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The Food Foundation Podcast

The Food Foundation Podcast

By: The Food Foundation
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The Food Foundation Podcast takes you inside the UK’s fight against food insecurity, exposing the gaps, holding big food to account, and celebrating the initiatives that make a real difference. From the impact of nourishing school meals to getting more beans on plates, we tell the stories that shape communities and drive change.


We've also produced a six-part mini series about the benefits of Banging in Some Beans hosted by chef Melissa Hemsley.


The podcast, previously named Right2Food, won a 2021 Guild of Food Writers Award.


Producer: Gilly Smith for the Food Foundation

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Episodes
  • Pod Bites: From the Ground Up

    Pod Bites: From the Ground Up
    Jul 3 2026

    Matthew Thomson from Sustainable Food Cornwall tells us about From The Ground Up, a report from the Citizens Advisory Council's What Works Here inquiries into local food systems.


    The Citizen Advisory Council comprises diverse citizens drawn the Food Foundation’s Food Ambassadors programme and from Food and Farming Countryside Commission's The Food Conversation. The Citizen Advisory Council has been working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since the summer of 2025 to ensure that citizen knowledge is embedded in the development of England’s food strategy.

    The Citizen Advisory Council travelled to four different regions in England for the What Works Here Inquires: Cornwall, York and North Yorkshire, Liverpool and Merseyside, and the North East.


    Keenan Humble, mentioned in the Pod Bite, is Director for Feeding Liverpool and supported with the Liverpool and Merseyside inquiry.



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    8 mins
  • Pod Bites: Beans mean business

    Pod Bites: Beans mean business
    Jun 26 2026

    Could beans change the world?


    With the climate changing, the cost of living going up and our guts suffering from the fibre gap, beans are a real opportunity. Now it's time to scale these tasty superheroes.

    Paul Newnham, CEO of the SDG2 Advocacy Hub and the Chief Bean Officer at Beans is How, reports from London Climate Action Week on the growth of the Bang in Some Beans campaign - now at 41 Keen Bean businesses who have committed to the movement.

    The Food Foundation and Veg Power have teamed up on a mission to double UK bean consumption by 2028. Click here for more information about our Keen Bean businesses.

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    9 mins
  • Pod Bites: 10 years of rescuing food

    Pod Bites: 10 years of rescuing food
    Jun 19 2026

    Charlotte Hill, Chief Executive of the newly merged Felix Project and FareShare, tells us about the last 10 years of the Felix Project which rescues and redistributes surplus food.


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    10 mins
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