drsmoore.bsky.social
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Food Thinkers: Concentrated corporate power in food systems and why it matters
28 January 4pm – 5.15pm
Professor Jennifer Clapp explores how growing corporate concentration has become a dominant trend in food systems, including the farm inputs sector.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Food Thinkers: Concentrated Corporate Power in Food Systems and Why it Matters | City St George's, University of London
Professor Jennifer Clapp will explore how growing corporate concentration has become a dominant trend in food systems, including the farm inputs sector.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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📢 Final call!
Submit your abstract or workshop proposal for the 2026 Behaviour Change Conference by 7 Jan (23:59 GMT).
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch...
Thanks to everyone who’s submitted so far! We look forward to building an inspiring and dynamic programme for #BCConf2026!
@susanmichie.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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The latest Covid Inquiry evidence exposes the damage caused by poor government information sharing, the frailties in departmental relations and the potentially significant human and economic cost, says @shaina-sangha.bsky.social

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/covi...
The latest Covid Inquiry evidence exposes the damage caused by poor government information sharing | Institute for Government
Government departments must do more to prepare for the next crisis.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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The UK Covid Inquiry into the economic response to the pandemic has laid bare the frictions and frailties in departmental relations, with potentially significant human and economic cost www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/covi...
The latest Covid Inquiry evidence exposes the damage caused by poor government information sharing | Institute for Government
Government departments must do more to prepare for the next crisis.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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They are noticing the role that corporate power has in slowing progress and limiting the impact of so much good work already underway.

✨More on this to come in 2026...
January 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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🧩Most recently, we've been running (alongside The Food Foundation) the What Works Here Inquiries and seeing that citizens want a whole new way of thinking about food - that makes the healthy option the easy option and puts fairness at the heart of the system.
January 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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🍏The UK’s new junk food advertising restrictions have come into effect, bringing a welcome step towards reducing children’s exposure to unhealthy food marketing.
January 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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In the summer, they produced a report: Laying the Foundation, which spelt out a need for fairness to be at the heart of policymaking 📖https://foodfoundation.org.uk/news/why-fairness-must-be-heart-new-food-strategy

Watch this space for more from the citizens advising the government on #foodsystems 👀
January 7, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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Local food projects are nourishing communities, often on a shoestring 🌱

Food Ambassadors & Citizens Advisory Council members have been investigating the impact of food initiatives in:
📍Cornwall
📍York & North Yorkshire
📍Liverpool & Merseyside
📍North East

@ffc-commission.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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Unlock the Political Economy of Food 🌍
Advance your career!
📚 12-week course: Political Economy of Food
✅ Starts: 19 Jan 2026 | Hybrid (London/Online)
✅ Mondays 4–7pm | Apply by 5 Jan
Learn how politics, economics & power shape our food system.
👉 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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🎓 Curious about a career in #FoodPolicy?
Explore the MSc Food Policy at City St George’s Postgraduate Open Evening.
📍 Clerkenwell Campus
🗓️ Wednesday 5 Nov | ⏰ 16:45–19:00 GMT
🔗 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
#PostgradStudy @citystgeorges.bsky.social
Postgraduate Open Evening (Clerkenwell Campus) | City St George's, University of London
Join us at our Postgraduate Open Evening to learn more about our postgraduate courses and discover all the benefits of studying at City St George's, University of London.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Tag & share widely to Help shape the future of food research! 🌍🥗
Researchers in food, climate & health. EU, Spain, Poland, France & the Netherlands. We need your insights!
Take our 15-min survey to inform @wellcometrust’s funding strategy:
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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We reviewed 312 studies on the UK 🇬🇧 food environment. Most focus on availability—less on sustainability & affordability.
More multi-domain research is needed!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
#FoodEnvironment #PublicHealth #SustainableDiets
Redirecting
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Please do share your views on the Food research agenda for UK and EU! (voices from outside the EU welcome too!)
Do you research food, food systems or a topic related to food?

TABLE & @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social, have launched a new survey to learn what you want from food research, what you need from funders, & key topics.

Take the survey here: buff.ly/ROPrwTY
October 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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📢 #FoodThinkers Webinar
🗓️ 22 Oct 2025 | 17:00–18:15 BST
🎙️ Prof. Charlotte Biltekoff (UC Davis)
Processed Food & the Politics of Communication
🔗 Register: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
#FoodPolicy #ProcessedFood #PublicHealth @citystgeorges.bsky.social
Food Thinkers: Processed Food and the Politics of Communication | City St George's, University of London
This Food Thinker’s webinar will focus on the political stakes of food industry campaigns that treat public concerns about processed food as rooted in misinformation.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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NEW PAPER: Implementation of mandatory calorie labelling in England was associated with a small (9kcal) overall reduction in mean energy content of items on the menus of large chain restaurants.

bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...

In an analysis of more than 30,000 menu items we found:
Changes in energy content of menu items at out-of-home food outlets in England after calorie labelling policy implementation: a pre–post analysis (2021–2022)
Introduction Eating from out-of-home food outlets (OHFO) is common and linked to poor dietary quality, weight gain and obesity. In response, England implemented mandatory calorie labelling regulations...
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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This looks like it could have been album cover art for a 1990s swing revival band
Double, double,
desiccated vegetables and no trouble

Wellcome Collection
between 1890 and 1899
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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It was amazing to have Corinna Hawkes come and share her knowledge with our Masters in Food Policy students, Centre for Food Policy, @citystgeorges.bsky.social . She talked about the @fao.org food systems approach to the big challenges. Some great questions were asked by our students too!
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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🎉 Today is the International Day of Food Loss and Waste!
Excited to share 2 ZeroWasteScotland reports on food waste behaviours & meal planning
1) www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/un...
2) www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/us...

#FoodWaste #BehaviourChange #Sustainability #IDFLW
Understanding values and belief changes in relation to food waste behaviours | Zero Waste Scotland
www.zerowastescotland.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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📢 New article alert!

Want to encourage more sustainable diets? Then don’t talk about sustainability. That’s the surprising takeaway from my research.

Read the full article for free here: theimpactmagazine.org/magaz… (page 22-23)
July 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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PFAS, the forever chemicals, are a risk factor for several chronic diseases, such as obesity, liver disease, and diabetes as well as cancers, reproductive harm, and immune system suppression. Shouldn't they be banned and replaced by safe alternatives asap?
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Forever chemicals in household objects linked to type 2 diabetes, scientists warn
PFAS can disrupt metabolism and increase diabetes risk, study finds
www.independent.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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For the good of public health, wood burning is another example of how nice it would be if we had governments with backbones
Map reveals where 'silent killer' wood heater smoke is worst
Wood heaters are estimated to be responsible for more pollution-related deaths than all the cars on our roads. This national map shows which areas are affected the most.
www.abc.net.au
July 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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UK, US, Ethiopia see food price shocks from climate extremes, ‘raising concerns’ for child health eciu.net/media/press-...
UK, US, Ethiopia see food price shocks from climate extremes,…
Foods including potatoes, onions, lettuce, cabbage, fruit and rice hit by extreme weather that exceeded historical precedent, raising inflation and prices for consumers.
eciu.net
July 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Betcha didn't know Wicked was actually a #climatesecurity story. My latest substack explores how Oz's response to the "great drought" parallels what we see in our world from political leaders under strain from extreme weather.
What Wicked Tells Us About the Politics of Extreme Weather
Yes, I mean the musical
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM