The Food Foundation Podcast

Jo Rowling, Head of Campaigns at the Food Foundation introduces Sheila Dillon's report from Groundswell 2025, the regenerative agriculture festival ahead of The Food Foundation panel discussion on beans, legumes, peas and pulses. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-09/Election%2024_Manifesto.pdf]and here to sign up for the newsletter. [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

This week, young Food Ambassador Dev Sharma hosts a very special panel discussion to celebrate the Government's announcement that free school meal eligibility will be expanded to all children in households on Universal Credit, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty, and giving access to a hot, healthy school lunch to around 500,000 more pupils. Dev is joined on the panel Rushda, a 16-year-old Food Ambassador from Halifax, Dr Sam Rushworth [https://members.parliament.uk/member/5108/contact], the MP for Bishop Auckland, and Reema Reid [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/reema-reid-15aa2862], Headteacher of Holydale Primary School in London. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-09/Election%2024_Manifesto.pdf], here for the Broken Plate [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/broken-plate]report, and here to sign up for the newsletter. [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In this week's Pod Bites, Shona Goudie, Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Food Foundation gives a rundown on what we need to know about last week's spending review when it comes to food. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-09/Election%2024_Manifesto.pdf]and here to sign up for the newsletter. [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter] And watch this space for more clarity and updates from The Food Foundation. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Fran Bernhardt, the Commercial Determinants Coordinator of Sustain the Alliance for Better Food and Farming, explains the impact of the latest Government delay in TV and online advertising restrictions. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-09/Election%2024_Manifesto.pdf]and here to sign up for the newsletter. [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Anna Taylor, Executive Director of The Food Foundation on the thrilling news this week from Government on the expansion of free school meals. From September 2026, all children in England who are in households eligible for Universal Credit, will become eligible for free school meals. Anna explains what that means to around half a million additional children from early years settings right through to sixth form, and to the health and wealth of the nation. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-09/Election%2024_Manifesto.pdf]and here to sign up for the newsletter. [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.