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SUMMARY:Public health as a ‘public good’ from agriculture. How can we win support for this principle from UK policy makers?
DESCRIPTION:Half-day seminar\, 2pm-5pm\, Wednesday 11th July 2018\, at City\, University of London\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nAccording to the Defra consultation document Health and Harmony\, the rubric of ‘Public money for public goods’ will be the ‘cornerstone’ of agriculture policy after the UK leaves the EU. The Food Research Collaboration at the Centre for Food Policy at City\, University London\, is working with the Sustain food and farming alliance and the Royal Society for Public Health to explore the grounds for including public health as one of the public goods that should be supported under the new UK Agriculture Act\, as well as being cited as a ‘purpose’ of the Act. Support might include increased fruit and vegetable production and reduced sugar production; safer and better jobs in food and farming; and whole-farm approaches to integrated health and sustainability\, for example. \nExamples of public goods floated in the Health and Harmony paper include improved soil\, water and air quality\, public access to nature\, ‘enhanced beauty’ and bee health. Human health\, however\, is not included except as an indirect benefit of clean air and water\, access to green space and controlled use of farm antibiotics and pesticides. \nExplicit integration of public health seems a serious omission\, given that the self-evident primary purpose of agriculture is to provide the food necessary for health; and that agricultural policy has enormous potential either to support or undermine public health\, with significant related benefits or costs to human well-being and the economy. Indeed\, Defra Secretary of State Michael Gove has himself stated this in recent speeches. It may also be the case that if public health is not asserted now as a valid criterion in deciding which purposes agricultural policy should support\, it risks being ‘defined out’ of future debate. This will inevitably jeopardise efforts to achieve more coherent farming\, food and health policy. \nThis half-day seminar will examine the question: ‘Public health as a ‘public good’ from agriculture: How can we win support for this principle from UK policy makers?’ The seminar will be highly collaborative\, with attendees encouraged to take an active part. We aim to develop and publish a rationale for including public health front-and-centre among the public goods to be supported by the new UK Agriculture Act. We believe this would be a significant step for integrated public policy. \nRSVP to: Lindy Sharpe\, Food Research Collaboration: contact@foodresearch.org.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeminar convened by Lindy Sharpe\, Food Research Collaboration; Kath Dalmeny and Vicki Hird of Sustain; and Shirley Cramer\, Royal Society for Public Health. Kath and Shirley are also commissioners for the RSA’s Food\, Farming and Countryside Commission and this seminar will inform their response to this and other processes.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/public-health-as-a-public-good-from-agriculture-how-can-we-win-support-for-this-principle-from-uk-policy-makers/
LOCATION:Food Research Collaboration\, City\, University of London. Northampton Square\, London\, EC1V 0HB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Food Research Collaboration Events,Upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="Food Research Collaboration":MAILTO:contact@foodresearch.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Food Thinkers | Trust is a must: Food policy in an age of doubt
DESCRIPTION:Trust is a must: Food policy in an age of doubt\n\nWith Professor John Coveney\, Flinders University \nChaired by Professor Martin Caraher\, City\, University of London \nThe Centre for Food Policy’s monthly Food Thinkers series aims to advance the thinking and practice of integrated approaches to food policy. For this March 2018 Food Thinkers we are honoured to have with us\, John Coveney\, Professor of Global Food\, Culture and Health at Flinders University\, Adelaide\, South Australia\, discussing consumer trust in food and food systems. \n\nConsumer trust in food and food systems is crucial for health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. Breaches of consumer food trust can be damaging to the credibility of food regulators\, impacting also on the productivity of food producers\, manufacturers and retailers. \nResearchers at Flinders University (South Australia)\, City University (UK) and University of Kent (UK) over the past 5 years have worked together on an Australian Research Council grant to compare and contrast ways that food trust is damaged. Of particular interested was how trust can be repaired after a food scandal or food scare. Using consensus-testing processes with experts in their respective fields\, the researchers sought to arrive at best practice models to assist government\, industry\, consumer groups and media to (re)build trust during times of doubt about the integrity of the food system. \nProfessor Coveney will present this research and findings after which questions and discussion will be opened to the audience. \nProfessor John Coveney PhD\, APD\nJohn Coveney is Professor of Global Food\, Culture and Health at Flinders University\, Adelaide\, South Australia. He has research and education interests in food policy; public health nutrition; history of food and health; and social and cultural factors that influence food trust\, food patterns and food intake. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at City University\, UK.
URL:https://foodresearch.org.uk/event/food-thinkers-trust-is-a-must-food-policy-in-an-age-of-doubt/
LOCATION:City\, University of London\, Northampton Square\, London\, EC1V 0HB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Centre for Food Policy Events,Food Research Collaboration Events,Upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="Centre for Food Policy":MAILTO:FoodPolicy@city.ac.uk
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