Global hunger is a scandal. Around 870 million people around the world don’t have enough to eat; the vast majority of them in developing countries.
The May 2012 Business Forum discussed the public health potential of taxes on unhealthy foods.
The Food Ethics Council welcomes the publication of the Environmental Audit Committee's report on Sustainable Food, published today.
The increased involvement of the financial sector in food commodity speculation since deregulation in the 1990s has led to increased volatility in the markets for food and other commodities, contributing to the recent food price spikes that have led to increasing food bills in Europe and abroad. These food price spikes have left millions across the world facing hunger and poverty.
A report of the March 2012 meeting of the FEC Business Forum
Should the international community increase regulation of commodity markets in order to help address global food poverty? This is one of the most important, and hotly contested, questions in current food policy debate.
The Food Ethics Council says that the government's response to Richard Mcdonald's review of farming regulations is a missed opportunity to develop a framework to support sustainable food and farming.
A report of the January 2012 meeting of the FEC’s Business Forum
A report of the November 2011 meeting of the FEC’s Business Forum
