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  • The political print: DEFRA the poisoned challis

    THE CABINET reshuffle seems to have inflamed a very public spat between he deposed environment secretary, Owen Paterson, and Greenpeace. Claims and counterclaims, regarding burning effigies and death threats, provided the Guardian and Daily Telegraph with plenty of copy. Paterson’s…

  • Costa care

    THE DEPARTMENT of Health met the government buying standards for 44% of the food it bought last year.                   This doesn’t include hospitals, though they have been encouraged to follow the standards.…

  • Time to ring the changes

    FOOD BUSINESSES need to look closely at three climate reports which show we need a new model now to feed the world by 2050, says Duncan Williamson. Three recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) clearly spell out the dangers…

  • My Viewpoint: John Twitchen talks circular economy

    WITH BUSINESSES facing rising costs and uncertain supply chains it’s time to embrace the circular economy. The circular economy is a very straightforward concept, and very easy to picture in its purest sense. But debate rages over what it actually…

  • The deceptive rise of Fairtrade

    SALES OF the products have hit £1.78bn but its not ethics that are driving people’s buying decisions, says Frances Pirie.                         Humans are essentially selfish creatures. They focus their attention…

  • Independent sector falling behind the agenda

    THERE’S A very interesting article in this month’s Footprint highlighting that, in the foodservice arena, it is the larger organisations as opposed to the independents that are leading the way when it comes to effecting the big changes in sustainability.…

  • The political print

    IT’S BEEN four years since the coalition promised to become the “greenest government ever”.                      Hindsight is a wonderful thing and a lot has changed. It has gone from that statement…

  • Footprint Comment: HCA chair talks sustainability and hospital food

    YOU WILL have recently seen that NHS Scotland has announced a ‘Masterchef Cook-off’ for chefs across the NHS in Scotland.                   The Hospital Caterers Association welcomes this; we welcome anything which brings…

  • The political print

    ONE OF THE great challenges in formulating a national food strategy is to marry economic realities with environmental and social aspirations.                             So three cheers for Wales,…

  • My viewpoint: Giles Whiteley talks “Circular Economy”

    IT MIGHT sound strange coming from someone whose working life is about helping firms to improve their sustainable credentials but I can’t abide the term “circular economy”.                    It’s one of those phrases…