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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Aug 21

Did last month's #UNFSS conference focus too much on investment for food, and not enough on rights and accountability?

Read our co-Director Jody Harris's take on the discussions @justjody23.bsky.social

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/acc...

Quote card which reads: "Corporate concentration in multiple aspects of food systems is part of the problem driving inequitable outcomes, and representatives of many of these corporations were active at the Summit."

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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · Jul 30

We need to move away from food systems which encourage overconsumption and overproduction, says IDS researcher Lidia Cabral from @foodequitycentre.bsky.social

As citizens, how can we reassess our relationship with food to help achieve this change?

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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · Jul 29

Food systems are unfair, often built on legacies of colonialism. We need improved policies to support people marginalised in food systems, especially those working in fields, factories & hospitality.

@deewoods.bsky.social explains how food systems can be changed.

@foodequitycentre.bsky.social

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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · Jul 28

What would it take to transform the global food system?

Coinciding with #UNFSS2025 we’re sharing a series of videos from @foodequitycentre.bsky.social hosted by IDS.

For @philbakernz.bsky.social redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key.

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Jul 23

Food systems work perfectly...

...for the handful of multinational corporations who control them, that is 😱

We need to focus less on profit, and more on people and planet.

To achieve this we need government action and strong social movements, says @stuartgillespie.bsky.social

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Jul 9

New video 🎬

Modern food systems encourage overconsumption and overproduction.

As citizens, we need to reassess our relationship with food.

Lidia Cabral offers her take on transforming food systems #sustainablefarming @chalkstonefilms.bsky.social

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Jul 7

Event! 📢

How can relationships between the government and farmers affect people's livelihoods and economic vulnerability?

Join us next Tuesday, 15 July, to learn about research from northern Vietnam on aquaculture #livelihoods

www.ids.ac.uk/events/power... @ids.ac.uk #foodsecurity

A text based graphic with the title, "Power relationships and aquaculture livelihoods in Vietnam". In smaller text: "Tuesday 15 July at 13:00 in the IDS Convening Space and online on Zoom"

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Jun 26

New issue of our newsletter just out!

Top story: the relaunch of Consea, the national food and nutrition security council in Brazil

Read it here ➡️ mailchi.mp/ids.ac.uk/fo...

Newsletter sign-up 👉 ids.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

A crowd of people in a room, all facing the camera and many of them holding banners

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Jun 24

People working in food systems - those in fields, in factories and in hospitality need to have their labour fairly compensated.

That's the key to transforming food systems for the better says @deewoods.bsky.social ‪from @landworkersuk.bsky.social ‪ and @grancomkitchen.bsky.social

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Jun 18

Want to know more about tackling inequities in food systems? Then sign up to our newsletter!

ids.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

We'll share updates on our work a few times a year

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social · Jun 15

It was a pleasure to speak with the team from @foodequitycentre.bsky.social at @ids.ac.uk about transforming the global food system. I was visiting to speak about the global health challenge of ultra-processed foods, and we made this short video 👇 please check out the wonderful work they are doing

Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Jun 11

What would it take to transform the global food system?

For @philbakernz.bsky.social, redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4q...

What actions do you think are needed? #foodjustice #foodsystems

Transforming food systems: tackling inequality and redistributing resources

YouTube video by Institute of Development Studies

www.youtube.com

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Jun 11

What would it take to transform the global food system?

For @philbakernz.bsky.social, redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4q...

What actions do you think are needed? #foodjustice #foodsystems

Transforming food systems: tackling inequality and redistributing resources

YouTube video by Institute of Development Studies

www.youtube.com

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · May 22

New from the Food Equity Centre: Grassroots projects provide more dignified alternative to food banks

Read more here: www.ids.ac.uk/news/grassro... @ids.ac.uk

Grassroots projects provide more dignified alternative to food banks, research suggests - Institute of Development Studies

Innovative grassroots food projects in five cities globally provide a better alternative to foodbanks, suggests new research from IDS.

www.ids.ac.uk

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · May 6

Folk seed banks to build resistance to seed #capitalism

Join us tomorrow for a talk by Dr Debal Deb, Indian seed sovereignty expert and activist, and founder of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

Register now: www.ids.ac.uk/events/folk-...

#foodjustice

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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · Apr 15

📣IDS and @foodequitycentre.bsky.social event!

Join us for the launch of Food Fight: From plunder and profit to people and planet - a book by food and nutrition expert @stuartgillespie.bsky.social

Tuesday 29 April at 16:00 to 17:30. At IDS and online on Zoom.

Book: www.ids.ac.uk/events/food-...

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Apr 15

We're delighted to host @stuartgillespie.bsky.social
for a discussion on reimagining our global food system - putting people and planet above profits

Join us: 29 April 16:00 UK time, online and in person at @ids.ac.uk

www.ids.ac.uk/events/food-...

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Mar 24

Recent outbreaks of avian influenza cast doubt on the mantra that large industrialised farms are always best from a biosecurity perspective.

Could the next global pandemic originate from the so-called “developed world”?

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/avi... @ids.ac.uk

Avian flu: Intensified animal production does not make us immune to it - Institute of Development Studies

Driving up intensified farming in lower income countries will not make them immune from bird flu, as the USA and UK shows.

www.ids.ac.uk

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Jody Harris @justjody23.bsky.social · Mar 18

Trying to make sense of the current madness, an academic ethics perspective on food systems transformation, just transitions, and USAID cuts in my new blog:
www.anh-academy.org/community/bl...
Inspired by friends working for justice 💚
@foodequitycentre.bsky.social @anhacademy.bsky.social

America’s sudden stop on food and nutrition support is the opposite of justice

USAID, justice, food system transformation, just transitions

www.anh-academy.org

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Mar 14

Read more on hunger in South Africa: www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/15-...

15 million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions - Institute of Development Studies

At least 15 million South Africans suffer from food insecurity. That means they don’t have enough nutritious food to live healthy lives.

www.ids.ac.uk

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Mar 14

South Africa's new Budget provided little comfort for the millions of #food insecure South Africans. The Union Against #Hunger calls for 3 policy changes:
Wealth taxes
Increase social grants
Nutrition in schools

unionagainsthunger.org

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Mar 11

Why do 15m South Africans suffer from food insecurity?

Stephen Devereux of the Food Equity Centre explains: "The problem is not a lack of food. The problem...is inadequate access."

"Poor access to food is related to poverty, unemployment, and inequality."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec8-...

Research: millions of South Africans suffer from food insecurity

YouTube video by Newzroom Afrika

www.youtube.com

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Mar 4

You can read our most recent newsletter here: mailchi.mp/ids.ac.uk/fo...

Food Equity Centre news

mailchi.mp

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Mar 4

Keep in touch with the Food Equity Centre by signing up to our newsletter: ids.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

We'll share updates on our work a few times a year

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Feb 26

We're proud to support the Union Against Hunger, launched today in South Africa.

Read more from researchers at @uwconline.bsky.social, University of Cape Town and @ids.ac.uk

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/15-...

15 million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions - Institute of Development Studies

At least 15 million South Africans suffer from food insecurity. That means they don’t have enough nutritious food to live healthy lives.

www.ids.ac.uk

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Feb 18

How does evidence inform policy to tackle complex challenges in food systems? Read this insightful piece by Food Equity Centre co-lead @justjody23.bsky.social, who has been working closely with the Committee on World Food Security

www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe...

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