Stuart Gillespie
@stuartgillespie.bsky.social
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
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
🔥new substack
On the power of stories and radical realism
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
On the power of stories and radical realism
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
🔥new substack
On the power of stories and radical realism
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
On the power of stories and radical realism
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 PM
25 years after Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser returns...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...
January 6, 2026 at 8:34 AM
25 years after Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser returns...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...
Late addition to my book list....a real tour de force!
January 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Late addition to my book list....a real tour de force!
December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Check out the latest issue of The Mint Magazine on the economics and politics of the food system, including interviews with Million Belay and myself.
And happy new year Blueskyers!
www.themintmagazine.com/issues/issue...
And happy new year Blueskyers!
www.themintmagazine.com/issues/issue...
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Check out the latest issue of The Mint Magazine on the economics and politics of the food system, including interviews with Million Belay and myself.
And happy new year Blueskyers!
www.themintmagazine.com/issues/issue...
And happy new year Blueskyers!
www.themintmagazine.com/issues/issue...
Cold but glorious Xmas ramble along Sussex coast....
Happy holidays!
Happy holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Cold but glorious Xmas ramble along Sussex coast....
Happy holidays!
Happy holidays!
Big step forward...
Check out @unicef.org new digital toolkit and world-first Model Legal Language for protecting children from unhealthy and ultra-processed food marketing
knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutrit...
Check out @unicef.org new digital toolkit and world-first Model Legal Language for protecting children from unhealthy and ultra-processed food marketing
knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutrit...
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Big step forward...
Check out @unicef.org new digital toolkit and world-first Model Legal Language for protecting children from unhealthy and ultra-processed food marketing
knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutrit...
Check out @unicef.org new digital toolkit and world-first Model Legal Language for protecting children from unhealthy and ultra-processed food marketing
knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutrit...
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's December...here's my best of '25 list!
(at least, that's when I read 'em)
@juliabelluz.bsky.social @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @kevinh-phd.bsky.social @mikebernerslee.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social et al...
(at least, that's when I read 'em)
@juliabelluz.bsky.social @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @kevinh-phd.bsky.social @mikebernerslee.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social et al...
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It's December...here's my best of '25 list!
(at least, that's when I read 'em)
@juliabelluz.bsky.social @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @kevinh-phd.bsky.social @mikebernerslee.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social et al...
(at least, that's when I read 'em)
@juliabelluz.bsky.social @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @kevinh-phd.bsky.social @mikebernerslee.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social et al...
Last week saw the long-awaited launch of the The Lancet Group Series on Ultra-Processed Food and Human Health.
Reviewed here:
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/ultra-proc...
Three papers -- each one is excellent, together, they represent a landmark.
Reviewed here:
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/ultra-proc...
Three papers -- each one is excellent, together, they represent a landmark.
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Last week saw the long-awaited launch of the The Lancet Group Series on Ultra-Processed Food and Human Health.
Reviewed here:
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/ultra-proc...
Three papers -- each one is excellent, together, they represent a landmark.
Reviewed here:
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/ultra-proc...
Three papers -- each one is excellent, together, they represent a landmark.
Livelier than usual outside our place tonight
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Livelier than usual outside our place tonight
Enjoyed this chat with Philipp Blom the other day
Bear with it...we do get to solutions eventually!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6rA...
Bear with it...we do get to solutions eventually!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6rA...
November 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Enjoyed this chat with Philipp Blom the other day
Bear with it...we do get to solutions eventually!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6rA...
Bear with it...we do get to solutions eventually!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6rA...
This excellent book brilliantly captures the breadth of the health challenge – with chapters on diet, exercise, mental health, transport, water, clean air, gun control, smoking, health care systems – while deep-diving into the detail of both problems and solutions.
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This excellent book brilliantly captures the breadth of the health challenge – with chapters on diet, exercise, mental health, transport, water, clean air, gun control, smoking, health care systems – while deep-diving into the detail of both problems and solutions.
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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
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
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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
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
September 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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
Here are five insights.....
nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/foo...
@pegasus-books.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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
Here are five insights.....
nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/foo...
@pegasus-books.bsky.social
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-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-...
August 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-...
🔥new substack
The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew....
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...
The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew....
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...
August 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🔥new substack
The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew....
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...
The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew....
stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...
August 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
sundowner in Ely
August 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
sundowner in Ely
Strange feeling of being watched on my evening walk…
July 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Strange feeling of being watched on my evening walk…
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
July 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...