Food Justice - for a fair deal in hard times January 31, 2011

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A billion people living in hunger. Food sector work poorly paid and dangerous. Farmers and food producers struggling for their livelihoods. Massive diet-related health inequalities, at home and around the world. The food system is riddled with unfairness ? so what are the prospects for social justice in a time of public spending cuts, rising unemployment, and anxieties over climate change? What will be the impact of emerging UK government policy such as the Healthy Lives, Healthy People White Paper; the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board; and the establishment of a Groceries Code Adjudicator?

The Food Ethics Council and nef (the new economics foundation) invite you to join us in debating these questions at our conference, Food Justice ? for a fair deal in hard times. The event will bring together politicians, businesses, campaigners, civil servants and academics to forge ways to a fairer food system. It will build on the Food Ethics Council report Food Justice, and the nef report An Inconvenient Sandwich. The conference is possible thanks to support from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Esm?e Fairbairn Foundation. We are charging a small fee to contribute to meeting the costs of the event.

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