The Future of Household Food Security in the UK

09:22, Wed 28 Nov 2012

Growing numbers of people in the UK are going hungry because they cannot afford to buy food. In 2011-12 food banks fed 130,000 people nationwide, a 100% rise on the previous year, but these charities are struggling to cope with demand, and no policy strategy has been put forward to relieve the strain. In this podcast, recorded at an Industry and Parliament Trust briefing, Lord Cameron of Dillington (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Agriculture and Food for Development) interviews two experts in the field: Professor Elizabeth Dowler, Professor of Sociology and trustee of the Food Ethics Council, and Mr Roly Taplin from the Transport Division, DHL Supply Chain. He asks: how do we ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food? The speakers debate the role of food banks, the impact of rising living costs, and the contributions that government and industry can make to solving this problem.

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