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Food corporations’ voluntary agreements and charitable food donations cannot sufficiently reduce food waste. ALJAZEERA – We all know that guilty feeling when we realise we have let something go mouldy, and hastily move it fromRead More
Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the food injustices and inequalities felt by too many in the so-called ‚Global North‘, particularly those in marginalized communities – Black, Indigenous,Read More
Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2021 – If someone were to spontaneously ask you where your food comes from, would you know the answer? Do you know who grows it and how? The stepsRead More
THE CONVERSATION – “Wake up, mum. I’m hungry!” This is the opening line to the recently published children’s book, It’s a No-Money Day, by Kate Milner, a powerful exploration of food banks and life belowRead More
BANKUET – Dave Beck is a lecturer in social policy at the University of Salford and expert on food poverty. We chat to him about his work, the role of food banks in the UKRead More
THE CONVERSATION – COVID-19 is revealing critical weaknesses in how we care for each other. While many Canadians are being thrown out of work and need emergency food assistance, food banks have had to shutRead More
This podcast is part of Duke World Food Policy Center – The Leading Voices in Food series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our food system. When the pandemic forced schools toRead More
This podcast is part of The Leading Voices in Food series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic is exposing a deep flaw in the country’s food system, namely stunning levels ofRead More
The Leading Voices in Food – This podcast is part of Duke World Food Policy Center Leading Voices in Food podcast series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re exploring today, the roleRead More
Jennifer Black, an expert on food systems, joins Kalina Christoff to discuss the role of food in creating connections and communities, the surprising impact of school lunch programs and how the pandemic has affected foodRead More
FOOD BANK NEWS – Two years ago, Maine introduced legislation that endeavored to do something that has never happened in the U.S. — formally recognize the human right to food. The bill proposed a ballotRead More
WhyHunger.org – The right to adequate food and nutrition is both a call to action and a global legal framework for coordinated reform in food and agriculture. In the U.S., we often speak of ourRead More
Food insecurity should be addressed by raising incomes, not handing out ‘surplus’ goods at charities. The Tyee – An open letter to Nicholas Simons, B.C.’s minister of social development and poverty reduction. Many congratulations onRead More
New Internationalist – The rise of food charity in some of the most affluent countries is surely a sign that something has gone badly wrong. So why is this broken model being exported to theRead More
THE BMJOPINION – Many commentators have rightly observed that the coronavirus pandemic has amplified long-standing socioeconomic and health inequalities, and exposed both the fragility of the UK’s social security system and the growing reliance byRead More
RABBLE.CA BLOGS – Since May, Justice for Migrant Workers (Justicia) has delivered over 2,000 boxes of fresh produce to migrant farm workers across the province. Each of the FoodShare food boxes feed two to fourRead More
The nation’s largest food charity, Feeding America, has failed to embrace the progressive values needed to make a real impact. Here’s a plan to change that. The MIT Press Reader – This is the timeRead More
SAFSF – On October 22, 2020, the Global Solidarity Alliance for Food, Health and Social Justice urged members of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders (SAFSF) to go beyond charity and work toward transformationalRead More
Exploring the Emergence of a Global Solidarity Alliance for Food, Health and Social Justice Around the world, COVID-19 is shaking the foundation of our globalized economic system to its core. The “richest” countries in theRead More
THE CONVERSATION – The COVID-19 pandemic is an awkward time to propose exiting food banks as a response to widespread food insecurity. Food bank use, after all, is surging. However, research has long shown thatRead More
THE CONVERSATION – The campaign led by footballer Marcus Rashford to provide lunches for children over a school holiday period in England has brought discussions over poverty and state help into the spotlight. Central toRead More
The Ubyssey – Recently, the UBC Library, the AMS and the UBC Okanagan Students Union ran the bi-annual Food for Fines Campaign. The campaign invites students to reduce their UBC library fines by donating non-perishableRead More
THE CONVERSATION – I was one of 58 academics, activists and food writers who published a stark open letter warning against food banks becoming institutionalised in the UK. We believe the country is now reachingRead More- The government is essentially subsidising firms to waste food, then redistribute it to boost their reputations. It’s grotesque. THE GUARDIAN – Who benefits from food banks? The donors? The volunteers? The recipients? You might beRead More
OnthePlatform – Following a discussion event around food policy held in Ancoats last November, and in the run-up to Manchester’s Green Summit, Charlotte Spring outlines key arguments from two influential researchers around the connections betweenRead More