Food Systems nut who also happens to be a foodie. Writes Thin Ink, Lead Reporter for Lighthouse Reports, co-founder of Kite Tales Myanmar, founder of Myanmar Now, & former correspondent with the Thomson Reuters Foundation. https://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mlvodv5qkc23New Thin Ink. DYK that Philip Morris once owned Kraft and RJ Reynolds Nabisco? So when people say Big Food borrowed Big Tobacco's playbook, they mean it quite literally. Also: "eat less ultraprocessed food" sounds simple until you ask who's doing the cooking. https://news.thin-ink.net/p/from-food-shocks-to-foodwork15 May 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvodv5qkc23https://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mle2qwol622tI first heard "political economy" in 2022. Since then, I've met so many smart, well-meaning people who kept saying: yes, the food system is skewed, yes power shapes who wins and loses, but it's too complicated, too sensitive, and too hard to tackle. https://news.thin-ink.net/p/the-political-economy-of-your-dinner08 May 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle2qwol622thttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mksgtt7qps2tWe produce enough staples & calories to feed everyone. So why is 1 in 5 people in 47 countries going hungry? Latest Thin Ink is on 4 new reports that paint a picture of systemic failures in how we grow, distribute, finance, & protect food. 🔗 news.thin-ink.net/p/on-hunger-heat-and-markets-making01 May 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksgtt7qps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mkawn3wf6s2jSpent the week at Skoll in Oxford. Lots of brilliant people. Big ideas. Impressive solutions. It also reminded me to never assume that the nitty gritty of food systems is widely understood, even among very smart, very motivated people. https://news.thin-ink.net/p/a-dispatch-from-oxford24 Apr 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkawn3wf6s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mjpatedff227I used to love April. Thingyan. Water fights. Family. Food. Now it’s mostly memory & an uneasy feeling that those memories are changing the further I get. So I wrote about nostalgia, exile, Myanmar, & why food is sometimes the last place you can still call home. https://news.thin-ink.net/p/the-ghosts-of-thingyans-past17 Apr 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpatedff227https://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mjd3v5y2a22jAs someone who has been able to vote only once in her life (so far), and whose country just had a sham of an election a few months ago, I do love to see when elections work.12 Apr 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd3v5y2a22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mj5npgvpsc2k🥘🍳🔥 Why do we have laws protecting cultural heritage like art and architecture during war but not food? Isn't food, especially the kind cooked at home, a form of culture worth protecting, comparable to a manuscript or a monument? https://news.thin-ink.net/p/the-fight-to-protect-food-culture10 Apr 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5npgvpsc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mim2hgqbe22kIt's time for another roundup of reports! 1. Big Tech meets Big Ag = control over data, decisions, and ultimately farming itself. @ipes-food.org's report. Digital ag isn't just tools, but systems that make alternatives harder over time. https://news.thin-ink.net/p/what-ive-been-reading-food-power03 Apr 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim2hgqbe22khttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mi2m2utdds2kWe count the cost of climate disasters in Europe. But not always the animals. A new investigation looks at what happens to livestock during floods — and what it reveals about policy blind spots. 🧵 https://news.thin-ink.net/p/the-animals-are-not-alright27 Mar 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2m2utdds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mhixcohsqs27There's a long-running debate in EU over names of plant-based products which has always perplexed me, a carnivore, who has never accidentally bought a plant-based alternative thinking it was meat. I also found it aggravating the issue has taken up so much oxygen... https://news.thin-ink.net/p/the-saturday-queue20 Mar 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhixcohsqs27https://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mgxdu6uh7s27Fertilisers have been making headlines again: U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran are causing a vital transport route to come to a standstill. There're lots of great stories so I thought where I could add value was to step back & offer an explainer beyond current crisis. https://news.thin-ink.net/p/the-fertiliser-trap13 Mar 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxdu6uh7s27https://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mgfr77dnpc27This week I spoke with Piedad Martín, Deputy Dir at FAO, about what happens when women are no longer treated as climate victims but as architects of solutions, in time for International Women’s Day (Sunday) & celebrate the “International Year of the Woman Farmer”. https://news.thin-ink.net/p/not-victims-but-architects06 Mar 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfr77dnpc27https://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mfu546erhc27A food fight worth having isn’t about preferences — it’s about power. Dive into this week’s Tiny Ink convo with @stuartgillespie.bsky.social on why food systems change feels so hard (and what might break the logjam). 👉 https://news.thin-ink.net/p/a-food-fight-worth-having27 Feb 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfu546erhc27https://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3mfclo7spic2i🧵1/ This week on Thin Ink: I republish a powerful guest commentary by Maryam Rezaei on how global food systems are being reorganised around national protectionism, geopolitical strategic interests and fiscal retrenchment. 👇 https://news.thin-ink.net/p/five-forces-reshaping-food-systems20 Feb 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfclo7spic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3meqwovtzek2v📍 This week on Thin Ink, I once again unpack why record food production does not equal food security, because hunger is about access, power and rights. FAO’s latest cereal brief forecasts record production & rising stocks. Good news but also got me thinking. https://news.thin-ink.net/p/we-dont-have-a-food-production-problem13 Feb 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqwovtzek2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thinink.bsky.social/post/3me7dhwf37c2r📑 It's been a while since I did a round-up of interesting reports, so here it is! This week, I dived into a set of reports and papers that collectively expose the fault lines in how we think about food systems, power, and accountability. A few takeaways👇 https://news.thin-ink.net/publish/post/18706435906 Feb 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:jaur42a3illbvj2uwvrfxz76/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7dhwf37c2r