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  • 18 Feb 2013
    Thinking differently about food

    The horsemeat scandals which are the subject of enveloping media coverage in Britain at the moment (and which extend to 13 countries and 28 companies) point to far deeper issues about the structure of the food industry and the damage that its dominance by unaccountable corporate interests is doing in terms of health, hunger, nutrition, the environment, sustainable farming, animal welfare, food security, food sovereignty and more besides.

  • 11 Jan 2013
    The Haitian people are key to rebuilding

    This week marks the third anniversary of the appalling earthquake in Haiti. I have written about this for the Catholic Herald and Ekklesia (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17774), and have witnessed myself the struggle to rebuild and recover.

  • 11 Jan 2013
    Seeking hope after catastrophe for Haiti

    It is three years since the devastating Haiti earthquake. Pascale Palmer from the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development looks at the task of rebuilding supported by CAFOD and others, and the immense challenges faced by the people of the country. She also draws attention to a campaign for changes in the global food system that could help prevent food insecurity in countries like Haiti.

  • 27 Dec 2012
    Oxfam UK food campaign seeks to combat negative images of Africa

    Stung by criticism that it was among the aid agencies portraying Africa in too negative a way, Oxfam has launched a more positive campaign against hunger.

  • 29 Oct 2012
    Food speculation regulation remains dangerously weak

    A vote in the European parliament has failed to remove loopholes in new regulations to prevent banks driving up speculative food prices.

  • 5 Mar 2012
    New food rules needed to tackle child obesity, say Greens

    The Green Party of England and Wales, meeting in Liverpool, has voted to recommend progressive new food legislation to tackle childhood obesity.

  • 18 Oct 2011
    UK Government food policy 'fuels hunger', says charity

    British government policy puts food companies’ profits before the needs of the world’s poor, says the anti-poverty charity, War on Want