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The Convention was a two-day event on May 12th & 13th at Central Hall, Westminster, bringing the best minds from culture, politics and media to understand where we are, how we got here and what we’re going to do about it. Just one of the important topics discussed over this two day event was: Making the case for food. This slidepack was used to introduce the session. Agenda follows: Food is personal but should be political. Our current food system is in crisis – it damages our health and our planet, but there is a dearth of leadership. Does Brexit create the moment to pass a much needed Food Act? Why we need a Food Act: Startling facts and the impact of Brexit on our environment, health, children, inequality and jobs. Kath Dalmeny, policy director and chief executive of Sustain, Anna Taylor, the CEO of the Food Foundation and Rosie Boycott, Chair of the London Food Board debate the implications of Brexit and consider how we might feed people better in the future. Question Time: There will be a chance for audience question after the panel discussion
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The Convention presentation slidepack
- 1. FOOD: personal, not political
- 2. Health Diet is the biggest risk factor for death and disease in the UK. Obesity and Type 2 diabetes cost the NHS 15p in every £1 spent
- 3. Children A quarter of parents in England report their children ate no vegetables in the last 24 hours; One third of nurseries don’t serve veg daily.
- 4. Inequality Seven percent of adults in work experience food insecurity
- 5. Jobs The food system employs 11% of the UK labour force but most jobs are poorly paid with salaries less than half the UK average
- 6. Safety UK law enforcement data identifies more than 20 organised crime groups whose activities have links to food, drink or animal feed
- 7. 1 in 3 people in the world have some form of malnutrition Sustainable development
- 8. Climate change Our food system contributes one third of global greenhouse gas emissions
- 9. Environment 90% of the worlds food supply comes from 100 crop species. 71 rely on bees for pollination. Colony numbers in the US are at their lowest in 50 y
- 10. Food security Repeated drought combined with soil erosion could lead to dust storms in East Anglia within 10 years. East Anglia grows 29% of UK potatoes.
Editor's Notes
- Food is deeply personal. We don’t want to be told what to eat. It is an area where there is real reluctance to intervene by the state, and therefore to the mode of intervention has been to let the market take over. The result is a food system geared to produce ever more food at the lowest price – this is killing us and our planet and is now reaching crisis point and we urgently need food to become political - we need leadership from the top of government, we need coherent policies which cut across departments and now is the time for fight for this.
- If you’re concerned about health then you should be concerned about food. One in ten children start school obese… in england alone 7000 diabetes related amputations a year. 10 portions of fruit and veg reduce cancer by 14%
- If you’re concerned about our children then you should be concerned about food. Neglecting pregnancy and early years in our policy and first 1000 days of life critical for future cognitive development. The nutritional status of two parents when they conceive a child has a permanent impact on the development of their offspring.
- If you’re concerned about inequality then you should be concerned about food. Not being able to afford food to put on the table this is an extreme manifestation of inequality and its going to get worse… food price rises and the full effects of cuts biting
- We have a significant food production and manufacturing sector – the second biggest employer but jobs are poorly paid and often held by migrant labour. The labour force is now uncertain which will start to make businesses strive further to make other savings to remain competitive
- People need to trust the food they eat. Food safety regulations driven by brussels currently. New trade deals will introduce new standards and may make supply chains which are already quite untransparent even more so. https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fsa-food-crime-assessment-2016.pdf
- This is a problem being faced by all countries of the world. We all use and consume from the same food system dominated by the same few major corporations…. If ever there is a case for greater global cooperation it is on food.
- If you’re concerned about climate change then you should be concerned about food – though food has been quite neglected in the intergovernmental climate processes. Meat consumption but also farming practices – reliance on nitrogen based fertiliser and crop protection etc
- If you’re concerned about biodiversity and our environment then this is a problem for food too. Colony numbers in the US have dropped to their lowest in 50 years. In the US, beekeepers have lost ~30% of their colonies every year since 2006, with total annual losses sometimes reaching as high as 42% According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, 90% of the world’s food supply comes from about 100 crop species, and 71 of those crops (especially fruits and vegetables) rely on bees for pollination. In the US, bee activities across apple orchards, pumpkin patches and alfalfa farms—among a variety of others—generate $15 billion a year.
- If you’re concerned keeping food prices stable and offer secure supply chains then you should be concerned about food policy East Anglia grows 29% of UK potatoes/ 70% of the land is grade 1 ( CF 18%average for England) Only 16% of the peat stock recorded in 1850- remains. Global Food Security considers that there is a plausible risk that soil erosion following severe droughts would lead to loss of fertility inside of 10 years, and to dust storms.