SF-Marin Food Bank’s Post

Let's bring it back to basics. What fundamental principles should underpin the how, the what and the why of national policies? Party conferences have recently finished and a General Election looms on the horizon. We’ve already begun to hear specific policy promises; party manifestos will be published soon; and businesses and civil society organisations have ramped up work to try and influence our policy landscape. But amidst the disparate, single-sector asks being floated, we wanted to bring it back to basics. At a time when national government appears set on serving vested interests, and reversing on urgent climate action amidst ongoing social injustices, it doesn’t feel amiss to be going back to basics. Earlier this year, we held a workshop at OmVed Gardens to understand what the basics of policy-making for fair, resilient food systems should be. We brought together food systems thinkers, landworkers, campaigners, funders and businesses to come up with five, key principles. Find out more: https://buff.ly/3tOCNIw

Avoid continuing government-to-government Official Development Assistance (ODA). These efforts often serve self-enrichment and disregard the well-being of citizens. Instead, there should be more focus on local initiatives ... FoodFirst...👌

Dr Joshua Wells, Principal Political Consultant for the #Environment and #ClimateChange, provides the following comment on the Government’s joint statement on the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. Dods Political Intelligence provides political and policy information to subscribers, which includes a range of stakeholders from corporations to business groups and NGOs.   To speak to Josh Wells or any other Dods Political Intelligence expert, please contact [email protected] #UKPolicy #DRS #sustainablepackaging #sustainability #beveragepackaging #circulareconomy

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Don't fancy wading through 400+ pages of party manifesto commitments? 1. I don't blame you. 2. Here's my attempt to summarise the key food-related pledges through Footprint's usual lens of health and sustainability. I'll be writing a follow-up comment for Wednesday but in summary I think it's pretty underwhelming stuff, particularly from the two main parties. There are some good standalone policies (and some questionable ones) but I don't see a convincing attempt to tackle food systems challenges and connect the dots between food (in)security, health, climate, nature, livelihoods, profitability etc. Three years on from Henry Dimbleby's food strategy, it feels like we're as far away from having an actual food strategy for the UK as we've ever been. https://lnkd.in/erdqaUm4

New IDS Working Paper! Equity in Food Systems Livelihoods: A Review of Conceptualisations, Approaches, and Actions by Ayako Ebata, Imogen Bellwood-Howard and Jane Battersby. Read at 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQEHv3iT In this paper, we review the different ways in which equitable livelihoods within food systems are conceptualised across academic communities, and what interventions are suggested to make food systems livelihoods more equitable.

A promising start at DEFRA

📢 Now a #Generalelection has been announced we're calling on all political parties and candidates to commit to making healthy, sustainable food available and affordable for everyone! Read how this can happen in our #NourishingTheNation Manifesto and check out our 10 Cost Free Policies, outlining a set of measures that require limited financial resources and, in most cases, have already been recommended by Government advisory boards or selected committees ↩ https://lnkd.in/eja9YWvw

Boosting food security needs to dovetail with cleaning up rivers and flood prevention…

Interesting to see a specific point on food security