Food Issues Census 2024-25 draws on insights from ~130 civil society organisations to highlight the challenges, priorities, and opportunities facing those working in, and organising around, food and farming in the UK today.
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Food Issues Census
Food Issues Census 2024-25 draws on insights from ~130 civil society organisations to highlight the challenges, priorities, and opportunities facing those working in, and organising around, food and farming in the UK today.
Written by Robert Reed, A Team Foundation
The 2017 Food Issues Census is an account of the changing trends of issues within the food and farming sector. Issues such as food poverty, animal welfare and environmental concerns are reviewed by popularity and by how much financial support they are receiving.
The first Food Issues Census was launched in 2011, since, there have been numerous and major changes in the food and farming sector, some obvious and some subtle. The 2017 census provides an updated overview, a wider picture, that can be used as a tool for funders and those seeking funding.
By highlighting the breadth and scope of current issues, the census notes the importance of a sector that is under pressure. In general, food and farming is underfunded yet its impact affects each individual person and the Earth on which we live.
You can read the full census here (via www.foodissuescensus.org).
The Food Issues Census was written and published by the Food Ethics Council and funded in part by the A Team Foundation (in collaboration with the Esmee Foundation, Environmental Funders Network, Big Lottery Fund, JMG Foundation and Sustain).
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Food Issues Census 2024-25 draws on insights from ~130 civil society organisations to highlight the challenges, priorities, and opportunities facing those working in, and organising around, food and farming in the UK today.
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