Celebrating our Food Heroes on World Food Day
15th Oct 21
Reflecting on those that inspire us to build a better food system
Updates
Should you buy farmed salmon?
14th Oct 21
Foodrise estimates that UK farmed salmon consume roughly the same amount of wild-caught fish as purchased by the entire UK human population.
Choosing Good Food should not be this Complicated – a Vision for Improving EU Food Environments
13th Oct 21
Participants in the EU Food Policy Coalition share their vision for improving food environments.
Big Livestock Corporate Interests Dominate United Nations Summit
30th Sep 21
‘Big livestock’ was identified as one of the significant corporate presences at the summit.
Zero waste recipes
29th Sep 21
Get creative in the kitchen and use up your leftovers with our simple recipes.
Seeds of Change – The Young Gardeners
14th Sep 21
There is such a wealth of creative energy, knowledge and passion in young people from backgrounds typically not represented in the sector.
Letter – Offsets must not replace food retailers’ decarbonisation moves
8th Sep 21
Even if all other economic sectors cool down from 2020, emissions from the food system would still take us over the 1.5C threshold.
You don’t need super powers to help protect our planet
2nd Sep 21
Encouraging people to eat local and seasonal food, which is better for our planet, and also encouraging them to try growing their own food.
Our successful BBC Radio 4 appeal
1st Sep 21
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the generous BBC Radio 4 listeners who helped us raise an impressive £61,748.
Meat, methane and meeting 1.5 degrees
17th Aug 21
Will businesses and governments heed the IPCC's nod to methane as a route to 1.5 degrees?
Scottish salmon scandal – where is all the money going?
12th Aug 21
Think Scottish Sea Farms is actually Scottish? Think again...
To avert climate disaster, we need food system justice now
12th Aug 21
The IPCC report released this week issues a stark warning to the world — act now to avoid climate catastrophe
Can a sustainable diet include meat?
20th Jul 21
We need to eat significantly less meat but is it necessary to cut out meat and animal products from our diets completely?
National Food Strategy shows a better food system is within reach but much more to be done
16th Jul 21
The strategy shows us that a sustainable food system is within our reach, but we must address corporate control.
the National Food Strategy fails to tackle corporate control of our food system
15th Jul 21
The failure to call out the corporate profit paradigm renders the strategy unable to put forward the transformational propositions required
Foodrise responds to the National Food Strategy
15th Jul 21
The National Food Strategy marks a historic opportunity for transformation - will the government listen?
Supermarkets are ‘fuelling meat demand at expense of climate’ charity says
24th Jun 21
Meat and dairy products are responsible for 15 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.
Lidl Rated Least Climate-Friendly Supermarket in New Report
24th Jun 21
Even the best-performing retailer, Co-op, nevertheless only scored 45 percent in the analysis.
Supermarket scorecard reveals UK retailers are fuelling demand for meat and dairy at expense of the climate
17th Jun 21
UK supermarkets are fuelling demand for meat and dairy products which is harming public health and the climate.
Jesus College student activists take on Big Livestock
9th Jun 21
The Jesus College Climate Justice Campaign on why we need holistic divestment, which looks beyond fossil fuels and includes Big Livestock.
Hackathon – Urban Harvest style
2nd Jun 21
We held a hackathon to see if we could conjure up energy, inspiration and provoke new ideas to help progress and develop Urban Harvesting.
Billionaires won’t save us
28th May 21
The climate revolution isn’t profitable, so billionaires will never be on board
Re-using food waste from breweries
26th May 21
What role can the beer industry play in decreasing the impact on the environment?
Why indies must be at the heart of our food systems
26th May 21
Why small, independent food retailers are part of the answer to systemic problems with access to food
