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PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows

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Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Apr 12

Unbelievable attempts to derail climate scientists

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online

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Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Apr 4

Very good 🙌

Commercial Baby Foods in Crisis: Addressing Health, Marketing and Inequalities | Sustain

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Apr 4

WANT 💚

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Apr 4

And he said "are you 🐸 serious"??

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Apr 1

Join us 8 May ⤵️

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A webinar to launch the groundbreaking findings from the University of Leeds' research into commercial foods for infants and toddlers, and implications for public health policy.

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Rewind and be kind: what happens if you do one act of kindness every day?

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Mar 31

This ⤵️

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

When Bernadette Russell decided to perform one good deed every day for a year, it made a difference to the world around her but also had a big impact on her own life

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Mar 31

🐸 sake. Is nothing safe? Even Big Bird is under threat...

Harpenden firm trials sustainable algae fertiliser - BBC News

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Mar 31

👀Increased yield + more sustainable

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Field trials of a firm's algae fertiliser have shown it has led to a 21% increase in yield.

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Mar 30

Whatever storm comes at you, you're still standing here 🌳

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Mar 30

My view on the reasons the food industry can't stay the same ⤵️

Via Substack 🙌

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Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Mar 29

🍅Fresh produce🍅

Andrew Gwynne: Labour health minister sacked over WhatsApp messages

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Feb 9

Massively disappointing to hear of this today

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gwynne apologises for the

‘Insanely tasty green food’: how the meaty Danes embraced a world-first plant-based plan

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Feb 1

🇩🇰Way to go Denmark, bringing everyone on a journey with a vision of a better future for all

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Agreement between farmers, politicians and environmental groups led to a €170m action fund for plant based food

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Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Jan 31

💥NEW💥 this is us ⤵️

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Building a better food system for people + planet

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Jan 26

SunYAYs in the Yorkshire Dales 🐎💚

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg To Fund UN Climate Change Body After US Withdrawal

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Jan 23

Well, that's a relief

www.ndtv.com/world-news/b...

Bloomberg's intervention aims to ensure the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) remains fully funded despite the United States halting its contributions.

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Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Jan 22

The rollbacks to net zero commitments are already happening as a consequence of Trump's election, despite the fact we know business as usual is not compatible with a livable planet

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s addiction to fossil fuels is ‘Frankenstein’s monster’, says UN chief

António Guterres issues warning at Davos, days after Donald Trump pulled US out of Paris climate agreement

– in the House of Commons at 6:46 pm 20 January 2025

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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · Jan 21

Good to see politicians debating the impact of food and diet on obesity, including the @houseoflords.parliament.uk's Food, Diet & Obesity Committee’s latest report, in a Backbench Business Debate in the House of Commons yesterday 👉 www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=...

Obesity: Food and Diet

www.theyworkforyou.com

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Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Jan 21

Risk to global health if USA leaves WHO

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization - BBC News

Trump has long been critical of how the Geneva-based institution handled the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Jan 16

I've been wondering about exactly this

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Jan 16

Reminder. Setting net zero targets for your business is not a PR exercise, it's a business imperative for rescuing our planet that is on fire

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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UK faces broccoli and cauliflower shortage this spring

Ali Morpeth @alimorpeth.bsky.social · Jan 14

Dietary consumption of fruit + veg in UK already too low , with increasing cost driving lower consumption

Price set to get higher

Veg led diets are a lever for climate smart eating but fresh produce increasingly out of reach for many

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Growers blame weather challenges in UK and Europe, which Met Office says will become more frequent with climate breakdown