Sainsbury's pledges to double amount of British food sold by 2020, part of £billion '20 by 20 Sustainability Plan’ http://t.co/RrbGdC4W # "UK now farmed at rate of 5,263 beef sandwiches/hectare, compared to 2,439 bsp/h in 18th century": IGD chief economist http://t.co/z3Vv17rv #
"Helping politicians take tough decisions": Bishop of London on @Feeding5k ("an acted parable"), solar cathedrals… http://t.co/F4A2mSNv #
Food security debate: Mainstream/organic? Sustainable intensification/agroecology? http://j.mp/oyRqjS 1pm today from @FarmersGuardian # Feeding the 5,000 returns to Trafalgar Square on 18 Nov: a "free feast of Biblical proportions" made of waste food http://j.mp/q4BFDh #
Field Work: Justin Partyka's superb photos of East Anglia – Saturdays in October at Alde Valley Spring Festival pop up http://j.mp/nsjR8F #
Brighton & Hove adopts planning advice to encourage provision of food growing spaces in new developments http://j.mp/qauE6t @FoodMatters_org # "Tesco’s price cuts may betoken weakness rather than strength": @TheEconomist http://j.mp/nY5XmH #
The Road to 2020: Towards healthy, humane and sustainable food, farming and land use – new @SoilAssociation strategy http://j.mp/pZ5avO #
Cheese flavour map from @britishcheeseuk charts cheddar/blue/regional/goats cheeses by how nutty/earthy/tangy/savoury http://j.mp/nRSOlo #
Just Maltesers: Mars follows Cadbury, Nestle in partly adopting Fairtrade http://j.mp/rjYZfx "by 2020 all products will use certified cocoa" #
Big veg http://j.mp/ogMp69 #
"Businesses should explore alternative ways of applying stock control dates that are less visible": ie no more "sell by" http://j.mp/qb6o04 #
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