The Food and Fairness Inquiry: share your views
The Food Ethics Council wants a fair future for food and farming. It has commissioned an Inquiry to understand what this means in practice for government, businesses and the British public. The Inquiry needs your views and evidence. The Inquiry committee brings together leading figures from across the food sector including Fairtrade Foundation CEO Harriet Lamb, Andrew Opie from the British Retail Consortium, Paul Whitehouse, chair of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, and Jeanette Longfield who runs the campaign group Sustain. The committee is gathering evidence and urges you to share your opinion and experience. How fair is the global food system? Who are the winners and losers? Who is responsible for making it fairer? What issues should the Inquiry tackle? The inquiry committee heard evidence about 'Fair shares: inequalities in health and nutrition' in September 2009.
Fair shares: food security and safety (forum). Our food system is unequal: some people eat healthily and work in safety while others do not. What causes these inequalities;are we doing enough to address them?
Fair play: power, access and resilience (forum). What shapes people's opportunities in food and farming - their access to markets, land and resources? Is power used fairly or abused?
Fair say: accountability and food sovereignty (forum). Do people outside boardrooms and government offices have enough influence over food and farming? Are ethical consumption and elections enough, or is direct participation the answer?
Background to the Food and Fairness Inquiry. Just how fair is our food? News of hunger, obesity and bumper supermarket profits assail us over our Fairtrade breakfast brew. The world’s not perfect, but aren’t we doing enough? As the global food crisis and tight family budgets make this quandary sharper than ever, a major public inquiry wants your help. info@foodethicscouncil.org | 0845 345 8574
