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Time for a national food policy?
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Sustainability
Soil
Water
Fertilisers
Pesticides Greenhouse
gasses
Biodiversity
Food quality & safety
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Food policy environment
Politics
Big Business
Small Business
Media
Science
Public health
Environment
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Who owns the food system?
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Who owns the world’s seed supply?
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World’s top pesticide companies
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Who controls the food marketplace?
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UK grocery market shares
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Power imbalance in food supply
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Food policy distorted by vested interests
Politics
Big Business
Small Business
Media
Science
Public health
Environment
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Not just food policy ...
... ethics driven food policy
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How are issues understood
Society
Public Debate
Political Debate
Scientific Debate
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Ethics can unite the areas of debate
Ethical Debate
Public Debate
Political Debate
Scientific Debate
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A perfect food system?
• Food that supports and enhances human health & well-being (adequate
quality and adequate quantity)
• Sustainable food production (preservation and enhancement of food production resources)
• High standards of welfare in food animal production
• Equitable sharing of the nutrition and economic goods that the system provides – respect for all working to produce food
• Net Positive impacts on the wider environment and biodiversity
• Protection of global ecosystem services
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A significant impediment to reasoned progress in ethical food policy?
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This is home – we have no other and never will in all probability
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