Shona Goudie, policy and advocacy manager at the Food Foundation tells us about new data it published this week which shows just how difficult it is for families on a low income, specifically those with children, to afford a healthy diet. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto, and here for the Newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Hannah Brinsden, Head of Policy and Advocacy at The Food Foundation analyses The King's Speech for the new Government's commitment to putting food at the centre of the health of the nation. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and here to sign up for the Newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

On this week's Pod Bite, Mali Evans, Head of Engagement and Advocacy at Feeding Bristol tell us about Food Justice Fortnight, its series of summer events to celebrate the city's communities and make space for important conversations about food. Click here for more on Feeding Bristol's Food Justice Fortnight, here for the Food Foundation Manifesto, and here to sign up for the Food Foundation Newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

This week, Rebecca Tobi, Senior Business and Investor Engagement Manager at the Food Foundation hosts a special panel discussion with four representatives from food businesses and the investment community to discuss what they want and need from the first 100 days of a new government. This is, typically, a really interesting and critical time for new governments to set out their direction of travel when it comes to policy priorities and general intent. Recorded before the General Election, the panel of Richard Hall, Vice President and General Secretary for the UK and Ireland at Danone, Ja ..read more

In the third in a special series of Election Pod Bites, Shona Goudie, Policy and Advocacy Manager at The Food Foundation tells us about our latest report, A Neglected Generation. From the reduction in height of 5 year-olds to the rise in obesity among 10-11 year-olds by 30%, to Type 2 diabetes among under 25s up 22%, we remind a nation about to vote of the shocking deterioration in children's health over the last decade. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and here for the FF newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In the second of the Food Foundation's Election Special Pod Bites, Executive Director, Anna Taylor responds to the policy issues in the Lib Dem and Conservative manifestos as well as the relaunch of Labour's child health plans. Head to the Food Foundation Manifesto to find more on what we need from the next Government to fix the broken food system. Click here to sign up for the Food Foundation Newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In the first of this series of Election Special Pod Bites in which Anna Taylor, Executive Director at the Food Foundation, tells us about what's been happening in the world of politics and food since the general election campaign has kicked off, we hear her thoughts on the first leaders' TV debate. Click here to read the Food Foundation Manifesto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

This week, to kick start a series of Food Foundation analysis on the Election campaign, Lucy Upton, paediatric dietitian, feeding therapist and founder of The Children's Dietitian looks ahead to the 2025 food Foundation's Broken Plate report. This annual flagship report reveals the health of our food system, its impact on our lives and the remedies we need to put in place. Dr Alice Wiseman, Director of Public Health for Newcastle and Gateshead, Baroness Joan Walmsley, chair of the House of Lords' Food, Diet and Obesity Committee, Food Foundation Food Ambassador, Dominic Watters and its chief ..read more

Rebecca Tobi, Senior Business and Investor Engagement Manager at the Food Foundation looks at the impact of the Kid's Food Guarantee, a roadmap of actions for retailers and a set of asks for Government, a year on. Click here for more information on the Kid's Food Guarantee, and here for the Food Foundation's latest report on the packed lunches. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

 In this week's Pod Bite,Melanie Vaxevanakis, founder of the Mazi Project in Bristol tells us about the importance of choice and dignity within food provision for marginalised young people, and why we need a call for systemic change of the food system. Click here for more information on Mazi, and here for the Food Foundation manifesto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more