Time for a national food policy? › ... · A perfect food system? • Food that supports and...
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Time for a national food policy?
Sustainability
Soil
Water
Fertilisers
Pesticides Greenhouse
gasses
Biodiversity
Food quality & safety
Food policy environment
Politics
Big Business
Small Business
Media
Science
Public health
Environment
Who owns the food system?
Who owns the world’s seed supply?
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World’s top pesticide companies
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Who controls the food marketplace?
UK grocery market shares
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Power imbalance in food supply
Food policy distorted by vested interests
Politics
Big Business
Small Business
Media
Science
Public health
Environment
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Not just food policy ...
... ethics driven food policy
How are issues understood
Society
Public Debate
Political Debate
Scientific Debate
Ethics can unite the areas of debate
Ethical Debate
Public Debate
Political Debate
Scientific Debate
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A perfect food system?
• Food that supports and enhances human health & well-being (adequate
quality and adequate quantity)
• Sustainable food production (preservation and enhancement of food production resources)
• High standards of welfare in food animal production
• Equitable sharing of the nutrition and economic goods that the system provides – respect for all working to produce food
• Net Positive impacts on the wider environment and biodiversity
• Protection of global ecosystem services
A significant impediment to reasoned progress in ethical food policy?
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This is home – we have no other and never will in all probability
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