Elizabeth Foubister
@lfoub.bsky.social
Retired Dietitian, wife, mother,grandmother, countryside lover. Interested in health, nutrition, food systems, climate change, psychology, truth. Kindness a priority.
Everyone needs to understand where their food comes from.
👄 Our food is eating us 👄
🥦 In #FoodTakes 🥦 Episode 18, Mei Casal / @wwf.org.uk lays out the "Triple Challenge"--the interconnection between nature, climate and people.
Watch the full video here: buff.ly/wdGizAt
Created & produced by @rebelwrit.bsky.social
#foodtakes #futureoffarming
🥦 In #FoodTakes 🥦 Episode 18, Mei Casal / @wwf.org.uk lays out the "Triple Challenge"--the interconnection between nature, climate and people.
Watch the full video here: buff.ly/wdGizAt
Created & produced by @rebelwrit.bsky.social
#foodtakes #futureoffarming
January 23, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Everyone needs to understand where their food comes from.
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'... the detrimental effect that proposing AI artwork to become a public mural does to the integrity and life of art and the artist.
'And, more relevant to us all, the taste level of what we expect from the aesthetics of public life.' || Derek McArthur
www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
'And, more relevant to us all, the taste level of what we expect from the aesthetics of public life.' || Derek McArthur
www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
'... the detrimental effect that proposing AI artwork to become a public mural does to the integrity and life of art and the artist.
'And, more relevant to us all, the taste level of what we expect from the aesthetics of public life.' || Derek McArthur
www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
'And, more relevant to us all, the taste level of what we expect from the aesthetics of public life.' || Derek McArthur
www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
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🚨WOW! Now closing on 88,000 signatures! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
🚨WOW! Now closing on 88,000 signatures! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Today, Emma Thompson and young campaigners are calling for better school food, because what children eat at school shapes the rest of their lives.
▶️ Watch the full animation: youtu.be/DEAaBcKx23A
👉 Join the campaign: www.foodfoundation.org.uk/joinschoolfoodcampaign
🍽️🌈 #schoolfood #healthyfood
▶️ Watch the full animation: youtu.be/DEAaBcKx23A
👉 Join the campaign: www.foodfoundation.org.uk/joinschoolfoodcampaign
🍽️🌈 #schoolfood #healthyfood
January 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Today, Emma Thompson and young campaigners are calling for better school food, because what children eat at school shapes the rest of their lives.
▶️ Watch the full animation: youtu.be/DEAaBcKx23A
👉 Join the campaign: www.foodfoundation.org.uk/joinschoolfoodcampaign
🍽️🌈 #schoolfood #healthyfood
▶️ Watch the full animation: youtu.be/DEAaBcKx23A
👉 Join the campaign: www.foodfoundation.org.uk/joinschoolfoodcampaign
🍽️🌈 #schoolfood #healthyfood
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⚡️Scots are ahead of politicians - 57% oppose new oil & gas drilling.
3 in 4 under-35s want renewables instead.
Even in the North East, nearly half say no to new drilling.
People want clean energy jobs, not more delay.
Read more in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576468...
3 in 4 under-35s want renewables instead.
Even in the North East, nearly half say no to new drilling.
People want clean energy jobs, not more delay.
Read more in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576468...
Majority of Scots oppose new North Sea drilling research finds
New research suggests more than half of Scots oppose new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, including close to 50 in the north-east
www.heraldscotland.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
⚡️Scots are ahead of politicians - 57% oppose new oil & gas drilling.
3 in 4 under-35s want renewables instead.
Even in the North East, nearly half say no to new drilling.
People want clean energy jobs, not more delay.
Read more in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576468...
3 in 4 under-35s want renewables instead.
Even in the North East, nearly half say no to new drilling.
People want clean energy jobs, not more delay.
Read more in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576468...
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This week the government quietly published a 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security assessment': www.gov.uk/government/p...
Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The judgements are stomach-churning
Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The judgements are stomach-churning
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This week the government quietly published a 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security assessment': www.gov.uk/government/p...
Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The judgements are stomach-churning
Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The judgements are stomach-churning
Reposted by Elizabeth Foubister
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Stopping weight loss drugs is followed by weight regain and reversal of beneficial effects on heart and metabolic health markers like high blood pressure, finds new BMJ Research.
Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
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Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
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January 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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Food corporations built a system where junk is cheap, everywhere, and aggressively marketed.
The diets they profit off are killing people - 800,000+ deaths every year in Europe - while public health costs explode.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
The diets they profit off are killing people - 800,000+ deaths every year in Europe - while public health costs explode.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Food corporations built a system where junk is cheap, everywhere, and aggressively marketed.
The diets they profit off are killing people - 800,000+ deaths every year in Europe - while public health costs explode.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
The diets they profit off are killing people - 800,000+ deaths every year in Europe - while public health costs explode.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
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For anyone claiming to care about farmers’ livelihoods or food prices for the consumer, THIS is the key to the answer: tackling the climate crisis. Resources and efforts should be (laser) focused… tick tock… ⏰
How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts
How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts
From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
For anyone claiming to care about farmers’ livelihoods or food prices for the consumer, THIS is the key to the answer: tackling the climate crisis. Resources and efforts should be (laser) focused… tick tock… ⏰
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The high price of cheap food—who’s counting the cost of our national diet? // As the new @ffc-commission.bsky.social report launches, @timjackson.org.uk explores the hidden costs of a booming fast-food industry & what it means for our health, communities and environment. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/healt...
The high price of cheap food—who’s counting the cost of our national diet? | By Tim Jackson
To accompany the launch of the latest report by the UK’s Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, Prof Tim Jackson explores the hidden costs of our nationa ...
cusp.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The high price of cheap food—who’s counting the cost of our national diet? // As the new @ffc-commission.bsky.social report launches, @timjackson.org.uk explores the hidden costs of a booming fast-food industry & what it means for our health, communities and environment. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/healt...
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⏳ Don't miss our webinar about the plant-based revolution in Denmark this Thursday!
Part 2 of our Inspiring Stories of Food Policy and Politics series features our Executive Director Anna Taylor and former Danish Minister of Food and Agriculture Rasmus Prehn.
Sign up here: kntn.ly/a3c2d5cc
Part 2 of our Inspiring Stories of Food Policy and Politics series features our Executive Director Anna Taylor and former Danish Minister of Food and Agriculture Rasmus Prehn.
Sign up here: kntn.ly/a3c2d5cc
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
⏳ Don't miss our webinar about the plant-based revolution in Denmark this Thursday!
Part 2 of our Inspiring Stories of Food Policy and Politics series features our Executive Director Anna Taylor and former Danish Minister of Food and Agriculture Rasmus Prehn.
Sign up here: kntn.ly/a3c2d5cc
Part 2 of our Inspiring Stories of Food Policy and Politics series features our Executive Director Anna Taylor and former Danish Minister of Food and Agriculture Rasmus Prehn.
Sign up here: kntn.ly/a3c2d5cc
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📢 We've joined @eatingbetter.bsky.social and 160+ organisations calling for a strong and fair Food Strategy!
A letter to government includes 17 asks spanning everything food production to consumption that could help transform the UK's food system.
Read more: kntn.ly/52ab38b4
A letter to government includes 17 asks spanning everything food production to consumption that could help transform the UK's food system.
Read more: kntn.ly/52ab38b4
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📢 We've joined @eatingbetter.bsky.social and 160+ organisations calling for a strong and fair Food Strategy!
A letter to government includes 17 asks spanning everything food production to consumption that could help transform the UK's food system.
Read more: kntn.ly/52ab38b4
A letter to government includes 17 asks spanning everything food production to consumption that could help transform the UK's food system.
Read more: kntn.ly/52ab38b4
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Very sick of passing this bus stop ad with my little ones this month (obviously they think it’s great - ‘Santa!!’)
If junk food ads on tv are worth regulating then junk food ads outdoors are too
Very sick of passing this bus stop ad with my little ones this month (obviously they think it’s great - ‘Santa!!’)
If junk food ads on tv are worth regulating then junk food ads outdoors are too
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Very sick of passing this bus stop ad with my little ones this month (obviously they think it’s great - ‘Santa!!’)
If junk food ads on tv are worth regulating then junk food ads outdoors are too
Very sick of passing this bus stop ad with my little ones this month (obviously they think it’s great - ‘Santa!!’)
If junk food ads on tv are worth regulating then junk food ads outdoors are too
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🚉 69% of train station outlets we visited had no fruit and 85% had no veg snacks!
Our 2025 State of the Nation's Food Industry report shows we can't leave progress on healthy and sustainable sales to the market.
Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/3XuoFjr
Our 2025 State of the Nation's Food Industry report shows we can't leave progress on healthy and sustainable sales to the market.
Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/3XuoFjr
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚉 69% of train station outlets we visited had no fruit and 85% had no veg snacks!
Our 2025 State of the Nation's Food Industry report shows we can't leave progress on healthy and sustainable sales to the market.
Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/3XuoFjr
Our 2025 State of the Nation's Food Industry report shows we can't leave progress on healthy and sustainable sales to the market.
Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/3XuoFjr
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🌱Great to hear two of our major reports spotlighted by James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social on BBC Sounds: Radical with Amol Rajan.
👉Full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Read the reports:
➡️'Farming for Change' ffcc.co.uk/publications...
➡️‘Paying the Price’ ffcc.co.uk/publications...
👉Full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Read the reports:
➡️'Farming for Change' ffcc.co.uk/publications...
➡️‘Paying the Price’ ffcc.co.uk/publications...
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🌱Great to hear two of our major reports spotlighted by James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social on BBC Sounds: Radical with Amol Rajan.
👉Full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Read the reports:
➡️'Farming for Change' ffcc.co.uk/publications...
➡️‘Paying the Price’ ffcc.co.uk/publications...
👉Full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Read the reports:
➡️'Farming for Change' ffcc.co.uk/publications...
➡️‘Paying the Price’ ffcc.co.uk/publications...
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Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
A host of eminent scientists have warned politicians, business and community leaders that the UK risks severe climate-related risks to its economy, public health, food systems and national security.
According to its organisers more than 1,000 corporate bosses, senior civil servants and civic leaders were set to assemble in the Methodist central hall in Westminster for the “first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing” on Thursday morning. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
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1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
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🌍 Today on #WorldFoodDay we join @fao.org in calling for action to ensure everyone can access healthy, affordable food.
How does the UK measure up? Find out: ↩️
bit.ly/4oeLHX4
How does the UK measure up? Find out: ↩️
bit.ly/4oeLHX4
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🌍 Today on #WorldFoodDay we join @fao.org in calling for action to ensure everyone can access healthy, affordable food.
How does the UK measure up? Find out: ↩️
bit.ly/4oeLHX4
How does the UK measure up? Find out: ↩️
bit.ly/4oeLHX4
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"We need to ensure the companies that own the platforms take the responsibility."
Professor Oksana Pyzik speaks to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the responsibility of social media companies to combat fake weight loss jabs sold on their platforms.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/black-m...
Professor Oksana Pyzik speaks to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the responsibility of social media companies to combat fake weight loss jabs sold on their platforms.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/black-m...
Black market for fake medicines is growing says expert
Oksana Pyzik is Associate Professor of Pharmacy at University College London, and the founder of its Fight the Fakes Collaborating Centre.
www.channel4.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"We need to ensure the companies that own the platforms take the responsibility."
Professor Oksana Pyzik speaks to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the responsibility of social media companies to combat fake weight loss jabs sold on their platforms.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/black-m...
Professor Oksana Pyzik speaks to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the responsibility of social media companies to combat fake weight loss jabs sold on their platforms.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/black-m...
Reposted by Elizabeth Foubister
Black market for fake medicines is growing says expert
www.channel4.com/news/black-m...
www.channel4.com/news/black-m...
Black market for fake medicines is growing says expert
Oksana Pyzik is Associate Professor of Pharmacy at University College London, and the founder of its Fight the Fakes Collaborating Centre.
www.channel4.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Black market for fake medicines is growing says expert
www.channel4.com/news/black-m...
www.channel4.com/news/black-m...
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After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
christinapagel.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
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‘The UK can eat more healthily with government action'
Sustain's Ruth Westcott speaks to Times Radio on new EAT-Lancet report which recommends a 'planetary diet' with more vegetables and pulses, less meat, while addressing unequal access to good diets.
www.sustainweb.org/news/oct25-e...
Sustain's Ruth Westcott speaks to Times Radio on new EAT-Lancet report which recommends a 'planetary diet' with more vegetables and pulses, less meat, while addressing unequal access to good diets.
www.sustainweb.org/news/oct25-e...
October 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
‘The UK can eat more healthily with government action'
Sustain's Ruth Westcott speaks to Times Radio on new EAT-Lancet report which recommends a 'planetary diet' with more vegetables and pulses, less meat, while addressing unequal access to good diets.
www.sustainweb.org/news/oct25-e...
Sustain's Ruth Westcott speaks to Times Radio on new EAT-Lancet report which recommends a 'planetary diet' with more vegetables and pulses, less meat, while addressing unequal access to good diets.
www.sustainweb.org/news/oct25-e...
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“Opportunity depends on our health […] This Commission identifies adverse foods and adverse food environments as the often unacknowledged barrier to health, opportunity, and justice.” - Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, opens the 2025 EAT–Lancet launch.
Livestream here ➡️ bit.ly/3VKhnaz
Livestream here ➡️ bit.ly/3VKhnaz
October 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“Opportunity depends on our health […] This Commission identifies adverse foods and adverse food environments as the often unacknowledged barrier to health, opportunity, and justice.” - Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, opens the 2025 EAT–Lancet launch.
Livestream here ➡️ bit.ly/3VKhnaz
Livestream here ➡️ bit.ly/3VKhnaz
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The world produces enough food, yet billions lack access to healthy & sustainable diets. A new EAT–Lancet report presents a science-based approach to improve health, safeguard our environment & provide for a projected 9.6 billion people by 2050.
🔗 bit.ly/3W7rxlP
🔗 bit.ly/3W7rxlP
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The world produces enough food, yet billions lack access to healthy & sustainable diets. A new EAT–Lancet report presents a science-based approach to improve health, safeguard our environment & provide for a projected 9.6 billion people by 2050.
🔗 bit.ly/3W7rxlP
🔗 bit.ly/3W7rxlP