Food packaging: beyond reduction
About half of the over 10 million tonnes of packaging that ended up as waste in the UK in 2006 came from food and drink. But is less always better?
12 June 2009Public inquiry launched on food and fairness
Just how fair is our food? News of hunger, obesity and bumper supermarket profits assail us over our Fairtrade breakfast brew. The world’s not perfect, but aren’t we doing enough? As the global food crisis and tight family budgets make this quandary sharper than ever, a major public inquiry wants your help.
1 June 2009Food Ethics - Summer '09: Sugar: a bitter pill?
Every man, woman and child in the UK eats an average 40kg of sugar per year, and global sugar production is 165 million tonnes per year and rising. June 1 2009
From A to B: a snapshot of UK food distribution
People care increasingly about where food comes from, yet we usually only glimpse the logistical feats that bring it to us.
1 May 2009Water scarcity slides
A short presentation about our project on water scarcity is now available.
1 May 2009Health claims and functional foods
How will EU regulation shape our choices? A new report from our Business Forum.
9 April 2009Future scenarios for the UK food system
The Food Ethics Council has launched a new toolkit designed to help organisations plan for the uncertain future of the UK’s food system.
April 1 2009Sugar: a bitter pill?
The summer edition of the Food Ethics Council magazine will focus on the sugar industry. We’ll be tracing the history of the sweet stuff, looking at the winners and losers in the battle for taste buds.
April 1 2009Food Ethics - Spring '09: Fish: all washed up?
Across the world more than one billion people rely on fish for their food and livelihoods. With 75% of fish stocks fully- or over-exploited and predictions of global fisheries collapsing by 2048, urgent action must be taken to secure our marine resources. The latest edition of Food Ethics magazine takes a close look at the state of our seas.
March 2 2009Ethical consumption: solution or problem?
Is ethical consumption really part of the solution to environmental and social problems or is the challenge to break the habit of defining ourselves and our culture by what we consume?
16 February 2009
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