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Stuart Gillespie

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Nutrition, food justice, health, cycling | writer, freelance Non-res senior fellow, IFPRI | hon associate IDS FOOD FIGHT https://canongate.co.uk/books/5139-food-fight-from-plunder-and-profit-to-people-and-planet/ SUBSTACK: stuartgillespie.substack.com

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Oct 28

'FOOD FIGHT' shows how our food system has warped into something that's making us (and our planet) sick.
But its main focus is on how to turn things around.
Out in April 2025 but open for pre-order here:
buythebook.online/foodfight

Food Fight by Stuart Gillespie | Buy the Book

buythebook.online

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's brilliant. Anyone who's shocked needs to ask why all this is completely legal. This is not about demonising a product, it's about highlighting a massive failing in governments who choose to look the other way while large transnationals continue to put profit ahead of people and planet.

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 1d

🔥'Just in time'

A planetary health diet for the real world, superintelligence and a cautionary tale of junk food

stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/just-in-time

Just in time

A planetary health diet for the real world, superintelligence and a cautionary tale of junk food

stuartgillespie.substack.com

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for the review! To respond on a couple of comments and not wanting to quibble...yes, smallholders are key but this book was about tackling corporate capture and power imbalances. 'Anti-business' is over-simplistic...it's as much anti-politicians who fail to rein in corporate power. But 🙏 !

Nature @nature.com · 9d

Book review 📚 Power and profit drive what we eat: here’s why the food system needs a revolution

go.nature.com/4nTorgO

Power and profit drive what we eat: here’s why the food system needs a revolution

Decades of corporate control have shaped diets, harmed farmers and strained the planet — transforming the system will take collective action.

go.nature.com

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 11d

Enjoyed this chat with @kcrwevan.bsky.social

www.kcrw.com/stories/chef...

(from 24m)

Good Food explores the world through the lens of food....from food politics to the science behind cooking, highlighting a diverse community of cooks, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians and journalists @kcrw.com

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 11d

"do they know it's Xmas..."

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 14d

Powerful piece of journalism by the brilliant Jeremy Bowen...for the first time (that I've seen) a clear, detailed analysis of how food is purposively used as bait to target desperate, starving (and extraordinarily brave) young adults in Gaza

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

Killed seeking food - Jeremy Bowen on Abdullah's shooting and Gaza's lethal aid system

Inside Panorama and BBC Eye's investigation into hunger in Gaza and why so many are risking their lives for aid.

www.bbc.co.uk

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 16d

🔥new substack

stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/bending-th...

Bending the curve

The changing face of child malnutrition, how the ultra-processed food industry interferes with policy...and a five-pronged counter-attack

stuartgillespie.substack.com

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 20d

The MAHA funnel...Big Wellness, conspiracy fantasies (not much theory involved) with their tell-tale keywords and how to respond.

Great @nytimes.com video opinion

www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Video: Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories

How does MAHA turn some health-conscious people against all health care? We found out.

www.nytimes.com

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 20d

you'll have seen this, Tim...

what's known about his investments in Big Food/Soda at present?

www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

How Bill Gates is playing both sides of the climate crisis – video

Think Bill Gates is fixing the climate crisis? Not if you follow the money. While he funds green innovation and talks about cutting emissions, Gates also invests in dirty industries such as coal, oil ...

www.theguardian.com

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 20d

Funding the solution while driving the problem?

www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

How Bill Gates is playing both sides of the climate crisis – video

www.theguardian.com

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25d

The David Bowie Centre at the V&A East Storehouse is amazing. It’s a must-see for fans of David Bowie.

I’m immensely proud of East Bank, and City Hall will continue to support this new world-class cultural quarter.

A look inside David Bowie's incredible personal archive, from platform heels to photographs

Just as Bowie’s influence spun onwards and outwards, so does this revelatory new centre at the V&A East Storehouse

www.wallpaper.com

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Food Security for Equitable Futures @foodequity.bsky.social · Aug 20

Prof Jasmine Fledderjohann has compiled a Starter Pack on Food Security and Nutrition – perfect for anyone looking to learn, connect with experts & engage in meaningful dialogue.

🔗 Explore the starter pack & follow the experts:
👉 go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ

#FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Inequality #FoodEquity

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 28d

🔥new report from @unicef.org showing how our global food system is feeding profit and failing children

www.unicef.org/reports/feed...

Feeding Profit

How food environments are failing children

www.unicef.org

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Sep 7

“I was looking out of my window at a glacier that’s half the size it was, listening to people whooping and hollering in delight.”

A sordid story of net zero capitulation...but great research by Alexi Mostrous @theobserveruk.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Back to petroleum | The Observer

In 2020, BP told the world that it cared about climate change. Today, it is doubling down on oil and gas. This is the story of how financial markets gave...

observer.co.uk

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Sep 7

didn't think he could get much worse....but I was wrong.

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Sep 7

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8wv...

SPECTRE | Bond infiltrates a meeting

YouTube video by James Bond 007

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Sep 7

Like the scene in Rome from Spectre (....were there trapdoors underneath the chairs?)

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 6

Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Sep 6

The struggle to survive in Gaza...what it takes to make one meal
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Video diary: The struggle for one meal in Gaza - BBC News

As warnings about starvation escalate, 20-year-old Mosab al-Trtori shares videos of his daily struggle to find food, water and fuel in Gaza.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Sep 6

where is the steamroller...where is the government?

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Food industry lobbying is leading Labour to drop public health plans, experts say

Inaction on ill-health prevention after pressure from junk food and alcohol firms ‘could cause NHS collapse’

www.theguardian.com

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Sep 4

🔥new substack

stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/now-well-s...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excellent from @jasonhickel.bsky.social on the drivers of the gross hypocrisy by US and allies, and tolerance of extreme violence in Gaza.

A liberated Palestine = potential liberation movements in a geopolitical hotspot that's pivotal for Western capital.

jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-does-t...

Why does the US support Israel's crimes?

Why does the US support Israel’s genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people, even in the face of overwhelming international condemnation, at massive expense, and to the point of totally debasing ...

jasonhickel.substack.com

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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 Today we publish a thought-provoking Series of articles examining the arms trade in health.

@kamranabbasi.bsky.social & I problematise current “warfare vs welfare” debates, arguing for more scrutiny of the arms industry & renewed support for global peace dividend.

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Aug 19

On the shelves in the US, the day after Labor Day...

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Food-F...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks to the Next Big Idea Club team for selecting 'Food Fight' as a September must-read!

Here are five insights.....

nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/foo...

@pegasus-books.bsky.social

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Scottish Parliament Festival of Politics 2025 session 'Junk vs Jabs: our relationship with food' from last week with Alexandra Johnstone and Gary Maclean...a very lively session, expertly moderately by Emma Harper, with some great questions and discussion

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-...

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