The Food Foundation Podcast

Pod Bites: Plant-based food justice

Sarah Bentley, founder of plant-based community cookery school and charity, Made in Hackney tells us how a small community initiative became the catalyst for a global plant based food justice movement. Read our latest food insecurity report here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/roadmap-reducing-food-insecurity-uk] and sign up to our newsletter [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter] to keep up to date with updates about the food system. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Pod Bites: Christmas on a shoestring

Alicia Weston, CEO of Bags of Taste explains why rising prices and food inflation can make a traditional Christmas unaffordable and inaccessible for too many people in the UK. Read our latest food insecurity report here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/roadmap-reducing-food-insecurity-uk] and sign up to our newsletter [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter] to keep up to date with updates about the food system. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Pod Bites: Child Poverty - are we failing?

Hannah Brinsden, Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Food Foundation tells us about the new child poverty strategy published at the end of last week, with reflections from the policy team. Read our latest blog for more in-depth analysis here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/news/will-child-poverty-strategy-be-enough-reduce-food-insecurity] and keep up to date with our latest news and events by signing up to our newsletter. [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Pod Bites: What's going on in our food industry?

Rebecca Tobi, Head of Food Business Transformation at the Food Foundation tell us about our new State of the Nation's Food Industry report for 2025 which we launched this week.  Click here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/event/state-nations-food-industry-2025-report-launch-webinar]to read the report, and here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH6aCU8nZa8]to watch a a panel of leading food businesses and investors analysing the findings. Sign up to our newsletter for all our latest news and updates here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Pod Bites: The Budget and food bills

Hannah Brinsden, Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Food Foundation has been digesting the autumn budget through the lens of diet and health inequalities, and gives us a quick whistle stop tour of some of the key announcements relevant to the work of the Food Foundation. Click here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/nourishing-nation] for the Food Foundation Manifesto, read our Budget blog here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/news/autumn-budget-2025-will-it-reduce-diet-and-health-inequalities] and here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter]to sign up for the newsletter. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.