Tracey Duncombe

The forthcoming UK Food Strategy is promising to take a 'systems approach'...but what does that actually mean in practice? Here's one way it can be done: ⬇️ a #foodsystems #foodpolicy 🧵 about how we applied systems thinking methods to inform development of a Food & Nutrition Strategy for Jersey🏝️...

#FoodSystems & #Data geeks!

Two food data hackathons & visualisation events using data from:
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13th March in Sheffield (UK)
20th March in London (UK) @citystgeorges.bsky.social w/ @sartorialfoodie.bsky.social

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Public food procurement as a tool for building food system resilience in the UK - Nature Food Public institutions, as essential providers of meals to diverse communities, have a responsibility to support sustainable and equitable food systems through strategic procurement policies. By adopting...

How can public institutions use their purchasing power to back British farmers & local food systems? 🌱 In this @naturefood.bsky.social comment, we argue that strategic procurement is key—but it needs clear targets & investment. 🏛️🍽️ 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #TUKFS #FoodSecurity

I need to watch more videos like this #hope

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 06/02/25 - Call for countrywide bird flu housing order, inheritance tax uncertainty for Scottish farm tenants, food preparedness Egg producers want their chickens ordered inside to protect them from bird flu.

If you want a quick intro to my new ‘Just in Case’ report on civil food resilience, listen to the first story in Feb 6 BBC Farming Today: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m.... Food resilience ought to be centred on society, the public, citizens, us. Read ‘Just in Case’ to walk you through the realities.

Urgent action needed to ensure UK food security, report warns The UK’s food supply has been threatened by recent events, such as the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic

We need a whole of society approach to #foodsystems resilience, supported by coherent #foodpolicy says @proftimlang.bsky.social in his new report for National Preparedness Commission

The excellent Prof Tim Lang on @bbcradio4.bsky.social's Farming Today this AM, discussing his new report on food resilience & highlighting our reliance on big food companies to feed us during a crisis, rather than local pathways & infrastructure.

From 00.18 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 1/4 🧵

the future(s) of uk livestock: a stakeholder workshop wednesday 26th february 10am-4pm armstrong building, queen victoria road, newcastle upon tyne

Are you a stakeholder in UK livestock? Join colleagues in Newcastle for a workshop on the future(s) of UK livestock systems, as part of the UKRI-funded TRAnsforming the DEbate about Livestock Systems Transformation (TRADE) project 📅 26th Feb 10am-4pm in Newcastle 👉 buff.ly/3EqLQ7Q

For context US imports 59 percent of fresh fruit and 35 percent of fresh vegetables (excluding potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mushrooms) according to USDA - this has been growing since NAFTA 2008 - will new tariffs reverse this trend? Or result in poorer diets for Americans?

PUBLICATION ALERT: @foodsequal (Health) publication now 'Open access' (Pan et al 2025) Exploring Enablers&Barriers to a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Scheme England: Insights from Fresh Street Community Feasibility Study 🥕🥦🍅🍌🍐🥑
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Disappointing but not suprising UK Govt response to @houseoflords.parliament.uk Food Diet & Obesity Report. Doesn't really argue with the problem diagnosis, but lists current #foodpolicy as providing adequate solutions and will explore some other suggestions, nothing concrete. #foodsystems

That was quick! @foodfoundation.bsky.social 👆🏻 on the #foodpolicy pulse as always

Unit researchers contribute to the Food Foundation Broken Plate 2025 report - MRC Epidemiology Unit The Broken Plate Report 2025 has found that too many people in the UK do not have the finances to access healthy, quality food. The report also evidences the fact […]

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The @foodfoundation.bsky.social's The Broken Plate 2025 report is out! @mrcepid.bsky.social researchers @thomasburgoine.bsky.social, @jhoenink.bsky.social, & @jeanmadams.bsky.social contributed to it, finding the gap is widening between the cost of more & less healthy foods.

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The Broken Plate 2025 The Food Foundation's 2025 Broken Plate report examines the state of the nation's food industry

Another excellent report from @foodfoundation.bsky.social, showing that too many people in the UK can’t afford good, healthy food – and that much of the food readily available and marketed to us is damaging the health of people and planet…

Read the full report 👇

Great to see this work published

Love it Hannah!

Final promotion for this hybrid event tomorrow (wed night! hope to see some of you there in-person on online! Andrea Borghini and Enrico Bonadio Exploring Food, Philosophy, and Intellectual Property! Wed 29th January 2025, 17:00 – 18:30 (GMT)
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Transforming the food system for health and sustainability: Unleashing social innovation through collaborative research How can publicly funded research foster a sustainable and fairer food system? A study by CUSP and Sussex University, part of the UKRI-funded Transforming UK Food Systems programme, examines how soc…

Transforming the food system for health and sustainability: How can publicly funded research foster a fairer, sustainable food system? A CUSP study for @ukri.org's #TUKFS programme explores how social innovation tackles diet-related ill-health & environmental challenges → cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/...

Stakeholder FlexFund - AFN Network+ Open to members of the AFN Network+, activities between £1,000 and £5000 should help to identify and shape research, innovation and policy development. Final deadline 1st February 2025.

Our flexible fund for UK-based non-academic stakeholders to implement UK-based activities that explore, develop &trial solutions to reduce & sequester greenhouse gas emissions through #agrifood is open for the last time. Apply now for up to £5k buff.ly/3WaoZ6J Deadline 1st Feb

Food Policy Tracker Every day, decisions are made in Washington, D.C. that have profound consequences for how we grow, process, transport, and consume food in this country. We’re keeping track: Consider this your go-to s...

As Trump 2.0 begins, @civileats.com has created a Food Policy Tracker with daily updates on federal actions affecting the food system
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Very sad to hear about Alan's passing. I was privileged, as one of his many PhD students, to have been treated as an extended member of Alan's family. I will always be grateful for Alan's support that helped to shape my career, and fondly remember his humour, he kindness and wisdom.

Tomorrow, our Deputy CEO David Edwards is speaking at Fast Forward 2030 as part of the panel discussion, "Sustainable Food: How to Fix the Animal Problem."