The Food Foundation Podcast

Dec 06 2024 121 ep. 16 mins 9
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The Food Foundation podcast is the voice of the charity that tackles the growing challenges facing the UK’s food. Reporting from the frontline of food insecurity, it reveals the gaps in the food system and the inspiring initiatives that are fixing them. From the stigma of free school meals to the enormous impact of holiday activities on hungry children, we find the stories that change lives, bind communities and make the politicians sit up and listen.

Producer: Gilly Smith for the Food Foundation

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Making sense of Ultra Processed Food

Dec 06 2024 39 mins  
Following last week's BBC documentary, Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating by Chris Van Tulleken, Anna Taylor, executive director of The Food Foundation leads a panel discussion on ultra processed food and what we should do to tackle some of the problems arising from eating so much of it.The panel comprises Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist who's also qualified in nu

Pod Bites: London's Free School Meals trial

Nov 29 2024 6 mins  
Dr Katharine Vincent, director of Reconnect London on More than a Meal, an independent evaluation of the first year of London's policy to provide free school meals to all primary age children in state funded schools.Read our Food Foundation Manifesto and subscribe to our newsletter so you don't miss any updates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The truth about the state of the nation's food industry

Nov 22 2024 50 mins  
Rebecca Tobi, Senior Business and Investor Engagement Manager at the Food Foundation hosts a panel discussion on this year's SOFI report. This annual report tracks and assesses the progress of major UK food businesses towards healthier and more sustainable diets.Joining Rebecca on the panel are: Lauren Woodley, Group Nutrition Leader at Nomad foods, Claire Atkins Morris, Director o

Pod Bites: Public appetite for extending the 'sugar tax'

Nov 15 2024 8 mins  
Alfie Slade, the Government Affairs lead at the Obesity Health Alliance on how Britain feels about the food business.The Recipe for Change campaign explores the public’s attitude towards a new levy on unhealthy food and drink.Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and don't forget to sign up to our newsletter - find out more about the Recipe for Change campaign he

Pod Bites: The hidden costs of our food system

Nov 08 2024 9 mins  
In this week's Pod Bites, Greg Garrett, Executive Director of the Access to Nutrition Initiative tells us the role of business, investors and policy makers in market transformation for nutrition. He argues that embracing nutrition is no longer an option, but must be core to business. Click here for more information on the ATNI's Global Access to Nutrition Index and here to sig

Pod Bites: Will the Budget change anything?

Nov 01 2024 12 mins  
Hannah Brinsden, head of policy and advocacy at the Food Foundation, gives her assessment of the autumn budget.Despite a focus on children's health, the Chancellor's announcements lacked significant support for poor households and Hannah touches on key subjects such as the Healthy Start scheme, early years support, free school meals and the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.Click here for

Pod Bites: The double jeopardy facing our food system

Oct 25 2024 9 mins  
Anna Taylor, Executive Director of The Food Foundation gives her response to the new House of Lords Food Diet and Obesity Committee report, Recipe for Health: a plan to fix our broken food system, which was published this week.The report calls for regulatory changes to the food system, including mandatory reformulation targets, a tax on sugar and salt, bans on advertising and celeb

Hit or miss? Labour's first 100 days in power

Oct 18 2024 41 mins  
Anna Taylor, executive director of the Food Foundation, discusses the first 100 days of the new government with Samson Low from Unison, Sophie Metcalf from the Institute of Government, Lydia Collas, head of natural environment at the Green Alliance, and Baroness Rosie Boycott, member of the House of Lords. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto, and here for the Newslett

Pod Bites: Pushed to the Brink

Oct 11 2024 5 mins  
Ana Maria Narvaez, Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer at the Food Foundation, reports on the interconnected crises of food insecurity and mental health in the UK to coincide with World Mental Health Day.She highlights that 28% of adults with mental health conditions live in food-insecure households, compared to 11% without such conditions. Financial instability due to mental health

Pod Bites: A third of children in poverty denied access to Free School Meals

Oct 04 2024 6 mins  
This week, Kate Anstey, Head of Education Policy at Child Poverty Action Group on the latest analysis published this week with The Food Foundation The report urges local leaders to do everything they can to ensure more children get a free lunch but say the onus is squarely on the UK government to expand provision of free school meals and end classroom hunger.Cli