Food Ethics Council

  • Nudge or be pushed

    THE LIGHT-TOUCH approach to healthy food policy concerns campaigners, but the government and food businesses are now in contact more than ever – and it’s making a difference, Phil Hooper tells David Burrows.    It’s no secret the coalition government… Read More

  • Meat needs higher value, says WWF

    PLACING GREATER value on meat could help to cut consumption with knock-on benefits for the environment and health, according to a new report published by WWF-UK and the Food Ethics Council (FEC).     High meat consumption has been associated… Read More

  • Farms of the future

    FIFTY YEARS ago this month the book ‘Silent Spring’ kick-started the environmental movement and changed the way we grow our food. As climate change and population growth exert growing pressure, what will the next generation of farms look like?   … Read More

  • Hard choice to swallow

    POLITICIANS FEAR the idea. Environmentalists love it. Consumers don’t understand it. And businesses are beginning to trial it. David Burrows investigates the controversial concept of sustainable diets.   Obesity and diet-related illness are on the increase. Fewer young people are… Read More

  • New survey by the Food Ethics Council

    THE FOOD Ethics Council is running a month-long online survey to help with its ‘Beyond Business As Usual’ project, which aims to move the UK towards a fair, healthy and sustainable food and farming system.           … Read More