The Food Foundation Podcast

Zoe McIntyre, advocacy manager and children's food at the Food Foundation explains why it's such an exciting week across London as the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, rolls out Free School Meals to all primary school children in the capitol.Regardless of background, 287,000 additional children will be benefiting from a free school meal for a whole year as part of the Mayor's intervention in the cost of living crisis. Zoe explains why the Food Foundation hopes it's just a start in the fight for all children in the UK to have access to healthy food Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan rolls out Free School Meals for every primary school child across the capital next week, journalist, brodcaster, author and food critic, Jimi Famurewa catches up with Saff, one of the Food Foundation’s Young Food Ambassadors.She has been campaigning about the importance of Free School Meals, and here Jimi and Bite Back's Luke Hall celebrate Saff's win as Youth Activist of the Year at the Good School Food Awards at Jamie Oliver HQ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Kate Anstey, Head of Education Policy at Child Poverty Action Group tells us about the limitations and the current free school meals policy. CPAG's most recent figures find that 900,000 children in England don't currently qualify for a free school meal, and Kate explains why that matters.Click here for more information on CPAG's Imagine campaign Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Lawson, engagement and programme manager at Health Equals at the Health Foundation on its campaign for better health opportunities in the UK. Health Equals was born out of the need to rebuild foundations to improve life expectancy and reverse health inequalities in the UK. Here Sarah talks about the work it does with The Food Foundation and why it matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hannah Brinsden head of policy and advocacy at The Food Foundation digs into the recent report from EFRA, the Government's committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Focussing on food security, it comes at a critical time when food inflation is at 17% and food prices have increased by up to 25% in the last year, according to Food Foundation figures. To read more on the report, click here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second of this 12 part series on the state of the nation's food system, we're talking about the marketing of baby and toddler snacks. Dominique Woolf, author of Dominique's Kitchen and winner of the Jamie Oliver Great Cookbook Challenge on Channel Four unpack one of the key findings of the Food Foundation's flagship Broken Plate report. With expert analysis from Dr Kawther Hashem from Action on Sugar, Camilla Kingdon, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Zoe McIntyre of the Food Foundation, MP, Alison Thewliss and first time mums, Sara and TJ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After last week’s announcement by the Welsh government to end free school holiday meal vouchers, Katie Palmer from Food Sense Wales tells us about Food for Fun, an initiative which is being rolled out out across the whole of Wales as part of a £4.85 million annual programme.Click here for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shona Goudie, Senior Policy and Advocacy officer at the Food Foundation explains the latest findings of a new survey on food insecurity, and this week's new data on food inflation.  An online survey of 10,814 adults in the United Kingdom commissioned by The Food Foundation and conducted between 31st January to 3rd February 2023 by YouGov Plc (12th in series) found that 17% of households experienced food insecurity in June this year, which affects an estimated nine million adults and four million children.Shona unpacks the complex reasons for this from the war in Ukraine to Brexit in a fascinating exploration of the impact of the current food system on health and mental well-being among the most vulnerable people in Britain.Click here to read the full report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first of this 12-part monthly series of The Broken Plate, we examine the findings of the Food Foundation's annual report on the state of the nation's food system.Guest presenter, Dr Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, MasterChef winner, gastroenterologist and author of The Sunday Times bestseller, The Kitchen Prescription, explores the importance of the food system in shaping the nation's health and wealth with Food Foundation trustee, Laura Sandys, MPs Peter Aldous and Daniel Zeichner, Breadline Voices Dan White and Dominic Watters, Dr Kawther Hashem from Action in Sugar and the report's authors, Shona Goudie.To get involved with the Food Foundation, click here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Quick Bites, Tilda Ferree, Project Officer at the Food Foundation takes us behind the scenes of the Involving Citizens in Food Activism report.The veg advocate programme was launched in March 2020 as part of the Peas Please programme, its mission: to make it easier for everybody in the UK to eat more veg. Working with agents for change, this is another partnership initiative in which lived experience is the key to understanding how to change the food system for the sake of our health, the health of the planet and the economy.Click here for Peas Please and here for more information on veg advocates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.