City University’s Centre for Food Policy has grown to become one of the nation’s leading voices in food policy.  Led by Prof. Tim Lang the centre not only is the leading food policy academic program …

With our planet’s ever increasing human population the need and want of increasing food supplies has been an ongoing theme. Our food system, which contains within it the tension between our appetites for food and …

In 2008, the British Sociological Association’s (BSA) Food Study Group hosted a conference entitled “Food, Society and Public Health”.  As a result of the success of that conference a 2nd BSA Food Study Group Conference …

Dr Vandana Shiva is an exceptional personality and her work has been a driving force for the international ecology and feminist movements since the 1970s. While her academic accomplishments are remarkable and international accolades well …

Birkbeck University’s Institute of Environment, in partnership with the Ecology and Conservation Studies Society, continue to offer their excellent free lecture series on ecology and conservation issues.  The Spring 2010 series has focussed on the …

For anybody who missed ODI’s recent public event (29 January, 2010) examining the global food price spikes, the documents and video coverage have now been posted on their website. The public meeting  presented the key …

The Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery is a notable event on the annual food policy calendar; perhaps more so for its food content than its policy content. The 2010 Symposium explores the theme, ” …