The Food Equity Centre exists to challenge the power and politics that make food systems inequitable. https://ids.ac.uk/foodequitycentre Brazil, South Africa, UKhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3mvkypq4n5c2a📢 Read our newsletter! Find out what Food Equity Centre partners in Brazil, South Africa and the UK have been working on, covering issues such as food inflation, urban food systems and socio-ecological just transitions ⬇️ https://mailchi.mp/ids.ac.uk/food-equity-centre-newsletter-june-13850324?e=fb9cec618c15 Sep 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkypq4n5c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3mumgyyroec2vHow can millions go hungry in South Africa, a country which produces enough food to feed all its people? Mark Heywood and Busiso Moyo on why South Africa needs an emergency food plan - now https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-26-south-africa-needs-an-emergency-food-plan-now @dailymaverick.co.za03 Sep 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumgyyroec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3mty7djhhzs2sA subsidised restaurant, with a low-cost, nutritious meal, open to everyone. What's controversial about that? Quite a lot, it seems. Find out more: https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/just-go-to-lidl-the-backlash-against-public-restaurants/ @ids.ac.uk26 Aug 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty7djhhzs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3mtbmwxgcg22kWhich right do you not have if you live in the UK, that people who live in 30 other countries – from Belarus to Zimbabwe – do? We'll give you a clue...it's the right to food. @justjody23.bsky.social explores this issue 👇 https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/will-there-be-a-right-to-food-in-the-uk/17 Aug 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbmwxgcg22khttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3mnfcwey44c2iJoin us for the 1st meeting of the Food Solidarities Network! With the UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems, we're hosting a discussion on community-based initiatives as everyday responses to food insecurity 📅 10 June 🕘 14:30-15:30 UTC+2 📌 Online 🔗 Register👉 https://www.chaireunesco-adm.com/Community-based-food-initiatives03 Jun 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfcwey44c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3mgutkex3xs2dCan access to food be revolutionary? @stevemetcalfe.bsky.social reflects on work in Brazil to make food systems fairer https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/can-access-to-food-be-revolutionary/ "Food is treated not just as a commodity, but as a right, and a route to wider change." @ids.ac.uk #foodjustice12 Mar 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgutkex3xs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3mftp3ksgz22iEvent alert 📢 Food policies, social participation and equity: national and international challenges Wed 4 March at UFRRJ in Brazil Join us to hear perspectives on hunger, food systems transformation and global policy-making. Live-streamed in English at https://www.youtube.com/@oppaufrrj/streams27 Feb 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftp3ksgz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3ma463imh4k2oAs the multilateral system faces its most significant threats in decades, what has been the impact on efforts to make food systems more equitable? @justjody23.bsky.social provides her take on 2025: https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/the-fragility-of-multilateralism-and-progress-in-food-equity-in-2025/ #foodjustice @ids.ac.uk16 Dec 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma463imh4k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3m6yvm4ei422bEvent! What do we mean by Equitably Transformative Resilience? Building on a new @hlpe-fsn.bsky.social report introducing this concept, join members of the writing team to learn more Register ▶️ https://www.ids.ac.uk/events/hlpe-report-on-food-system-resilience/ Chaired by @justjody23.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk02 Dec 2025 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6yvm4ei422bhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3m5ghmf6x422k"Eradication of hunger and poverty requires not only political will, but also governance" - Elisabetta Recine, National Council for Food and Nutrition Security, Brazil and Food Equity Centre Watch the recording of our recent #WSSD2025 event to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb-nRNs0JH412 Nov 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ghmf6x422khttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3m4xg35i3f22kHappening today as part of the Second World Summit for Social Development! Join us to learn more about the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty ⏰13.30 UK time https://ids-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p6yHLFAXSXKv4TtJSURRMA#/registration #WSSD202506 Nov 2025 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xg35i3f22khttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3m3pdjnuuik2bLaunched in 2024, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty is playing a crucial role in the fight against hunger and poverty. How is it using evidence to inform policy? Join the Food Equity Centre and the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada to find out: https://ids-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p6yHLFAXSXKv4TtJSURRMA#/registration21 Oct 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pdjnuuik2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3m3cszy5qgk2yResilience in food systems should not just be about bouncing back - we need to find ways to bounce forward. On #WorldFoodDay, read about Equitably Transformative Resilience, a new concept proposed by the latest @hlpe-fsn.bsky.social report. https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/equitably-transformative-resilience-how-can-engaged-food-scholars-take-action/16 Oct 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cszy5qgk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3m3cbu3cjms2pHunger is a crime in South Africa. Who are the criminals? Stephen Devereux of the Food Equity Centre and Mark Heywood identify the accused as the state, supermarkets and privately owned corporate food producers ⬇️ #WorldFoodDay [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2025 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cbu3cjms2phttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3lwvwtqwecs2yDid last month's #UNFSS conference focus too much on investment for food, and not enough on rights and accountability? Read our co-Director Jody Harris's take on the discussions @justjody23.bsky.social https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/accountability-remains-a-missing-link-for-unfss-legitimacy/21 Aug 2025 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvwtqwecs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3lumm63ttjk22Food systems work perfectly... ...for the handful of multinational corporations who control them, that is 😱 We need to focus less on profit, and more on people and planet. To achieve this we need government action and strong social movements, says @stuartgillespie.bsky.social23 Jul 2025 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumm63ttjk22https://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3ltjn6bhdps2vNew video 🎬 Modern food systems encourage overconsumption and overproduction. As citizens, we need to reassess our relationship with food. Lidia Cabral offers her take on transforming food systems #sustainablefarming @chalkstonefilms.bsky.social09 Jul 2025 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjn6bhdps2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3ltelwjovgk2sEvent! 📢 How can relationships between the government and farmers affect people's livelihoods and economic vulnerability? Join us next Tuesday, 15 July, to learn about research from northern Vietnam on aquaculture #livelihoods https://www.ids.ac.uk/events/power-relationships-and-aquaculture-livelihoods-in-vietnam/ @ids.ac.uk #foodsecurity07 Jul 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltelwjovgk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3lsjdnf6yek2yNew issue of our newsletter just out! Top story: the relaunch of Consea, the national food and nutrition security council in Brazil Read it here ➡️ https://mailchi.mp/ids.ac.uk/food-equity-centre-newsletter-june-2025 Newsletter sign-up 👉 https://ids.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=0a9969400c423b233b6c3f014&id=4f1524fb8226 Jun 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsjdnf6yek2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3lsdngkn5m22oPeople working in food systems - those in fields, in factories and in hospitality need to have their labour fairly compensated. That's the key to transforming food systems for the better says @deewoods.bsky.social ‪from @landworkersuk.bsky.social ‪ and @grancomkitchen.bsky.social24 Jun 2025 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdngkn5m22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3lrukaay4jk2yWant to know more about tackling inequities in food systems? Then sign up to our newsletter! https://ids.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=0a9969400c423b233b6c3f014&id=4f1524fb82 We'll share updates on our work a few times a year18 Jun 2025 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrukaay4jk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3lrdbaq2xes26What would it take to transform the global food system? For @philbakernz.bsky.social, redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4q2JpxeYk What actions do you think are needed? #foodjustice #foodsystems11 Jun 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdbaq2xes26https://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3lpr4qvymdc2oNew from the Food Equity Centre: Grassroots projects provide more dignified alternative to food banks Read more here: https://www.ids.ac.uk/news/grassroots-projects-provide-more-dignified-alternative-to-food-banks-research-suggests/ @ids.ac.uk22 May 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpr4qvymdc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/foodequitycentre.bsky.social/post/3loj5ikjhnk2zFolk seed banks to build resistance to seed #capitalism Join us tomorrow for a talk by Dr Debal Deb, Indian seed sovereignty expert and activist, and founder of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Register now: https://www.ids.ac.uk/events/folk-seed-banks-to-build-resistance-to-seed-capitalism/ #foodjustice06 May 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:35zth36zhwqs54ylmfavaywh/app.bsky.feed.post/3loj5ikjhnk2z