This month: Big Tent booked up, Watch (or re-watch) our webinar with Tim Lang, Scoping study events … and more

The government has published its response to the recommendations made by the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee in its report Recipe for health: a plan to fix our broken food system, published in October 2024

A look at The Food Foundation’s annual Broken Plate report.

The Food Foundation’s Broken Plate report looks at the trends impacting the UK’s food system and the actions needed from policymakers in order to ensure everyone can afford healthy and sustainable food.

This time last week, thousands of people were settling into The Oxford Real Farming Conference and The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC). Differences of politics and precise change needed aside, we probably all shared a thought similar to this; “Food and farming are critical to tackling multiple crises – we all know it, it’s obvious – so why isn’t the whole country jumping up and down calling for action?!”

Find our more about the new BBSRC projects awarded for supply chain resilience, and the latest vacancies and webinars.

Renowned food systems thinker and scholar, Prof Tim Lang, has spent the last two years researching the UK food system’s preparedness for shocks. In this webinar he draws on his soon-to-be-published report for the National Preparedness Commission which addresses the state of civil (ie the public’s) food resilience.

This month: Book your place at Big Tent 2025, giving farmers a voice, webinar with Tim Lang on UK food resilience … and more

Defra confirmed a national food strategy would be developed, public concern erupted over Bovaer methane-busting feed additive, Denmark agreed the world’s first tax on agricultural emissions, and more.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast opening up a world of new possibilities in multiple areas – and a lot of questions too. For food and farming, a big question is whether and how it can help us reduce emissions faster, in what is a critical decade for tackling climate change. In this whistle stop tour of what AI might mean for crop and livestock production, we also discuss the risks, unintended consequences and trade-offs.

Find our more about our new scoping study reports, awarded FlexFund projects, and a special issue of Nutrition Bulletin.

Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, confirmed yesterday that work is underway to develop a food strategy. Starting in the new year, Defra will begin to engage with food system actors to co-develop the strategy. Defra will work across a number of government departments and has the support of the PM.