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SUMMARY:Feeding Britain: should this rich country feed itself more or rely
  on others’ land and labour? - Professor Timothy Lang\, Centre for Food 
 Policy\, City University London
DTSTART:20230123T193000Z
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CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:The lecture will explore the state of UK food security and ask
  whether it should be growing more food or continue to rely heavily on imp
 orts. The UK Food Security Report (Dec 2021) painted a picture which could
  either reassure or concern us. The UK is heavily import dependent. Home p
 roduction has slowly fallen since the 1980s. It provides c.54% of what is 
 consumed. There is a c.£25bn annual food trade deficit. Nearly a fifth of
  its population report being food insecure. The Cost of Living crisis mean
 s food is squeezed\, hitting not just people on low incomes. Diet is alrea
 dy a major driver of ill-health and environmental damage. Why is this situ
 ation being accepted? Is it being normalized? Food receives little politic
 al attention\, compared to energy costs. As a rich economy\, is the UK bei
 ng quietly taken back into a quasi-imperial situation where it will buy fo
 od from where land and labour are cheaper? Does this matter? If we wanted 
 to grow more food\, how could this be delivered? For what purpose? What ar
 e the blockages? With the Russian invasion of Ukraine reminding us how dep
 endent food is on fossil-fuels\, is time for a big rethink? The London Gov
 ernment sidelined the July 2021 Dimbleby report but might events make this
  change? Is the the public interest being left to Tesco et al? \n\nBook "h
 ere":https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-food-and-agriculture-policy-tbc-tic
 kets-510972140427\n for in-person attendance (free for CSAR full members\;
  £5 for others).\nBook "here":https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feeding-brit
 ain-should-this-country-feed-itself-more-or-online-tickets-511069792507  f
 or Zoom viewing.
LOCATION:Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, and Zoom
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