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Marion Nestle on Brexit: “You’ll end up with a load of garbage”
Marion Nestle on Brexit: “You’ll end up with a load of garbage”
Academic and author speaks about what the UK can expect post-Brexit.
Gavin Wren
Dec 19, 2019
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Food and farming are about more than just the numbers
Food and farming are about more than just the numbers
A while ago, introducing a food event, I was advised to chuck a few numbers about to illustrate the difficulties the Welsh food system is…
Jane Powell
Mar 15, 2020
The New York Radio Station Which Only Talks About Food.
The New York Radio Station Which Only Talks About Food.
In the back yard of a Brooklyn pizzeria is a trailblazer in food media.
Gavin Wren
Jan 31, 2020
Food Technology is Hiding the Truth
Food Technology is Hiding the Truth
Is it simply an attempt to have our burger and eat it?
Patti Hicks Whaley
Jan 2, 2020
EAT Lancet is a start, and now we need to make it fit the real world.
EAT Lancet is a start, and now we need to make it fit the real world.
Controversy surrounded the report but is it a good starting point?
Jane Powell
Nov 27, 2019
What You’re Going to Eat.
What You’re Going to Eat.
Battles between fake meat and cheap meat will only result in more choice and cheaper food.
Gavin Wren
Nov 20, 2019
Delia Smith and The Gentrification of Food at the Races
Delia Smith and The Gentrification of Food at the Races
When culinary legend Delia Smith drunkenly screamed at Norwich City players during an important home tie at Carrow Road, it quickly went…
Nelson Brooks
Nov 13, 2019
Real vs fake vegetarians
Real vs fake vegetarians
How whole foods are getting left behind in the battle of the diets
Ayda Page
Nov 3, 2019
The bubble has burst. Cava is dead.
The bubble has burst. Cava is dead.
A fight is going on in the world of sparkling wine. Small boutique wine producers are fighting back against greedy corporations.
Laura Hadland
Oct 31, 2019
The Truth About Intermittent Fasting
The Truth About Intermittent Fasting
The science behind the viral eating trend
Rahul Naidoo
Oct 23, 2019
Junk Food Makes People Fat
Junk Food Makes People Fat
Why do I need to say this?
Gavin Wren
Oct 17, 2019
Red Meat Shows the Flaws in Nutritional Research
Red Meat Shows the Flaws in Nutritional Research
Study designs can make the difference between what advice is given.
Rahul Naidoo
Oct 16, 2019
Joyful, All-Encompassing and Occasionally Toxic: My Complicated Relationship with Food
Joyful, All-Encompassing and Occasionally Toxic: My Complicated Relationship with Food
As a food blogger and enthusiastic (but not that talented) cook, food is a big part of my life. I love it dearly but, like any…
Megan Crayford-Noble
Oct 9, 2019
Are Vegans Actually ‘The Problem’?
Are Vegans Actually ‘The Problem’?
As new-wave vegans buy into Big Food and Agribiz, Tara Garnett asks whether ‘salvation by consumption’ is a false prophet?
Food Climate Research Network
Oct 7, 2019
How Trump’s Presidential Campaign Can Inspire the Food World.
How Trump’s Presidential Campaign Can Inspire the Food World.
Donald Trump’s journey from reality TV to the world’s top job teaches valuable lessons about building a movement.
Gavin Wren
Oct 3, 2019
The Good Food Being Forgotten in the War Against Big Pharma’s Statins.
The Good Food Being Forgotten in the War Against Big Pharma’s Statins.
In modern renditions of the famus Hippocratic oath, the central importance of diet is hidden… says the philosopher, Dr. Martin Cohen
Martin Cohen
Oct 2, 2019
The Soothing Embrace of Binge Eating and the Anxiety of Being Alone.
The Soothing Embrace of Binge Eating and the Anxiety of Being Alone.
Binge eating and binge drinking can be short term fixes for uncomfortable situations. But it’s a hollow victory when the feelings keep…
Gavin Wren
Sep 29, 2019
Mental Health is Your Next Diet
Mental Health is Your Next Diet
Screw being told what to eat, basing dietary guidelines on mental health gives a greater chance of changing people’s lives.
Gavin Wren
Sep 25, 2019
The Rebellion of Not Drinking Alcohol.
The Rebellion of Not Drinking Alcohol.
When sobriety irritates people more than drunkenly pissing against a lampost at 3am.
Gavin Wren
Sep 20, 2019
Cooking Skills are Dull and Superficial
Cooking Skills are Dull and Superficial
Believing that cooking skills are the answer to food problems is naive.
Gavin Wren
Sep 19, 2019
What Food Brexit Will Look Like, One Year On.
What Food Brexit Will Look Like, One Year On.
Food is Good to Fight With.
Gavin Wren
Sep 5, 2019
How Dietary Guidelines Should Look If We Want a Better World.
How Dietary Guidelines Should Look If We Want a Better World.
Sixteen ideas to help people change, the only requirement is a desire to live more healthily.
Gavin Wren
Sep 3, 2019
Tiptoeing Around Meat in India’s Nutritional Minefields
Tiptoeing Around Meat in India’s Nutritional Minefields
Dr. Sylvia Karpagam looks at the vegetarian politics which prevent action on diabetes
Sylvia Karpagam
Aug 29, 2019
The Impotent Anger of the Middle Class Foodie.
The Impotent Anger of the Middle Class Foodie.
Why people facing the least oppression are also angriest.
Gavin Wren
Aug 28, 2019
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