The Food Foundation
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An independent organisation aiming to present solutions to government and the private sector to address the growing challenges facing the UK’s food system.
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🎙️ Our Food Ambassador Kathleen Kerridge caused a stir at the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee when revealing buying healthy food for her family eats up 83% of her wages.
In our latest podcast she discusses giving evidence about the #CostOfLivingCrisis alongside Caroline, Dominic Watters and…
📢 It's great to see major food businesses like Nestlé Danone and Arla Dairy UK joining calls for mandatory food system targets to improve public health!
We've also singed the #HopeFarmStatement by Food, Farming and Countryside Commission alongside farmers' organisations, citizens, and campaigners.…
🗣️ ' #Climatechange volatility and failures in the food system are impacting #farmers and #consumers '
Our Executive Director Anna Taylor speaking to ITVX on the event of the government's #FarmtoForkSummit 👇
itv.com/news/2024-05-0…
📢 New research paper by BMC Medicine says the NHS Healthy Start Scheme scheme delivers significant support to some of the most economically vulnerable families in our society.
It concludes local and national government should enable all families eligible for the scheme to benefit…
👏 Great point by MP Zarah Sultana MP in UK House of Commons debate - the newly elected Metro Mayors were voted in on a platform of supporting the expansion of #FreeSchooMeals
This shows voters want more children to have access, especially with 900,000 pupils in #England currently…
Proud of my constituent Dominic Watters for speaking in the House of Lords about his lived (and still living) experience...
🙏 Great to hear MP Ian Lavery MP talking passionately about why we urgently need to extend #FreeSchooMeals in UK House of Commons yesterday!
He knows just now important a nutritious meal at school is because he benefitted from them growing up.
Watch in full: ➡️…
🗣️ Our Food Ambassador Dominic Watters giving evidence at last week's House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee committee.
His policy recommendations include urgent improvements to #FreeSchoolMeals #HAF vouchers and #UniversalCredit
Watch in full: tinyurl.com/57r8t37u
📈Latest data from The Food Foundation finds the cost of veg in a #BasicBasket has risen by 39% in 2 yrs
🍽️It is getting harder to put healthy food on the table
Find out how we're supporting over 10,000 families to afford fruit and veg with #RoseVouchers
➡️alexandrarose.org.uk
🙏 Now the dust has settled on results of last week's #MayoralElections we look forward to all the winners pushing the case for extending #FreeSchoolMeals across England.
Let's end the postcode of access to this vital nutritional safety net today!
Read more:…
📣 Headteachers calling for #FreeSchoolMeals to be given automatically to families on #UniversalCredit in The Mirror 👇
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
#FeedtheFuture