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Food in shocking times

Tim Lang spent two years investigating UK public preparedness for food shortages and shocks to the system. What he found makes for sobering reading.

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Can local food hubs fix our broken food system?

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Food insecure families reduce fruit intake by 60%

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Are we living in an age of fast fruit and veg?

More offshore production, ever tighter pricing for producers, ultra-low pricing for consumers & sizeable environmental and social challenges... this is 'fast fashion', for food.

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The ethics of eating out

Restaurants, cafes and canteens are providing us with more environmental information about the food they serve. This is good news – but not necessarily for the reasons you might think, finds David Burrows

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We need to talk about the broken food system

An unfettered free market has not made our farming and food better. It’s eroded our health, our access to affordable, nutritious food, blighted the natural environment and exacerbated climate change.

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Fruit & veg deserts & the death knell of the local greengrocer

Two thirds of the UK's independent fruit & veg shops have 'shut up shop', in the last 30 years. But is there a way back?