Food Prices

Britain's Richest MP Claims Families Waste £50 A Month On Food

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK

Richard Benyon, listed as the most wealthy MP in the Commons and the heir to a £125million fortune, has criticised British families for wasting food....

UK Food Habits Revealed

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle

If you've thought that the cost of feeding yourself -- and your family -- has soared in recent years, well you're not imagining it. According to a...

Why Thinking Too Small Increases Your Food Bill

John Bunzl | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK Politics
John Bunzl

Albert Einstein famously said "We won't solve present problems with the same thinking that created them", so reminding us that it's the inadequate way we think about our problems that always explains our inability to solve them.

Debating How Child Poverty Is Measured Must Not Distract From Urgent Action Needed to Tackle It

Anne Marie Carrie | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK Politics
Anne Marie Carrie

Barnardo's believes that the scandal of child poverty in this country will only be tackled when action is taken to improve both the income and the access to services that the poorest families have. We know that money matters to the poorest families - especially when rising living costs, stagnating wages, a weak labour market and spending cuts are placing more pressure on them than ever before. Many families in poverty in the UK live on just £12 per person per day after housing costs. That £12 has to stretch to cover everything: food, electricity, water, gas, bus fares.

Rising Food Prices? Time to Create More 'Resilient' Food Systems Worldwide

Dr Julia Wright | Posted 16.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Dr Julia Wright

Last week's prediction that food prices will rise after poor UK harvests due to the recent wet weather has set the alarm bells ringing amongst the general public at a time when finances for many families are already stretched to the limit.

Wet Summer To Push Up UK Food Prices

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK

Food prices are likely to rise after farmers in England and Wales reported poor harvests due to the rainy summer. Wheat yields fell 14.1% this year...

Food Prices Set To Rise: Tips To Eat Well For Less

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A report released earlier this week warned consumers to prepare for a 15% increase as farmers are struggling to afford expensive animal feed for their...

Biofuels Are Causing Misery for Millions and Costing UK Consumers

Ruth Kelly | Posted 19.11.2012 | UK
Ruth Kelly

They were touted as the solution to climate change but they have ended up making it worse, depriving millions of people of food, land and water - and UK consumers are paying the price at the pump. Replacing fossil fuels with biofuels has backfired and only big business is benefitting.

Making a Killing From Food Price Rises

Leah Kreitzman | Posted 26.10.2012 | UK Politics
Leah Kreitzman

Recent analysis from Save the Children and World Vision shows that in the Sahel region currently one million children are at risk of starvation because their families can't access affordable nutritious food, having sold off their assets, their cattle and tools, to cope with the lingering drought.

How Agroecology Can Support Food Security

Dr Julia Wright | Posted 15.07.2012 | UK Politics
Dr Julia Wright

We need to acknowledge that food security is not just a third world problem. Food prices rose by 4.6% between March 2011 and March 2012. However, as most of us are able to afford to eat well, this fuels a perception that food security is not a problem in the UK. The key issue actually lies in how food security is interconnected with other serious issues.

Hunger Hits The World's Poorest Families As Food Prices Soar

PA | Posted 15.02.2012 | UK

The world's poorest families are cutting back on food and sending children out to work in order to survive, according to a survey by Save the Children...

Friends Of The Earth Accuses Banks Of Causing 'Catastrophic Instability' In Food Markets

Huffington Post UK | Peter Guest | Posted 12.01.2012 | UK

European banks and financial institutions are supporting damaging speculation in agricultural commodity markets and financing “land grabs” in the ...

Credit Crunch Christmas Lunch Cost Goes Up To £107.32

PA | Posted 22.12.2011 | UK

The cost of ingredients for this year's Christmas dinner has risen by £7.50 since 2010, official figures have shown. The typical basket of goo...

Pesticides Create Pests, Don't They?

Professor Sir Gordon Conway | Posted 12.02.2012 | UK
Professor Sir Gordon Conway

Since the 1960s we have known that pesticides when used without care and attention will cause insect pest outbreaks. But we never seem to learn.

Inflation Soars To More Than Five Per Cent

Huffington Post UK | Peter Guest | Posted 17.12.2011 | UK

Inflation rose above five per cent in September, ahead of estimates, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday, as consumers find that the pr...

The UK's First 'Food Insecurity' Market With the British Red Cross

Hardeep Singh Kohli | Posted 14.12.2011 | Home
Hardeep Singh Kohli

What would you give up to make sure you have enough food?Selling your latest iPhone and skipping trips to the cinema would not be enough. Many would have to consider selling their possessions and homes to raise enough money for food.

Scotland's Poor Face 'WWII-Style Rationing' Amid Rising Food Prices

PA | Posted 12.12.2011 | UK

Scotland's poorest people are facing food shortages akin to Second World War rationing, a charity has said. Pensioners and those on the lowest inco...

When did Spending Money Become so Difficult?

John Coll | Posted 23.11.2011 | UK
John Coll

For a successful economy we need consumers, retailers and manufacturers; one to buy, one to sell and the third to make what they want, so far so simpl...

Rwanda Food Diary: Part 2

Amy Dawson | Posted 16.11.2011 | UK
Amy Dawson

In Kitare, we visited another farming community that's benefited from the encouragement and training of Moucecore and Tearfund, this time through the introduction of a mushroom growing initiative.

Household Budgets Squeezed Again As Food Prices Soar

PA | Posted 18.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Prices at UK supermarkets are rising faster than expected and will continue to put pressure on households in the coming months, i...

Combating Global Hunger and Rising Food Prices

Mary Creagh | Posted 08.09.2011 | UK Politics
Mary Creagh

We need food security at home and abroad, and greater transparency in how food commodities are traded globally, as Oxfam and others are calling for. People power helped fuel a rethink on the Common Fisheries Policy through the work of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Channel 4's Fish Fight campaign; now we need to do the same on food.