The Food Foundation Podcast

Lucy Heyderman, Citizen Engagement Manager at the Food Foundation and Yusuf Shobair, one of our Young Food Ambassadors introduce The Food Activist Toolkit which helps young people find their voice and make real change in the food system. Click here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/food-activist-toolkit] to find out more about the Toolkit, 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.

Pete Smith, Professor of Global Change and Soils at the University of Aberdeen tells us about the Climate Inflation Project on how climate change affects food inflation causing food price spikes around the world, and how that affects people in the UK's most disadvantaged communities.   Click here [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/press-release/researchers-tackle-climateflation-impacts-food-prices] for more information on the project, 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.

Keira, one of the young food ambassadors [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/our-food-ambassadors#:~:text=Aged%20between%2014%20and%2018,a%20healthy%20and%20affordable%20diet.&text=Nutritional%20food%20should%20not%20be,right%20for%20all%20young%20people.] at the Food Foundation, is with a panel of experts to find out about Auto Enrolment on Free School Meals. They explore how it can help the 250,000 children who are entitled to a free school meals but are missing out because of the barriers to registering. Professor Maria Bryan [https://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/our-staff/maria-bryant/]t, researcher on Fix Our Food, [https://fixourfood.org] the University of York's five-year research programme is joined by Myles Bremner [https://bremnerco.com/about-us/], CEO of Bremner and co and a partner on the project, Peter Lamb MP [https://members.parliament.uk/member/5345/contact], Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson [https://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=154], Deputy Chair of the Children and Young People's board at the Local Government Association and Rhett, a single father who reports from the front line of food poverty. Click on the links for more information on Fix our Food, [https://fixourfood.org] the Food Foundation Manifesto [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-09/Election%2024_Manifesto.pdf]and 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.

Sarah Buszard, Responsible Investor Engagement Lead at the Food Foundation explains the findings of our latest report, Corporate Lobbying: The Dark Side of the Plate [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/corporate-lobbying-dark-side-plate].    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.

Hannah Brinsden, [https://foodfoundation.org.uk/who-we-are] head of policy and advocacy at the Food Foundation reflects on the Spring Statement, how it could impact on food insecurity and what some of the opportunities are in the next few months to try and address this problem.  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.