{"id":3257,"date":"2014-12-19T07:37:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T12:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2014-12-19T07:37:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T12:37:27","slug":"the-true-cost-of-food-new-economics-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3257","title":{"rendered":"The true cost of food | New Economics Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The true cost of food | New Economics Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit:\u00a0\"\"\u00a0\u00a0Wonderlane<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

DECEMBER 19, 2014 \/\/ BY:\u00a0STEPHEN DEVLIN<\/a><\/h5>\n

Forget about the presents and the TV specials, without a doubt my favourite part of Christmas is the food. When it\u2019s this cold outside there\u2019s nothing better than sitting down with some loved ones and eating yourself into a merry stupor. But this year won\u2019t be quite the same for me.<\/p>\n

For the past 12 months\u00a0I\u2019ve been taking a serious look at the reality of our modern food system<\/a>\u00a0and the impacts it has on our environment, our health and our communities. It was a sobering experience.<\/p>\n

The point of a food system should be to advance our wellbeing, in a way that is socially just and sustainable over time. A system that does so would have some defining characteristics; for example, it would: have a neutral or positive environmental impact; be productive in its use of energy and other inputs; support good jobs; be dominated by short and simple supply chains; foster a positive and thriving food culture and the highest levels of public health; and make food affordable to everyone.<\/p>\n

In our latest report<\/a>\u00a0we find that the UK food system fails on almost all fronts:<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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