Dan Crossley
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Is fake meat the real deal
Should burger bars and the foodservice sector at large start embracing new and improving meat-free products? Footprint asks experts for their views. Let’s not get carried away. “Offering tasty, nutritious and sustainably produced food is a ‘must’, not a ‘nice… Read More
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Tough decisions on ethical meat
Would you customers still eat your food if they knew where it came from? If not, you’re at risk. Amy Fetzer reports from November’s forum on animal welfare. Three-quarters of consumers rank animal welfare concerns as the top issue which makes… Read More
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Footprint Forum: Animal welfare – we’ve come a long way baby
Three quarters of consumers rank animal welfare concerns as the top issue which makes a company ethical but is the foodservice industry doing enough to ensure animal welfare, and if so, are we communicating it to customers? The conclusion from… Read More
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New report calls for changes to the UK food and farming policy
THE FOOD Ethics Council, Soil Association and Compassion in World Farming have collaborated with seven other UK organisations to produce a report which challenges the government’s current UK food and farming policy. … Read More
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Defra publishes food aid report
THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the findings from research on the use of food aid in the UK. Defra commissioned researchers from… Read More
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Food wastage footprint: Impacts on natural resources
THE FOOD Ethics Council welcomes the FAO’s new report on the environmental impact of food waste, Food wastage footprint: Impacts on natural resources. The report highlights the damaging impact on the world’s natural resources of throwing away food. It… Read More
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My viewpoint: Foodservice companies have a lot to answer for
WHEN IT comes to ethics, consumers have lots of questions and foodservice companies have a lot to answer for, says Dan Crossley. “Does it really matter if… Read More
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Goodbye to supersize?
AS NEW YORK bans giant servings amid growing pressure to confront obesity, Footprint asks if the UK’s soft drinks face hard regulation. Last month Coca-Cola unveiled a new… Read More
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S – Word Ssssssshhhhhh
IT MAY be the most overused word of the 21st century and were among the worst offenders. But does it mean so many different things to so many people that were better off avoiding it altogether? We ask the… Read More