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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 15h
Held Hostage // New report by @timjackson.org.uk for the @ffc-commission.bsky.social shows that unhealthy diets cost almost £300bn a year in health, social and economic costs—yet making healthy food affordable would require a fraction of that. 🔗 cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/... cc #PublicHealth #BigFood
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Held Hostage—How Big Food is still hijacking public health and undermining public finances | Blog by Tim Jackson
Two years on from The False Economy of Big Food, the UK’s food system remains locked in a costly contradiction: while unhealthy diets drive almost £300 bill ...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
✏️ Ahead of Labour Party Conference, Prof @timjackson.org.uk, FFCC Commissioner, reflects on his analysis updating the true cost of UK's food system at nearly £300bn. 🎤 Whilst there has been progress, leaders need to be ambitious for this country's food, health and prosperity. 👇 Read in full
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Held Hostage
Fresh thinking and practical action for a food system that works for people, nature and the real economy.
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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Analysis from @ffc-commission.bsky.social shows unhealthy food is costing the UK's food system £298 billion a year. It recommends five policy principles to create a new economy of food: ffcc.co.uk/publications...
False Economy of Big Food report Cost of unhealthy food graphic
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨True cost of UK’s food system is nearly £300 billion a year, and rising 📈 Updated analysis from @timjackson.org.uk shows the economic cost of the UK’s unhealthy food system has risen to £298 billion a year, up from £268 billion just two years ago. Read 👉 ffcc.co.uk/publications...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🎗Out now: Our Annual Report 25-26 💥 From a groundbreaking programme of citizen engagement to the publication of the Land Use Framework, after years of advocacy, it’s been an eventful year for FFCC. 👉 Read the report: ffcc.co.uk/publications...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📝 With the new Chancellor giving his first major speech today, our CEO @suepritch.bsky.social asks: what actually creates public value? ⚖️ Sue means that in both senses: What does the public actually value? And what economic activity and government policy actually contribute to it? 👀 Read in full 👇
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Growth is not the same as public value
With your help, we are generating radical ideas and practical actions, and working to transform our country and our world.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
📝 New blog: Adaptation, adaptation, transformation? 🌕 Drawing on parallels between agriculture and defence policy, FFCC’s Dr Charlie Taverner explores what building a fundamentally more resilient food economy really looks like in a volatile world. Read it here: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📈 Food prices are under scrutiny again. Latest figures show food inflation is down, but many are predicting food prices will rise as the impacts of global conflict & heatwaves come to bear. 🙄 Already, some industry players & politicians are capitalising on the prospect of higher prices to...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
💡How farmers adapt to extreme weather are the same ways they can reduce on-farm emissions. 🌱 Liz Bowles, @farmcarbontoolkit.bsky.social CEO, talks about how changing weather presents an opportunity for farmers to help tackle climate change and stay resilient to climate-related drought and flooding.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🥬 With possible food shortages and failed harvests dominating headlines, it’s clear the public see food as a critical part of the UK’s national resilience – and want politicians to act.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
💡Good interview with @emmahowardboyd.bsky.social on the today about the leadership we need to see on climate change. 🌻 As Emma says, building more resilient, adaptive systems is an investment, not a cost, for our long-term national health, prosperity and security.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🗣️ “Let’s start talking much more seriously about the precautionary principle, the polluter paying & the lobbyists” 🏡 Our CEO @suepritch.bsky.social talking at @cprecountryside.bsky.social's Land Use Conference about why we need more honest conversations about how corporate power really works.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
👎 Yet more evidence of how Big Food frighten governments around the world into weakening or delaying policies designed to protect our health. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🥦 Across parties, food matters to the public & they want political ambition to reflect this. 🌱 With new leadership in government, this is a real opportunity for imaginative, ambitious food policy that drives regional economic growth, improves health outcomes & makes Britain a fairer place to live.
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Tony Greenham @tonygreenham.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
New polling from @ffc-commission.bsky.social shows that citizens know the food system is broken - and want Government to act! www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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'I live in a UK food desert where it's easier to buy vapes than fruit'
Meet the everyday citizens shaping government food policy - and the inspiring 'Queen of Greens' mobile fruit and veg bus bringing fresh foods to Brits in 'food deserts'
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Lucy Antal aka Grab Your Spoon @lucyantal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🤓😬🫣 read more about the Queen of Greens at www.queenofgreens.co.uk @foodfoundation.bsky.social @sustainweb.org @alchemickitchen.bsky.social @feedingliverpool.org @foodrise.bsky.social @ffc-commission.bsky.social
Article in The Mirror under headline “Real Britain” Quote: it’s hard to eat well in a food desert. Central pic of me clutching fruit. Other pics of our lovely customers on the Queen of Greens.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
📣 📊 People across UK want government to take food seriously 🇬🇧 Today, new @moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling reveals the British public agree about food. Across parties & postcodes, most people think the current system isn’t working - yet see food as a critical part of a healthy, thriving society.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
💡Interesting points from @neweconomics.bsky.social's Danny Sriskandarajah this morning on some of the reforms @andyburnham.bsky.social could bring in to grow the real economy and revitalise local high streets. Read a briefing we made earlier for Labour Party Conference: ffcc.co.uk/publications...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Citizens are ready to bring solutions 💥 💪 In this 📽, members of the Citizen Advisory Council tell us why they got involved – and what citizens can uniquely offer politicians and policymakers working on food.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
📝New blog: Where next? Manchesterism and the Farming Roadmap tinyurl.com/yvyr8tcr ❓Could devolving more farming powers work? FFCC’s Dr Charlie Taverner asks how the government’s new Farming Roadmap could align with Andy Burnham’s big play of handing power and resources to Britain’s communities.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🔥 “The bravery of government will be judged on the extent to which they accept citizen perspectives” ⭐ Great @foodfoundation.bsky.social Pod Bites with Sustainable Food Cornwall's Matthew Thomson on a new report from the Citizen Advisory Council. 👉 Listen: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
💯 “Food isn’t a middle class ambition, it’s something most people want to achieve” 📽️ Here, citizens share how food fits into their lives & why they care about it. Across the UK, people, communities & businesses are working against the odds to change food – but conditions are limiting progress.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🗣 “The Citizen Advisory Council’s vital work shines a light on the values we want to see in our food system that are already alive in communities across England” 💯 We couldn’t agree more @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social, DEFRA Farming Minister.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
💥New citizen-led report shows what works and what’s getting in the way of good food. Read 'From the Ground Up' here ffcc.co.uk/publications...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🌾Heading to Groundswell next week? The FFCC team are out in force across the two days, joining some of the leading voices in food and farming to dig into the big questions facing the sector – and how to get to the future we all want. Here’s where you can find us…
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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Don't miss our webinar with @ffc-commission.bsky.social tomorrow! We'll explore: what happens when citizens are given a seat at the table when it comes to influencing policy? Free sign up: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
At the Table webinar invite
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨Webinar tomorrow - spaces running low: tinyurl.com/4bddrwny 🍏What happens when citizens are given a seat at the table when it comes to influencing policy? 🍽️Join us to explore a new report from the Citizen Advisory Council, who have been working with Defra on the Good Food Cycle.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
📣 Yesterday, David Smith MP, referenced our report ‘Paying The Price’ at Westminster Hall. Report here: ffcc.co.uk/publications... 🗣️“The FFCC reports that the productivity of farming increased by 60% from the 1970s to the 2020s, but farming incomes have not increased in line with that.”
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Campaign to Protect Rural England @cprecountryside.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
That's a wrap on #CPRELUC A brilliant, honest day of conversations about England's land-use crisis with policymakers, farmers, planners, researchers and advocates all in one room. Thanks to everyone who joined us and to our co-hosts @UCL. Recordings and write-up coming soon.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🎯 “It’s citizens who give government and business the license to operate and the legitimacy to get the the food system they really want” 🍎 Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social talking about who’s responsible for changing food at The Conduit's Climate & the Future of Health conference at #LCAW2026.
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Sustainable Food Trust @susfoodtrust.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "When the food environment offers flavour without nutrition, stimulation without sustenance, and branding without care, those choices are already structured by inequality." – @ffc-commission.bsky.social ffcc.co.uk/conversation...
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“Blueberry vapes, no blueberries”
Dominic Watters on what council estate food environments reveal about Britain’s food system.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
⚰️Today, our Chief Exec delivered the eulogy at tmrw’s Funeral for the Food System. 🕯️In the eulogy, @suepritch.bsky.social reflected on what the system gave us, what it cost us – and what could grow in its place. #RIPFoodSystem #LCAW2026
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🫐 “The challenge is no longer simply whether poverty is spoken about, but who gets to speak, and what happens when communities long spoken about begin speaking back." - Dominic Watters Read Dominic's blog here: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🔥 What happens when citizens are given a seat at the table when it comes to influencing policy? 🗣️ Join us and @foodfoundation.bsky.social as we talk to some of the citizens involved in the food strategy 📅 30 June, 10-11am. Online. 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🗣️“How does power work in the system, and what can we do to shift it in favour of a fairer, greener and healthier future?” ✨FFCC Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social is giving the keynote speech for Food Systems Track at @theconduitlondon.bsky.social Climate and the Future of Health 2026 conference.
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Sue Pritchard @suepritch.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Excellent episode of #TheFoodProgramme here. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Food Programme - The Price of Food - BBC Sounds
The food industry is predicting double digit inflation. What can be done?
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Sue Pritchard @suepritch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Although it’s been said before, I wrote this now because the food industry is telling government it can only help with food price inflation if govt lets it off the “regulatory burden”. By which they mean fairer pay, healthier food, reducing waste. Never let a good crisis go to waste, eh…?
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
💸 New blog: The Hidden Bill ffcc.co.uk/conversation... 🌿 In a new blog, FFCC’s Chief Executive @suepritch.bsky.social explores why food industry lobbying & spending remains so difficult to track, and what that means for transparency and public trust.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🌾 Join FFCC Chief Executive @suepritch.bsky.social, Rt Hon George Eustice, Sophie Gregory & Patrick Holden CEO of @susfoodtrust.bsky.social for a conversation on the policy and politics of farming at Ark Summit 2026. 📅 19 June 2026 , The Cotswolds Tickets here: www.arkce.com/summit-26
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
💥FFCC’s Chief Executive @suepritch.bsky.social will be speaking at @cprecountryside.bsky.social (CPRE)'s Centenary Conference on 25th June on ‘Land - the taboo topic’. ⏳Tickets running low. Get yours now: www.cpre.org.uk/land-use-con... 📍 UCL East, Stratford 📅 25 June (1/6)
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Campaign to Protect Rural England @cprecountryside.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Land Use Conference - meet the speakers (part one) 💚 Join decision-makers, campaigners, experts and changemakers to confront the land crisis head on. 25 June | Secure your place 👇 www.cpre.org.uk/land-use-con... @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @adeptla.bsky.social @suepritch.bsky.social
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🙄Disappointing to see some food businesses push back against policies designed to help people eat more healthily and protect public health. Full article www.ft.com/content/a5b4...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
👉“The weather is a massive influence on farming. It always has been, but it seems particularly acute now with dry summers, wet winters…the patterns, the cycles are different.” Farmer Ian Wilkinson @realfarmed.bsky.social on how risks facing farming have changed over his career - including weather.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🌾Heading to the Royal Cornwall Show this week? Don’t miss our Chief Executive @suepritch.bsky.social as she explores the big questions facing food and farming in Cornwall and across the UK – from food security to net zero. You can catch Sue at the following sessions… [cont.d]
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
📽️Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social on her recent @observeruk.bsky.social piece, the conversations she’s taking part in over the next month, an how we’re getting the voices of citizens and farmers to politicians and policymakers. Read the article observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚀With food prices rocketing, unpredictable weather & geopolitical instability continuing to disrupt harvests, food and farming are starting to matter in British politics. Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social asks in @theobserveruk.bsky.social: will politicians meet this moment? tinyurl.com/wyjjfbyz
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Sue Pritchard @suepritch.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
How we make good decisions about the UK’s precious land - for now and our long term futures - is becoming more and more consequential by the month. Join us in this important conversation. 👇🏼
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
✨ Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social is giving the keynote speech for the food systems track at The Conduit's Climate and the Future of Health 2026 conference. 📍The Conduit London 🗓️ Monday 22 June 2026, 11:45-11:55 More: live.theconduit.com/climate-and-...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🔥 Great episode a few weeks ago from The Food Programme on ‘The future of our fruit and veg’ – and how a stronger horticultural sector in the UK could help us build the resilient food system we need. Listen here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
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Sue Pritchard @suepritch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Last night, at the launch of @thecccuk.bsky.social sobering yet practical report, A Well Adapted UK, one moment stood out for me. This - the women leading this critical work…
CEO Emma Pinchbeck, Chair Baroness Brown, Minister Emma Hardy, Minister Katie White
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