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The Food Foundation podcast is the voice of the charity that tackles the growing challenges facing the UK’s food. Reporting from the frontline of food insecurity, it reveals the gaps in the food system and the inspiring initiatives that are fixing them. From the stigma of free school meals to the enormous impact of holiday activities on hungry children, we find the stories that change lives, bind communities and make the politicians sit up and listen.
Producer: Gilly Smith for the Food Foundation

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The Food Foundation Podcast The Food Foundation

    • Society & Culture

The Food Foundation podcast is the voice of the charity that tackles the growing challenges facing the UK’s food. Reporting from the frontline of food insecurity, it reveals the gaps in the food system and the inspiring initiatives that are fixing them. From the stigma of free school meals to the enormous impact of holiday activities on hungry children, we find the stories that change lives, bind communities and make the politicians sit up and listen.
Producer: Gilly Smith for the Food Foundation

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    Pod Bites Election Special: A Neglected Generation

    Pod Bites Election Special: A Neglected Generation

    In the third in a special series of Election Pod Bites, Shona Goudie, Policy and Advocacy Manager at The Food Foundation tells us about our latest report, A Neglected Generation.
    From the reduction in height of 5 year-olds to the rise in obesity among 10-11 year-olds by 30%, to Type 2 diabetes among under 25s up 22%, we remind a nation about to vote of the shocking deterioration in children's health over the last decade.
    Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto and here for the FF newsletter.

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    • 7 min
    Pod Bites: Election Special - The Manifestos

    Pod Bites: Election Special - The Manifestos

    In the second of the Food Foundation's Election Special Pod Bites, Executive Director, Anna Taylor responds to the policy issues in the Lib Dem and Conservative manifestos as well as the relaunch of Labour's child health plans.
    Head to the Food Foundation Manifesto to find more on what we need from the next Government to fix the broken food system.
    Click here to sign up for the Food Foundation Newsletter

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    • 8 min
    Pod Bites: Election Special

    Pod Bites: Election Special

    In the first of this series of Election Special Pod Bites in which Anna Taylor, Executive Director at the Food Foundation, tells us about what's been happening in the world of politics and food since the general election campaign has kicked off, we hear her thoughts on the first leaders' TV debate.
    Click here to read the Food Foundation Manifesto
    You can also sign up to our newsletter to ensure you hear about our webinars and new areas of research.


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    • 6 min
    Broken Plate 2025: Looking ahead to a healthier Britain

    Broken Plate 2025: Looking ahead to a healthier Britain

    This week, to kick start a series of Food Foundation analysis on the Election campaign, Lucy Upton, paediatric dietitian, feeding therapist and founder of The Children's Dietitian looks ahead to the 2025 food Foundation's Broken Plate report.
    This annual flagship report reveals the health of our food system, its impact on our lives and the remedies we need to put in place. Dr Alice Wiseman, Director of Public Health for Newcastle and Gateshead, Baroness Joan Walmsley, chair of the House of Lords' Food, Diet and Obesity Committee, Food Foundation Food Ambassador, Dominic Watters and its chief executive, Anna Taylor look at the factors creating an increasingly obesogenic Britain.
    Click here to read the Food Foundation Manifesto
    You can also sign up to our newsletter to ensure you hear about our webinars and new areas of research.

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    • 27 min
    Pod Bites: The Kid's Food Guarantee, a year on

    Pod Bites: The Kid's Food Guarantee, a year on

    Rebecca Tobi, Senior Business and Investor Engagement Manager at the Food Foundation looks at the impact of the Kid's Food Guarantee, a roadmap of actions for retailers and a set of asks for Government, a year on.
    Click here for more information on the Kid's Food Guarantee, and here for the Food Foundation's latest report on the packed lunches.
    Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto
    You can also sign up to our newsletter to ensure you hear about our webinars and new areas of research.

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    • 9 min
    Pod Bites: The MAZI Project on Dignity through Food

    Pod Bites: The MAZI Project on Dignity through Food

     In this week's Pod Bite,Melanie Vaxevanakis, founder of the Mazi Project in Bristol tells us about the importance of choice and dignity within food provision for marginalised young people, and why we need a call for an overhaul of the food system.
    Click here for more information on Mazi, and here for the Food Foundation manifesto.
    You can also sign up to our newsletter to ensure you hear about our webinars and new areas of research.

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    • 6 min

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