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Is industrialized livestock the new coal?

For more details including how to register, please visit EAT@Home website.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Save The Children estimate that almost a third of parents on low incomes in the UK have had to cut back on food for themselves or their children. Our food systems, globally, add an estimated 25% of greenhouse gas emissions that are contributing significantly to the climate emergency (Carbon Brief 2020). And around the world millions of people, whether underfed or overfed, are unarguably mal-nourished.

What can we do differently to alleviate hunger and improve healthy eating within planetary boundaries? How do we achieve sustainable nourishment globally, in Scotland, and in our own homes? What will it take to have thriving people on a thriving planet?

And finally, what changes can we make individually to alter the production and consumption of food? Is veganism, vegetarianism or even flexitarianism a choice for you to eat more sustainably?

Find out from these leaders at our next Women in Sustainability Network Glasgow event.

The Future of Food: sustainable solutions to feed ten billion people by 2050. 

What does the Future of Food really look like? Synthetic meats? Bizarre protein sources or mass food production on a scale never seen before? How can we tackle the world’s climate emergency and help people eat healthy, nutritious diets at the same time?

Presented by Clean Growth UK, this virtual event on 25 February 2021 will bring together industry leaders, entrepreneurs and academics to share their insights into the future of food production.

Join the Food Foundation to hear about the findings from a new report on household food insecurity during Covid-19.

Throughout the pandemic, the Food Foundation has been tracking food insecurity at a household level. This January, we have completed the seventh round of nationally representative surveys since March last year.

During the webinar, they will inform on the very latest survey findings while drawing out key trends in our data over the course of the pandemic, particularly:

• food insecurity levels among the general population and households with children
• drivers of food insecurity and how these have changed during the pandemic
• inequalities in food insecurity and key vulnerable groups including people with disabilities and food sector workers
• the impact of Covid-19 on children and families
• recommendations for recovery

Speakers will include

• Anna Taylor, Food Foundation
• Dr Maria Bryant, Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School, University of York
• Paul Gerrard, Campaigns & Public Affairs Director, The Co-op
• Fazilet Hadi, Head of Policy, Disability Rights UK
• Lindsay Graham, Poverty and Inequality Commissioner

Sign up online. For anyone unable to attend, the webinar will be recorded and made available on the Food Foundation’s website following the event.