How do we transform the global food system? @deewoods.bsky.social gives her take on what's needed in the second of our films for @foodequitycentre.bsky.social and @ids.ac.uk.

"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

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

Good to be united in our calls for an #EssentialsGuarantee in Westminster today @bcfoodbank.bsky.social @jencoleman1.bsky.social @deewoods.bsky.social #CashFirst

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

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/su...

New Report 📗 Share The Land: Modelling an agroecological land-sharing approach to UK land use. Read it here. 🧵 below... tinyurl.com/bdebxaw2

🎪 LAND SKILLS FAIR 2025 🎪 Our wondrous summer weekend home for growers, landworkers, foresters, craftspeople, farmers, scientists, activists, healers and change-makers is getting closer! Have you got your tickets yet? You can find out lots more & get your tickets here: 🎫 tinyurl.com/d6kztkw4

We stand proudly and firmly with trans people, recognising that the struggle of trans people for life, dignity and justice is our collective struggle to build the kind of world that we want to live in. Read the full statement from Out On The Land, our LGBTQIA+ organising group: tinyurl.com/2x5r88ft

Important @landworkersuk.bsky.social event coming up in London on April 26. Unfortunately I am already committed elsewhere, but very best of luck! #FoodSovereignty and #FoodSecurity are crucial issues of our time landworkersalliance.org.uk/foodinourhan...

Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools

Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry. If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales. Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens: whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h... 🧵1/

Social security is a human right. The UK government should follow the CESCR's calls to: - reverse the two-child limit - end the benefit cap - cut waits for Universal Credit - assess cumulative impact of austerity-based welfare policy Every day of inaction pushes more people into poverty @hrw.org

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows - Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis @influencemap.bsky.social #climatecrisis #carbonmajors www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📝 Last week, the new EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food published “an ambitious roadmap" for European food and farming till 2040. 🧐 I was curious to see whether it's aligned with the report from the “Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU Agriculture”. news.thin-ink.net/p/time-for-b...

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

“Pretty much every aspect [of Tesla] has benefited from direct government subsidy or financing. It’s not a weird phenomenon for Tesla to benefit from this, but it is certainly hypocritical.”

Great piece by @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social & @ipes-food.org: Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it theconversation.com/only-politic...

IPES-Food's latest newsletter just dropped | 🥣 Hunger is a political choice. 👉If you're not subscribed: get on it! eepurl.com/gbZrmL

🏭 While UK emissions for the whole economy fell by 38% between 2008 and 2022, emissions from the food system fell by just 17%. Our #BrokenPlate report highlights the major role our food system plays in driving #climatechange 🔗 bit.ly/3PR0Gal

📢 Online Press Briefing: EU-Israel Association Council. 📅 20 February, 2pm CET 🔗Via Zoom Reach out via email to [email protected] for more details.

How have fossil fuels shaped agriculture? @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social weighs in on a bonus episode of #FueltoFork, laying out for us the battle over who controls & owns agricultural data. Listen here: https://buff.ly/3COkl82 Produced with our partners @ipes-food.org & @futureoffood.bsky.social

❗ LIVE NOW 🎥 📣 Follow the livestream of our webinar on "#Agroecology and the COPs Insights from 2024 and the way to Belém" co-organized by Agroecology Coalition and @futureoffood.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/FHdjMsh...

⏰ The rate of poverty in the UK is now higher than at any point in the 21st century! Why does food poverty continue to rise, and what can we do about it? 🔽 For @trustforlondon.bsky.social,we reflect on 20 years of work on food poverty. trustforlondon.org.uk/news/london-...

Badenoch's spokesman repeatedly refuses to condemn Trump's Gaza plan or repeat Conservative party's previous support for a two state solution. Pushed to say whether Palestinians should have right to return to their homes, he refused to do so @adambienkov.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/02/05/k...

Our latest report digs into the climate strategies of 18 major agri-food companies and finds that these corporate climate plans will fail to deliver the transformative change needed for farmers, workers and the planet. Read the report: https://buff.ly/4jvul6u

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

And now both Colombia and Mexico are not accepting these flights and Brazil is already protesting the mistreatment of its citizens. Bacchanal!!!!!

Protests by fruit pickers and farmers put spotlight on price of cheap food in UK www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

UK haunted by Johnson’s ‘botched Brexit deal’ and Labour’s plans don’t go far enough | Anand Menon and Joël Reland

Without trade unions we wouldn’t have • a minimum wage • maternity & paternity rights • pension provision • holiday & sickness entitlements victories which have benefited every single person in this country Ignore the Victorian pencil, Join a union TODAY youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...

Allyship is conflict. Not violence, but conflict. It’s the challenge of confronting uncomfortable truths and learning what you should already know.

Where do I begin with how horrifying this week has been in terms of the news coming out of the States, including news that would affect pretty much all of us sharing this earth, not just those living there? Perhaps I shouldn't even try? news.thin-ink.net/p/thins-pick...

“The world that Taiwo describes is one that has been socially constructed—ontologically, metaphorically, and quite literally… one that architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and other spatial practitioners have quite literally built.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you everyone that has responded to the Food Issues Census survey to date. It will close at the end of Sat 25th Jan ⏰

UK will not accept EU offer to join pan-European customs union 'at present time', minister says Heaven help us www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Sainsbury’s to cut 3,000 jobs as it shuts hot food counters and cafes

For more information on this, read our explainer blog justfair.org.uk/rights-for-a... 5/5

🚨PUBLISHED TODAY🚨Our new submission to the UN on the state of everyday rights across the UK – points to a broken system, with the situation only getting worse. 1/5 justfair.org.uk/submission-t...

Govt's latest proposals for farmers will profit agribusinesses but offer little so far to family farms or nature. Sustain reacts to announcement at #ORFC to boost food production and farmer profits. 🔽

Was a pleasure sharing @desmog.bsky.social’s work on BBC FarmingToday on dangers of bad-faith misinfo around food and farming #orfc Listen in for 2 mins from 6:50! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

New report from land workers trade union SALT released at ORFC. It's essential reading for anyone in the world of agroecology and organic farming. Some of its findings are truly shocking. E.g. Report found ave wage of a trainee on an agroecological farm is £1.41 per hour. 🧵

We loved hosting a thought-provoking and hopefully engaging workshop today at #ORFC25 on ‘Real voices on the right to food’, with expert facilitation from @bethbell.bsky.social and fantastic expert input from @deewoods.bsky.social Pete Ritchie @nourishscotland.bsky.social & Kay Johnson 😊

@climatevanguard.bsky.social have been doing such excellent political education work on eco-socialism, imperialism and climate justice. No doubt this will be brilliant - working with some of the best thinkers and organisers around.

"...if we campaign on everything, we campaign on nothing. In the coming years, we need to pursue a ruthlessly focused politics that highlights issues that will best build a popular base for the Left." @sunraysunray.bsky.social for @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/soci...

This figure is relates to @trusselluk.bsky.social data only. It’s very much an at least figure as explained here www.bigissue.com/opinion/food... For example the Wycombe Food Hub is an @ifanuk.bsky.social member #CashFirst #RightToFood

🔗 Click the link for more information on the programme and how to apply: www.climatevanguard.org/comet (3/3)