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As food-banking grows, who benefits? A critical dialogue between America and Manchester

In Culture, Education, Food and Society on 14.02.2018
Contributed by Charlotte Spring

Following a discussion event around food policy held in Ancoats last November, and in the run-up to Manchester’s Green Summit, Charlotte Spring outlines key arguments from two influential researchers around the connections between food poverty, charity and policy.

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Cultivating awareness by cooking up a 'rescued food' feast

In Food, Society and Waste on 02.07.2015
Contributed by Charlotte Spring

Charlotte Spring reports from Manchester’s debut Disco Soup - a family "feastival" aiming to prevent food waste through shared skills and supper.

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Human Rights Act or human rights: as we squabble, people are going hungry

In Food and Society on 04.06.2015
Contributed by Charlotte Spring

Charlotte Spring examines the functions of Human Rights in their various forms and considers the influence they have over our right to food.

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Hunger and Waste: how to get more food to the fork

In Energy, Food and Society on 17.06.2014
Contributed by Charlotte Spring

Charlotte Spring examines the fraught and complex journey from "field to fork" taken by our food and how it is increasingly being brought to public attention.

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