The Food Foundation

The Food Foundation Podcast

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The Food Foundation Podcast takes you inside the UK’s fight against food insecurity, exposing the gaps, holding big food to account, and celebrating the initiatives that make a real difference. From the impact of nourishing school meals to getting more beans on plates, we tell the stories that shape communities and drive change. We've also produced a six-part mini series about the benefits of Banging in Some Beans hosted by chef Melissa Hemsley. The podcast, previously named Right2Food, won a 2021 Guild of Food Writers Award. Producer: Gilly Smith for the Food Foundation Hosted on Acast. See a...

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Unravelling The Food Chain 14.04.2021

This week Gilly Smith is joined by Subhan Shan, one of 426 young people who the Food Foundation consulted to find fresh new policy ideas for the National Food Strategy . They explore the ways in which we have to count the carbon footprint of our current food system and how we begin to start looking for solutions. And... they find the answer! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

The Rise of the Food Club 07.04.2021

In a special collaboration with the  d elicious.  podcast for  d elicious.  magazine , Gilly Smith introduces us to a group of young people, some of whom have experienced first-hand food poverty, to explore how to make the food system fairer. All four episodes of the delicious. podcast have been produced in partnership with the  Food&nbsp...

The Influencers 31.03.2021

In a special collaboration with the delicious. podcast for delicious. magazine , Gilly Smith introduces us to a group of young people, some of whom have experienced first-hand food poverty, to explore how to make the food system fairer. All four episodes of the delicious. podcast have been produced in partnership with the  Food Foundation  and the...

Rice, peas and plantain 20.12.2020

When refugees and migrants were plunged into food insecurity at the start of the pandemic, losing zero hour contracts and part time jobs, Brighton’s Minority Ethnic Community Partnership (BMECP) became much more than a food bank with its culturally appropriate foods and friendship.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ital: Rasta food and friendship for Lambeth's poorest families 19.12.2020

Sister Marcia and Sister Stella of the Rastafari Movement UK are proud to be able to use their Rasta creed to feed the most vulnerable in their community in South London. By gathering surplus organic fruit and veg from their members’ allotments, they deliver ital , the rasta word for nutrition, to those who can barely afford to feed their families throughout the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Our Kitchen on the Isle of Thanet 15.12.2020

Sixty nine-year-old food campaigner, Sharon Goodyer shows Food Foundation ambassadors Felix and Fayeth how her private members' food club, Our Kitchen on the Isle of Thanet in Margate could radically change the food system and enable the poorest to afford to cook and eat healthy, delicious food every day of the week.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bristol Food Club 05.08.2020

This week the Food Foundation' s food ambassadors Dev and Asha report from Bristol on the weekly food club which brings early years education and food surplus together to provide local families with quality food boxes and a community that cares about what we eat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cook It! 29.07.2020

This week The Food Foundation 's young ambassadors Shane and Anna report from Portadown and the summer Cook It course, a 4-week cookery programme which supports members of immigrant communities and kids on free school meals.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Evelyn Community Store 19.07.2020

This week, Food Foundation 's ambassadors Rabiya and Saffy tell the story of The Evelyn Community store in Lewisham and hear from three single parents and their children who have found a lifeline in this local community centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lockdown Life 12.07.2020

Jani, Beth and Jacob are among the Food Foundation young ambassadors reporting from the front line of food poverty. Here they tell how COVID-19 has affected the most vulnerable groups in British society, from access to food and free school meal vouchers to the threat of holiday hunger and food insecurity for thousands of children this summer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Right2Food: The Pilot 25.03.2020

An introduction to Right2Food, the loud hailing podcast of the Food Foundation to campaign for access to good food for kids everywhere. With Dame Emma Thompson , Anna Taylor and the young ambassadors with lived experience of food insecurity who fight for a better system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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