in the City of London for the City Food and Drink Lecture. Wonderful that our @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social students can come to the Future Generations Forum to learn from food sector leaders. @citystgeorges.bsky.social

Our next virtual open evening is this Wednesday, 11 March from 4 - 5 pm GMT. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... Hear MSc Food Policy Course Director Dr Rebecca Wells @wellsrebecca.bsky.social talk about our unique degree programme, ask about the course and meet other prospective students.

The importance of seeing the bigger picture and impacts across all parts of the food system when making food policy.

Sustainable Diets pioneer...Gussow & Clancy (1986) #foodsystems #foodpolicy

So there are now equal numbers of Reform and @greenparty.org.uk MPs. Will we now get equal media time? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In an era when local food partnerships are driving food systems change, what do these reforms and devolution mean for food policy? What could a reformed and coherent local/regional/national food strategy look like? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great to see this work launched in Jersey today. Thanks to our colleagues in Jersey and @kellyparsons.bsky.social and Alexia Sawyer in the @mrcepid.bsky.social for their excellent work and for a really enjoyable and collaborative process. Looking forward to the next phase...

“Contrary to what the president thinks, this means nothing but pain,” said Aaron Lehman, head of the Iowa Farmers Union. www.ft.com/content/ba45...

I’ve long called for auto-enrolment for free school meals — great to see the Education Committee back this. 1 in 10 eligible children miss out due to admin barriers. Auto-enrolment ensures all children get the support they’re entitled to and promotes social justice for our schoolchildren.

Excellent analysis from colleague Tony Weis on some of the key aspects of the egg crisis that the media tends to gloss over... Soaring U.S. egg prices and millions of dead chickens signal the deep problems and risks in modern poultry production theconversation.com/soaring-u-s-...

🔥 new substack as pub day looms! (...not🍺 but 📖) stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/from-plund...

A joy to have Dr Ronald Ranta come into my Political Economy of Food class to teach on gastro-nationalism and soft power.

📢 Submit your food systems research poster for the 2025 City St George's Food Policy Symposium by March 28th! 🌱📊 #FoodPolicy #Research 🔗 Submit poster forms.office.com/e/6WjRfVUjK0 🔗 Reserve ticket www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve... @citystgeorges.bsky.social @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social

Join Us! 🌟 We're hiring a Research Assistant at the Centre for Food Policy, City St George’s, University of London. Support rapid qualitative research to evaluate Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). Part-time. Apply by 24-Mar-2025. More info: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a... . #ResearchJobs

A very warm welcome to BlueSky to our wonderful Centre for Food Policy @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social City St George’s, University of London - follow for food policy research, education, debate and impact! @citystgeorges.bsky.social 👋🎉

Insights into implications of ODA cuts, incl for climate, #foodsystems ⬇️

Our next online open evening for the MSc Food Policy is on 11th March 1600-1700. Postgraduate Virtual Fair • @citystgeorges.bsky.social @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... Chat with Course Director Dr @wellsrebecca.bsky.social & meet other prospective students.

For anyone interested in gender gaps in full-time university faculty, this analysis of Canada will be of interest. The bottom line is no surprise: they are still widely present universityaffairs.ca/features/wom...?

My food thinkers talk is online now! Here are a few takeaways: 🌡️ We've underestimated climate impacts over time - including on food 💸 Research suggests climate food price inflation of 0.9-3% every year by 2035 we've already seen climate-flation in UK food bills 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjnO...

Change (less meat, less dairy) will be hard, but there are health as well as environmental benefits. “The sooner the conversation can shift from whether change is needed to how it might best be fairly and equitably pursued, the better.” Says Prof Neil Ward theconversation.com/the-uk-must-...

Climate change leads to food shortages and price shocks in Morocco as well as dietary and cultural change, with a more far reaching policy impact. Import duties are suspended and “the country has recently signed a deal to import up to 100,000 sheep from Australia.” www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Excited to dig into @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social's new book, revealing how a few transnational corporations came to control the farm inputs sector, shaping tech, policy, and the social & ecological impacts of industrial ag. 🌱 A must-read! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170... @ipes-food.org #FoodSystems

“The citizens’ panel were often ahead of even our advice on some of the things they were willing to consider,” she said. “They are interested and want to do their bit” - great but we also need policy to support change - eg invest in horticulture! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain has 7,000 fewer PE teachers since London 2012 Olympics, MPs told

To a discussion on Civil Food Resilience and @proftimlang.bsky.social new report for the National Preparedness Commission, written with @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social alumni Natalie Neumann and Antony So.

Truth to power. Well done, @martinmckee.bsky.social academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...

#FoodSecurity - a huge issue. We urgently need to grow vastly more vegetables and fruit in the UK #CropDiversity #PublicHealth www.independent.co.uk/life-style/f...

Good... but heard such promises many many times before & will they provide the catering budgets for the higher quality ingredients and for local infrastructure & supply chains needed? #NFU @NFUPress #FarmersProtest @dp_food www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some good local news to cheer in a generally depressing week. Small actions can reap rewards: Rewilding sees animals rebound in Hackney Marshes www.bbc.com/news/article...

Jennifer Clapp's latest uncovers the long history of corporate power in agriculture and shows why we’ll need to undo the sins of the nineteenth century if we are all to survive in the twenty-first. Titans of Industrial Agriculture is out now and well worth your time!