A new £500,000 food fund aimed to eradicate food poverty by encouraging more sustainable and repectful approaches to food provision, claimed a Scottish minister.
The UK government has been accused of turning its back on its promise of an ‘all-out assault’ on food poverty to prevent hungry people relying on food banks.
Unite, the UK’s biggest union, has demanded a parliamentary debate into hunger, as the nation’s food banks prepare to feed 60,000 people this Christmas.
TV chef Jamie Oliver has been slammed by the Child Poverty Action Group after his controversial remarks about the food and TV purchasing habits of low-income families.
The EU is exacerbating poverty and starvation in the developing world via barriers against genetic modification (GM), says one of the UK’s leading scientists.
Food chain collaboration champion English Farming and Food Partnerships (EFFP) has embarked on a restructuring exercise to move it onto a clear commercial footing as government funding dries up.
