GFS Food for Thought Panel Event: What is the real cost of food?

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Description:	As rising costs force producers out of business and consumers into food poverty, this event will take a look at the real cost of food. Historically the British food system has prioritised food that’s as cheap as possible for the consumer. As rising levels of obesity show, particularly among the less well-off, this has not resulted in healthy diets for all. Will rising food prices force system reform, and if so, who will benefit? Can we change people’s perception of food to make better nutrition a priority? Can we create a system that prioritises food that benefits our health and our planet? Watch our brilliant panel discuss the true cost of our food and the issues we face in reforming the system. Chair: Professor Giles Yeo, author of Gene Eating and Calories Don’t Count, presenter of BBC2's Trust Me I'm a Doctor, and Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge. Speakers: Professor Tim Benton Director, Environment and Society Programme, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. Sue Davies, Head of Consumer Rights and Food Policy, Which? Professor Lucia Reisch, El-Erian Professor of Behavioural Economics & Policy, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

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As rising costs force producers out of business and consumers into food poverty, this event will take a look at the real cost of food.
Historically the British food system has prioritised food that’s as cheap as possible for the consumer. As rising levels of obesity show, particularly among the less well-off, this has not resulted in healthy diets for all. Will rising food prices force system reform, and if so, who will benefit?

Can we change people’s perception of food to make better nutrition a priority? Can we create a system that prioritises food that benefits our health and our planet?

Watch our brilliant panel discuss the true cost of our food and the issues we face in reforming the system.

Chair:

Professor Giles Yeo, author of Gene Eating and Calories Don’t Count, presenter of BBC2's Trust Me I'm a Doctor, and Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Speakers:

Professor Tim Benton Director, Environment and Society Programme, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House.

Sue Davies, Head of Consumer Rights and Food Policy, Which?

Professor Lucia Reisch, El-Erian Professor of Behavioural Economics & Policy, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.


Created:	2023-04-21 13:02
Collection:	Global Food Security
Publisher:	University of Cambridge
Copyright:	University of Cambridge
Language:	eng (English)

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