The Food Foundation Podcast

In this week's Pod Bites, Callum Morrissey , a 15-year-old Welsh Youth Parliament member of Clwyd West and young ambassador for the Food Foundation, discusses the Youth Parliament's efforts to tackle child poverty in Wales. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and here to sign up for the newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Pod Bite, we hear about the launch of two reports on the accessibility of healthy food for children. As part of the  Feed the Future campaign , The Food Foundation hosted a special event at Central Hall in Westminster this week to showcase the benefits of Free School Meals has on academic attainment levels, school food quality, food insecurity, obesity, behaviour, school attend...

On World Obesity Day, Anna Taylor , Executive Director at the Food Foundation leads a panel discussion on the systems that need to be in place to enable people to maintain a healthy weight and prevent obesity.  With Kat Jenner, head of the Obesity Health Alliance, Dr Sophie Harris , consultant in diabetes in general medicine, Dr Stuart Flint, Associate Professor of the Psychology of Obesity a...

Tilda Ferree, Senior Advocacy and Policy Officer at the Food Foundation tell us about the latest Food Foundation's Food Insecurity Survey.  Click here for more information on the report. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and here to sign up for the newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Hannah Brinsden, Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Food Foundation tells us about a new report from the Competition Markets Authority discussing pricing and access to infant formula.  Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and here to sign up for the newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan White and Glory Omoaka, two of the food ambassadors for The Food Foundation, tell us about the Photo-Storytelling Exhibition which accompanied the launch of this year's Broken Plate report and aims to bring to a human element to statistics featured in the report. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and here to sign up for the newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

This week, Anna Taylor, Chief Executive of the Food Foundation discusses the latest annual Broken Plate report with Sue Pritchard , Executive Director of the Food Farming and Countryside Commission, Malcolm Clark, Senior Policy Manager at Cancer Research UK and Geoff Ogle, the Chief Executive of Food Standards Scotland. We also hear what Dr Chris Van Tulleken , Daniel Zeichner, Minister ...

Vicky Gilroy health visitor, children' nurse and Director of Innovation Research at the Institute of Health Visiting on the Healthy Start scheme. She tells us why the Food Foundation, along with more than 80 partner organisations , have written a letter to the Government calling for important changes to help pregnant women and those with babies and toddlers living in poverty receive the basic supp...

Hannah Brinsden , head of policy and advocacy at the Food Foundation is with a panel from politics, policy, academia and investment to discuss what we need from the new government, including from the new food strategy and the mission boards, to really incentivize a healthier food system and ensure everyone can access and afford a healthy diet.  The episode is part of our recipe for change cam...

The Food Foundation’s Executive Director Anna Taylor reports back from the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference where she presented a joined-up horticulture and healthy food strategy, making the link between the UK’s poor diet with social inequity. She argued that the UK’s increasing reliance on highly processed cheap food has led to a dangerously weak fresh produce sector and a downward spiral for heal...

Richard Kipling , researcher in the TABLE initiative at Oxford University tells us about our work on the Reckoning with Regeneration Project. This one year project, funded by the AGILE initiative, focuses on regenerative agriculture, and examines whether or not it can deliver sustainable, nutritious food and a just food system.  Click on the links above for more information. Click here for th...

Kelly Parsons from the University of Cambridge tells us about an exciting initiative to make the food served in Birmingham Children's Hospital more environmentally sustainable.  This initiative is being delivered and evaluated as part of the Mandala Consortium Research project, one of the research projects funded by the UK Research and Innovation Program on transforming the UK food system and...

In this last Pod Bites of the year, Food Foundation Ambassadors, 16 year-old Alex Istrate and Adult Food Ambassador, Dominic Watters look back on their highlights as advocates for a fairer, more sustainable food system. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and here to sign up for the newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Pullen, Food System Lead at Birmingham City Council, tells us about the city's journey to transform our food system, and the Birmingham Eating Guidance Exploration report into how to create an environment where people have the capability, opportunity and motivation to eat a nutritious and sustainable diet. Click here for the resources and to read the report, and click here for the Food Found...

Dr Hannah Brinsden, head of policy and advocacy at the Food Foundation on the latest Government Food Security Report and the announcement that there will be a new food strategy.  Click here for more information on the report, the Food Foundation Manifesto and here to sign up for the newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 nutrition and...

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.

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 of Sustainabili...

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 here . Hosted on...

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 sign up to The Foo...

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 the Food Found...

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 celebrity endorseme...

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 Newsletter. Hosted on...

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 issues exacer...

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. Click here for...