Food and Fairness Inquiry: a report of the meeting at which the Food Ethics Council commissioned the inquiry

Just how fair is our food? From fair trade to global hunger, food has seen some of the boldest efforts to tackle inequality, and some of the worst cases of exploitation. The Food Ethics Council has commissioned the Food and Fairness Inquiry (originally named the Inquiry into Food and Social Justice) to examine the issues. This report explains the rationale of the Inquiry, how it will work and what its objectives are, based on a meeting of Council members on 25th February 2009. The Inquiry is intended to increase the profile and the clarity of debates about food and fairness. It is prompted by the global food crisis, the controversy over ‘food miles’ and other issues that have highlighted tensions between fairness and other social, environmental or economic goals.