Love British Food

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

In this episode the Author Jake Fiennes argues that British food production has shaped the countryside and that farming and nature should work together rather than being treated as competing priorities.

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

Mike Warner makes the case for British fishing as an essential part of food security, coastal communities and environmental stewardship, arguing that sustainable food production and marine conservation can coexist.

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

Adele Sawday challenges yield as the dominant measure of agricultural success and argues for greater emphasis on nutrient density, biodiversity and resilient mixed farming.

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

Jayne Jones uses Scotland’s Good Food Nation approach and public-sector food procurement to argue for a broader definition of value encompassing producers, health, communities, environment and food security.

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

Sabine Goodwin argues that food waste and food poverty are separate problems and that tackling hunger requires addressing inadequate incomes rather than relying on surplus-food redistribution.

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

Emma Revie explores the compassion and community represented by food banks while arguing that hunger is fundamentally caused by people not having enough money and that food banks should ultimately become unnecessary.

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

Rt Revd Martyn Snow explores food and shared meals as invitation, gift and encounter, bringing people of different faiths together and connecting urban communities with locally produced food.

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

Tom Pycraft argues that building a resilient British food system requires grown up conversations so regenerative farming is matched by faster investment, stronger infrastructure and policy support, so farmers are not left carrying the risks of transition alone.

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

Keza Latuasan explores how food access is shaped not just by proximity, but by affordability, freshness, variety and cultural relevance, arguing that real choice is essential to a fairer food system.

Essay Collection 2026

Food is never just food.

To mark Love British Food’s 25th anniversary, Love British Food and Future Countryside have commissioned a collection of essays exploring the role of food in Britain today. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the food supply chain and beyond, the collection provides a snapshot of British food and society in 2026 – designed to inspire fresh thinking, worthwhile debate and positive action for the future.

This Episode

Kathleen Kerridge explores how tight household budgets can limit the ability to buy local, British and ethically produced food, while showing that provenance, quality and shared family meals still matter deeply even when compromise is unavoidable.