The Food Foundation

The Food Foundation

BREAKING NEWS: Intel senda a defiant message to its anti-vaxxer employees, announces that all unvaccinated workers will soon be placed in unpaid leave if they fail to abide by the company’s vaccine mandate. RT TO THANK INTEL FOR STANDING STRONG!

Great to see @UKLabour voting to support the #righttofood at party conference. But families need support now. @Keir_Starmer @KateGreenSU do you agree that we need to expand #FreeSchoolMeals, holiday clubs and Healthy Start?

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And another article on the subject of poverty/diet/obesity.

I found one of the blog posts about weight/poverty I wrote. Still valid, 3 years on, which is a shame.

Free school meal handouts strip agency from UK parents https://t.co/SMABWPHwmH via @financialtimes #ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY

📺Kicking off any moment now: https://t.co/U6elbs5CMi Our director Anna Taylor will be delivering evidence to @HoCpetitions on child food poverty in the UK. Alongside @ChildrensComm , @HenryDimbleby , @TrussellTrust , @childrensociety & @FareShareUK #EndChildFoodPoverty

Food insecurity, at its heart, is a symptom of a wider disease: #poverty. A powerful piece on the stress that comes from empty cupboards and an empty purse by @K_Kerridge in today's @financialtimes https://t.co/x7wuWu2gFL

“The income threshold for those schemes is set too low at the moment. There is this group of kids that are falling outside of the scheme, and they need help.” 🗣️ Anna Taylor, FF Director Further commentary from @jrf_uk @IFAN_UK @sabineegoodwin @K_Kerridge https://t.co/UHLUkPl7hL

Covid has shone a spotlight on the scale of children’s food poverty in the UK. Young people are calling for gov to act now on their Charter: https://t.co/zmCROARIpE RT for children’s #Right2Food📢 @educationgovuk @DHSCgovuk @Food_Foundation @10DowningStreet ⁦@CR2FCampaign⁩

Making healthy diets affordable was a key theme for @LordsFoodCom's Hungry for Change report & today's webinar. New analysis for our upcoming Broken Plate report shows the situation isn't improving - healthy foods are 3x as expensive as less healthy foods. Fruit & veg esp. pricey

Independent food banks report a 177% increase in number of emergency food parcels distributed comparing May 2019 to May 2020. Read our full report - https://t.co/vVJVNHc6Zx - IFAN analysed data from 100 organisations operating 191 independent food banks in 80 local authorities.

Incredible to think that the government that dragged its heels for so long over providing £120 million summer meals to hungry kids will happily spend triple that - £500 million - for a gimmick of cutprice Nando's next month. Priorities, eh.

Point raised at #hungryforchange webinar by @Food_Foundation : Important to increase food and nutrition education.If we don't know how to use different ingredients,we won't buy it. @VegPowerUK is doing a great job at raising how to cook vegetables you may have not tried before.

Nutritionally poor foods tend to be cheaper, so people on low incomes will inevitably choose them. But can we please not forget that the real problem here is NOT poor food choices but insufficient income. That’s what needs tackling if diets are to improve. #hungryforchange

**FREE WEBINAR** - join for a discussion of 'Hungry for Change: A briefing from Lord Krebs on the final report from the @LordsFoodCom' & hear from @K_Kerridge & @jogideon. Wed 8th July 09:30-10:15, registration here >>> https://t.co/xYqYrZdCHc

Struggling with budget worries and want to know how to afford more veg? Kathleen Kerridge walks us through her top tips: https://t.co/WyARpvfzKI #vegpower

'I love baby pepper plants, and my children would ‘steal’ the veg as soon as it was ripe. Let them steal – let them learn vegetables are a premium product for them to sneak off with, like biscuits!' @K_Kerridge on ways to help children to enjoy vegetables, even on tight budgets.