Kelly Parsons
@kellyparsons.bsky.social
Post-doc #foodpolicy researcher. Role of policymaking processes and governance structures in #foodsystems. What's in the policy toolbox for transforming #foodsystems. Food #systemsthinking. Food #policycoherence. Kellyparsons.co.uk. @thefoodrules
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Kelly Parsons
@kellyparsons.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hello! I'm a researcher at @mrcepid.bsky.social Cambridge Uni. I specialise in #foodpolicy + applying systems thinking to food: policymaking processes/structures; understanding policy levers to change #foodsystems; how policies interact + #policycoherence; and how to improve research evidence use.
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The latest UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) report, covering 2019-2023, finds that key dietary recommendations are still not being met by many in the population, with those in the most deprived areas tending to have poorer diets.
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National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2019 to 2023 highlights dietary deficiencies and inequalities - MRC Epidemiology Unit
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has published the latest report from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS), which shows results for 2019-2023. The NDNS is […]
www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
June 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The latest UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) report, covering 2019-2023, finds that key dietary recommendations are still not being met by many in the population, with those in the most deprived areas tending to have poorer diets.
Read more at buff.ly/U3eIVr9
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Spending Review settlement for DEFRA: capital spend up (flood defences) but resource spend down
Seems to cut ELMs funding (as rumoured) - no details yet, assume SFI being re-targeted. Basic Payments wound down
But will continue to be a separate pot of funding for peat + trees worth 'up to £400m'
Seems to cut ELMs funding (as rumoured) - no details yet, assume SFI being re-targeted. Basic Payments wound down
But will continue to be a separate pot of funding for peat + trees worth 'up to £400m'
June 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Spending Review settlement for DEFRA: capital spend up (flood defences) but resource spend down
Seems to cut ELMs funding (as rumoured) - no details yet, assume SFI being re-targeted. Basic Payments wound down
But will continue to be a separate pot of funding for peat + trees worth 'up to £400m'
Seems to cut ELMs funding (as rumoured) - no details yet, assume SFI being re-targeted. Basic Payments wound down
But will continue to be a separate pot of funding for peat + trees worth 'up to £400m'
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👓👇#Freeschoolmeals
This is a historic change for children and for families.
A hundred thousand children lifted out of poverty.
The mark of a government with a Plan for Change👇🏻
www.gov.uk/government/news/over-half-a-million-more-children-to-get-free-school-meals
A hundred thousand children lifted out of poverty.
The mark of a government with a Plan for Change👇🏻
www.gov.uk/government/news/over-half-a-million-more-children-to-get-free-school-meals
Over half a million more children to get free school meals
New entitlement to free school meals for all children in household on Universal Credit.
www.gov.uk
June 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
👓👇#Freeschoolmeals
Thanks for inviting me to to contribute to the chaper on #foodpolicy coherence @jeremyfarr.bsky.social, the #foodsystems report is epic and with great visuals too
Very pleased to have co-authored a chapter on policy coherence ➡️➡️ with @kellyparsons.bsky.social
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Policy coherence - Food System Horizons
Authors Jeremy Farr, Jessica Bogard and Kelly Parsons Key points Citation Farr J, Bogard J and Parsons K (2025) Insight […]
foodsystemhorizons.org
June 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thanks for inviting me to to contribute to the chaper on #foodpolicy coherence @jeremyfarr.bsky.social, the #foodsystems report is epic and with great visuals too
'Next year’s presidential election seems to be weighing on his mind more than November’s Cop30 climate summit in Belém'
Brazil’s environmental governance is under threat – and Lula is siding with oil industry
Politicians reviled environmental minister Marina Silva in the senate this week, but new legislation is fuelling the fire
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
'Next year’s presidential election seems to be weighing on his mind more than November’s Cop30 climate summit in Belém'
'...the government needed something like a climate security centre to feed these arguments into the decision-making process around security matters rather than delegating them to other departments such as Defra' #foodsystems #foodpolicy
UK must consider food and climate part of national security, say top ex-military figures
Former army and navy leaders urge government to think beyond military capability in advance of key defence review
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
'...the government needed something like a climate security centre to feed these arguments into the decision-making process around security matters rather than delegating them to other departments such as Defra' #foodsystems #foodpolicy
Important research #foodsystems #foodpolicy
Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers
The list of everyday pollutants is a long one, and they could be as damaging to our water ecosystems as sewage spills
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Important research #foodsystems #foodpolicy
V lucky that hyperlocal journalism is alive and well in our area, and the latest edition of Tower Hamlets Slice is a food special! 😃 #foodsystems
May 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
V lucky that hyperlocal journalism is alive and well in our area, and the latest edition of Tower Hamlets Slice is a food special! 😃 #foodsystems
Very excited to have this on my doorstep
Fancy a masterpiece? Just pop one in your basket! V&A’s new open-access outpost will thrill art-lovers
The Victoria & Albert’s new warehouse boasts a mind-boggling 250,000 artefacts. Our art critic tries its ‘order an object’ service and gets intimate with some national treasures – including ‘the bigge...
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Very excited to have this on my doorstep
Was just coming on here to say the same. Best bit of writing I have read for a while, thank you @archiebland.bsky.social
If you only read one thing this weekend, this moving piece by @archiebland.bsky.social might be it.
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Was just coming on here to say the same. Best bit of writing I have read for a while, thank you @archiebland.bsky.social
'the project had taken a singular, “whole-system” approach in targeting children and families, community organisations, schools and the environment, ensuring “it’s the people within the locality that are making the decisions”'
Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity
JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
'the project had taken a singular, “whole-system” approach in targeting children and families, community organisations, schools and the environment, ensuring “it’s the people within the locality that are making the decisions”'
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For anyone else looking for a link to the MAHA report, the go-to source for any food-related political news is @hbottemiller.bsky.social, and her newsletter, @foodfixco.bsky.social, has it.
If you don't subscribe, you should! Her link is here.
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If you don't subscribe, you should! Her link is here.
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May 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
For anyone else looking for a link to the MAHA report, the go-to source for any food-related political news is @hbottemiller.bsky.social, and her newsletter, @foodfixco.bsky.social, has it.
If you don't subscribe, you should! Her link is here.
foodfix.co/wp-content/u...
If you don't subscribe, you should! Her link is here.
foodfix.co/wp-content/u...
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If FT are right about this announcement it will be yet another example of ambitious public health policy being announced and then quietly watered down before implementation
“UK ministers are set to delay the implementation of rules that would ban unhealthy food advertising before 9pm in order to change guidance to allow brand marketing following heavy lobbying from the industry.”
Industry = 1 ; Kids’ health = 0
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www.ft.com/content/a4a5...
Industry = 1 ; Kids’ health = 0
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www.ft.com/content/a4a5...
Ministers to delay UK junk food advertising ban until next year
Marketing of unhealthy products to be barred before 9pm on TV but branded advertising using company names will be allowed
www.ft.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If FT are right about this announcement it will be yet another example of ambitious public health policy being announced and then quietly watered down before implementation
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Looking forward to participating in this webinar with @ipes-food.org colleagues and moderated by @thinink.bsky.social on June 3! Do join us! Details below ⬇️
📢 Announcing our WEBINAR | The New Geopolitics of Food: trade wars, hunger & the case for cooperative self-reliance
What happens when food becomes a pawn in global power struggles?
Join IPES-Food experts + @thinink.bsky.social
📆June 3
🕑14h CEST/8am EDT
REGISTER: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
What happens when food becomes a pawn in global power struggles?
Join IPES-Food experts + @thinink.bsky.social
📆June 3
🕑14h CEST/8am EDT
REGISTER: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Looking forward to participating in this webinar with @ipes-food.org colleagues and moderated by @thinink.bsky.social on June 3! Do join us! Details below ⬇️
Love this
Other people appreciating all the tiny design decisions that go into FT charts is my new favourite thing 🥰📈🥰📉🥰
May 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Love this
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Trussell food banks reported a 46% increase in emergency food parcels provided for families with children compared to five years ago.
Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid surge in demand
www.bigissue.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Trussell food banks reported a 46% increase in emergency food parcels provided for families with children compared to five years ago.
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Happening at 4pm today! You can attend online or in person at the Oxford Martin School.
On 21/5 at 4pm, the @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social seminar will feature the excellent Prof Pete Smith from Aberdeen Uni. He'll be talking about fixing the food system for health, climate and biodiversity.
Please join us at @oxmartinschool.bsky.social or online! More info and sign up sheet below.
Please join us at @oxmartinschool.bsky.social or online! More info and sign up sheet below.
Fixing the food system is central to tackling the world's climate, biodiversity, water and human health crisis
Future of Food seminar: Professor Pete Smith
www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happening at 4pm today! You can attend online or in person at the Oxford Martin School.
Nice way to learn about ingredients...
The best ingredients to buy in Asian, African, Middle Eastern and Polish stores – by the cooks and foodies who shop there
From fresh noodles and frozen lotus buns to smoked country sausages and pandan leaves, these are the brands the experts swear by (and where to get them online)
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Nice way to learn about ingredients...
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In a workshop on role of chefs in sustainable diets, low emission menus, hoping to gain (and share) insights re. @ukri.org #foodsystemsspf Mandala project on institutional catering in Birmingham #foodsystems
May 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In a workshop on role of chefs in sustainable diets, low emission menus, hoping to gain (and share) insights re. @ukri.org #foodsystemsspf Mandala project on institutional catering in Birmingham #foodsystems
What can be done to support professional cookery, by #foodpolicy and practice?
May 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What can be done to support professional cookery, by #foodpolicy and practice?
Why is professional cookery not represented on the Defra Food Strategy advisory board? #foodpolicy not encompassing all activities in #foodsystems
May 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Why is professional cookery not represented on the Defra Food Strategy advisory board? #foodpolicy not encompassing all activities in #foodsystems