Tracey Duncombe
@tduncombe.bsky.social
KE Fellow for the Transforming UK Food Systems Programme.
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The forthcoming UK Food Strategy is promising to take a 'systems approach'...but what does that actually mean in practice? Here's one way it can be done: ⬇️ a #foodsystems #foodpolicy 🧵 about how we applied systems thinking methods to inform development of a Food & Nutrition Strategy for Jersey🏝️...
March 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The forthcoming UK Food Strategy is promising to take a 'systems approach'...but what does that actually mean in practice? Here's one way it can be done: ⬇️ a #foodsystems #foodpolicy 🧵 about how we applied systems thinking methods to inform development of a Food & Nutrition Strategy for Jersey🏝️...
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#FoodSystems & #Data geeks!
Two food data hackathons & visualisation events using data from:
www.food.gov.uk/our-work/foo...
h3.ac.uk
13th March in Sheffield (UK)
20th March in London (UK) @citystgeorges.bsky.social w/ @sartorialfoodie.bsky.social
Sign up here: www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Two food data hackathons & visualisation events using data from:
www.food.gov.uk/our-work/foo...
h3.ac.uk
13th March in Sheffield (UK)
20th March in London (UK) @citystgeorges.bsky.social w/ @sartorialfoodie.bsky.social
Sign up here: www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
H3 X Food & You 2: Data Hack-a-thon and Visualization Event | City, University of London
We're excited to have you join us as we dive into the fascinating world of food using data from Food and You 2 and H3.
www.city.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#FoodSystems & #Data geeks!
Two food data hackathons & visualisation events using data from:
www.food.gov.uk/our-work/foo...
h3.ac.uk
13th March in Sheffield (UK)
20th March in London (UK) @citystgeorges.bsky.social w/ @sartorialfoodie.bsky.social
Sign up here: www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Two food data hackathons & visualisation events using data from:
www.food.gov.uk/our-work/foo...
h3.ac.uk
13th March in Sheffield (UK)
20th March in London (UK) @citystgeorges.bsky.social w/ @sartorialfoodie.bsky.social
Sign up here: www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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How can public institutions use their purchasing power to back British farmers & local food systems? 🌱 In this @naturefood.bsky.social comment, we argue that strategic procurement is key—but it needs clear targets & investment. 🏛️🍽️ 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #TUKFS #FoodSecurity
Public food procurement as a tool for building food system resilience in the UK - Nature Food
Public institutions, as essential providers of meals to diverse communities, have a responsibility to support sustainable and equitable food systems through strategic procurement policies. By adopting...
www.nature.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
How can public institutions use their purchasing power to back British farmers & local food systems? 🌱 In this @naturefood.bsky.social comment, we argue that strategic procurement is key—but it needs clear targets & investment. 🏛️🍽️ 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #TUKFS #FoodSecurity
I need to watch more videos like this #hope
- Up to 58% more food could be produced through sustainable soil management.
- Agricultural production will have to increase by 60% to meet the global food demand in 2050.
United Nations World Soil Day - Dec 5th 2024
#WorldSoilDay #SoilHealth #WorldFoodProgramme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBd...
- Agricultural production will have to increase by 60% to meet the global food demand in 2050.
United Nations World Soil Day - Dec 5th 2024
#WorldSoilDay #SoilHealth #WorldFoodProgramme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBd...
Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project
YouTube video by Andrew Millison
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I need to watch more videos like this #hope
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If you want a quick intro to my new ‘Just in Case’ report on civil food resilience, listen to the first story in Feb 6 BBC Farming Today: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m.... Food resilience ought to be centred on society, the public, citizens, us. Read ‘Just in Case’ to walk you through the realities.
BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 06/02/25 - Call for countrywide bird flu housing order, inheritance tax uncertainty for Scottish farm tenants, food preparedness
Egg producers want their chickens ordered inside to protect them from bird flu.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you want a quick intro to my new ‘Just in Case’ report on civil food resilience, listen to the first story in Feb 6 BBC Farming Today: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m.... Food resilience ought to be centred on society, the public, citizens, us. Read ‘Just in Case’ to walk you through the realities.
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We need a whole of society approach to #foodsystems resilience, supported by coherent #foodpolicy says @proftimlang.bsky.social in his new report for National Preparedness Commission
Urgent action needed to ensure UK food security, report warns
The UK’s food supply has been threatened by recent events, such as the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We need a whole of society approach to #foodsystems resilience, supported by coherent #foodpolicy says @proftimlang.bsky.social in his new report for National Preparedness Commission
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The excellent Prof Tim Lang on @bbcradio4.bsky.social's Farming Today this AM, discussing his new report on food resilience & highlighting our reliance on big food companies to feed us during a crisis, rather than local pathways & infrastructure.
From 00.18 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 1/4 🧵
From 00.18 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 1/4 🧵
February 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The excellent Prof Tim Lang on @bbcradio4.bsky.social's Farming Today this AM, discussing his new report on food resilience & highlighting our reliance on big food companies to feed us during a crisis, rather than local pathways & infrastructure.
From 00.18 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 1/4 🧵
From 00.18 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 1/4 🧵
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Are you a stakeholder in UK livestock? Join colleagues in Newcastle for a workshop on the future(s) of UK livestock systems, as part of the UKRI-funded TRAnsforming the DEbate about Livestock Systems Transformation (TRADE) project 📅 26th Feb 10am-4pm in Newcastle 👉 buff.ly/3EqLQ7Q
February 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Are you a stakeholder in UK livestock? Join colleagues in Newcastle for a workshop on the future(s) of UK livestock systems, as part of the UKRI-funded TRAnsforming the DEbate about Livestock Systems Transformation (TRADE) project 📅 26th Feb 10am-4pm in Newcastle 👉 buff.ly/3EqLQ7Q
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For context US imports 59 percent of fresh fruit and 35 percent of fresh vegetables (excluding potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mushrooms) according to USDA - this has been growing since NAFTA 2008 - will new tariffs reverse this trend? Or result in poorer diets for Americans?
Good graphic by WaPo showing Canada (purple), China (brown), Mexico (blue) and other top suppliers by share of value of goods imported by the US in 2023.
“One of the first places US shoppers may feel the impact of increased tariffs is in the grocery aisle…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“One of the first places US shoppers may feel the impact of increased tariffs is in the grocery aisle…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
February 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
For context US imports 59 percent of fresh fruit and 35 percent of fresh vegetables (excluding potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mushrooms) according to USDA - this has been growing since NAFTA 2008 - will new tariffs reverse this trend? Or result in poorer diets for Americans?
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PUBLICATION ALERT: @foodsequal (Health) publication now 'Open access' (Pan et al 2025) Exploring Enablers&Barriers to a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Scheme England: Insights from Fresh Street Community Feasibility Study 🥕🥦🍅🍌🍐🥑
mdpi.com/3159022 @PlymUni @EqualityFood
mdpi.com/3159022 @PlymUni @EqualityFood
January 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
PUBLICATION ALERT: @foodsequal (Health) publication now 'Open access' (Pan et al 2025) Exploring Enablers&Barriers to a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Scheme England: Insights from Fresh Street Community Feasibility Study 🥕🥦🍅🍌🍐🥑
mdpi.com/3159022 @PlymUni @EqualityFood
mdpi.com/3159022 @PlymUni @EqualityFood
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Disappointing but not suprising UK Govt response to @houseoflords.parliament.uk Food Diet & Obesity Report. Doesn't really argue with the problem diagnosis, but lists current #foodpolicy as providing adequate solutions and will explore some other suggestions, nothing concrete. #foodsystems
🆕 Gov’t has responded to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity report
✍ They acknowledge reducing obesity 'will require reshaping the food environment that has caused the rise in obesity.'
😪 Unacceptably, the response fails to accept any of the new recommendations
www.gov.uk/government/p...
✍ They acknowledge reducing obesity 'will require reshaping the food environment that has caused the rise in obesity.'
😪 Unacceptably, the response fails to accept any of the new recommendations
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Government response to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee’s report 'Recipe for health: a plan to fix our broken food system'
www.gov.uk
January 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Disappointing but not suprising UK Govt response to @houseoflords.parliament.uk Food Diet & Obesity Report. Doesn't really argue with the problem diagnosis, but lists current #foodpolicy as providing adequate solutions and will explore some other suggestions, nothing concrete. #foodsystems
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That was quick! @foodfoundation.bsky.social 👆🏻 on the #foodpolicy pulse as always
📢 Join us tomorrow for a 30-minute snap analysis of the government's response to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee's major food report!
Our Quick Bites webinar will feature Baroness Joan Walmsley and our Executive Director Anna Taylor.
Sign up to watch: ➡️ bit.ly/40JeNnk
Our Quick Bites webinar will feature Baroness Joan Walmsley and our Executive Director Anna Taylor.
Sign up to watch: ➡️ bit.ly/40JeNnk
January 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
That was quick! @foodfoundation.bsky.social 👆🏻 on the #foodpolicy pulse as always
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The @foodfoundation.bsky.social's The Broken Plate 2025 report is out! @mrcepid.bsky.social researchers @thomasburgoine.bsky.social, @jhoenink.bsky.social, & @jeanmadams.bsky.social contributed to it, finding the gap is widening between the cost of more & less healthy foods.
buff.ly/42zECIJ
The @foodfoundation.bsky.social's The Broken Plate 2025 report is out! @mrcepid.bsky.social researchers @thomasburgoine.bsky.social, @jhoenink.bsky.social, & @jeanmadams.bsky.social contributed to it, finding the gap is widening between the cost of more & less healthy foods.
buff.ly/42zECIJ
Unit researchers contribute to the Food Foundation Broken Plate 2025 report - MRC Epidemiology Unit
The Broken Plate Report 2025 has found that too many people in the UK do not have the finances to access healthy, quality food. The report also evidences the fact […]
www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The @foodfoundation.bsky.social's The Broken Plate 2025 report is out! @mrcepid.bsky.social researchers @thomasburgoine.bsky.social, @jhoenink.bsky.social, & @jeanmadams.bsky.social contributed to it, finding the gap is widening between the cost of more & less healthy foods.
buff.ly/42zECIJ
The @foodfoundation.bsky.social's The Broken Plate 2025 report is out! @mrcepid.bsky.social researchers @thomasburgoine.bsky.social, @jhoenink.bsky.social, & @jeanmadams.bsky.social contributed to it, finding the gap is widening between the cost of more & less healthy foods.
buff.ly/42zECIJ
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Another excellent report from @foodfoundation.bsky.social, showing that too many people in the UK can’t afford good, healthy food – and that much of the food readily available and marketed to us is damaging the health of people and planet…
Read the full report 👇
Read the full report 👇
The Broken Plate 2025
The Food Foundation's 2025 Broken Plate report examines the state of the nation's food industry
foodfoundation.org.uk
January 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Another excellent report from @foodfoundation.bsky.social, showing that too many people in the UK can’t afford good, healthy food – and that much of the food readily available and marketed to us is damaging the health of people and planet…
Read the full report 👇
Read the full report 👇
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Final promotion for this hybrid event tomorrow (wed night! hope to see some of you there in-person on online! Andrea Borghini and Enrico Bonadio Exploring Food, Philosophy, and Intellectual Property! Wed 29th January 2025, 17:00 – 18:30 (GMT)
www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Exploring Food, Philosophy, and Intellectual Property | City, University of London
This is a book about food, philosophy, and intellectual property rights.
www.city.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Final promotion for this hybrid event tomorrow (wed night! hope to see some of you there in-person on online! Andrea Borghini and Enrico Bonadio Exploring Food, Philosophy, and Intellectual Property! Wed 29th January 2025, 17:00 – 18:30 (GMT)
www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Transforming the food system for health and sustainability: How can publicly funded research foster a fairer, sustainable food system? A CUSP study for @ukri.org's #TUKFS programme explores how social innovation tackles diet-related ill-health & environmental challenges → cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/...
Transforming the food system for health and sustainability: Unleashing social innovation through collaborative research
How can publicly funded research foster a sustainable and fairer food system? A study by CUSP and Sussex University, part of the UKRI-funded Transforming UK Food Systems programme, examines how soc…
cusp.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Transforming the food system for health and sustainability: How can publicly funded research foster a fairer, sustainable food system? A CUSP study for @ukri.org's #TUKFS programme explores how social innovation tackles diet-related ill-health & environmental challenges → cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/...
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Our flexible fund for UK-based non-academic stakeholders to implement UK-based activities that explore, develop &trial solutions to reduce & sequester greenhouse gas emissions through #agrifood is open for the last time. Apply now for up to £5k buff.ly/3WaoZ6J Deadline 1st Feb
Stakeholder FlexFund - AFN Network+
Open to members of the AFN Network+, activities between £1,000 and £5000 should help to identify and shape research, innovation and policy development. Final deadline 1st February 2025.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our flexible fund for UK-based non-academic stakeholders to implement UK-based activities that explore, develop &trial solutions to reduce & sequester greenhouse gas emissions through #agrifood is open for the last time. Apply now for up to £5k buff.ly/3WaoZ6J Deadline 1st Feb
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As Trump 2.0 begins, @civileats.com has created a Food Policy Tracker with daily updates on federal actions affecting the food system
civileats.com/food-policy-...
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Food Policy Tracker
Every day, decisions are made in Washington, D.C. that have profound consequences for how we grow, process, transport, and consume food in this country. We’re keeping track: Consider this your go-to s...
civileats.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As Trump 2.0 begins, @civileats.com has created a Food Policy Tracker with daily updates on federal actions affecting the food system
civileats.com/food-policy-...
civileats.com/food-policy-...
Very sad to hear about Alan's passing. I was privileged, as one of his many PhD students, to have been treated as an extended member of Alan's family. I will always be grateful for Alan's support that helped to shape my career, and fondly remember his humour, he kindness and wisdom.
We are saddened to learn that Professor Alan McCarthy, a long-time member of the Microbiology Society, which he joined in 1978, and Professor at the University of Liverpool, sadly passed away in January 2025. You can read his full obituary here:
Professor Alan McCarthy: a tribute
15 January 2025
microb.io
January 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Very sad to hear about Alan's passing. I was privileged, as one of his many PhD students, to have been treated as an extended member of Alan's family. I will always be grateful for Alan's support that helped to shape my career, and fondly remember his humour, he kindness and wisdom.
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Tomorrow, our Deputy CEO David Edwards is speaking at Fast Forward 2030 as part of the panel discussion, "Sustainable Food: How to Fix the Animal Problem."
January 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Tomorrow, our Deputy CEO David Edwards is speaking at Fast Forward 2030 as part of the panel discussion, "Sustainable Food: How to Fix the Animal Problem."