Lettuce alone in E1
Here’s a talk made for us at TrashBlanc.com. On Thursday 31st July the ICA poses the question of why it’s so hard to ship fresh English lettuce into E1.
The blurb:
Leila McAlister of Leila’s Shop will pose questions about why, from her position in central London, E1, it is so complicated to stock certain ‘normal’ things, […]
20bn reasons food prices are super high
FACT! £20bn of wasted food goes down the swanee every 365 days in the UK. On wasted food. That’s according to this three month old report in the Independent.
There’s lots wrong with food in Britain right now, from battery operated chicken to Gordon Ramsey’s utterly inconceivable ubiquity. But surely none of these issues come close […]
More economics from the FT
I’ve really got to get out more. The Financial Times today has a great interactive report on exactly why food prices are rising globally. They look at changing diets, subsidies and market distortion, climate change and rising input prices. Beats the daily market rundown.
Seems to me that food production and distribution issues is the new […]
Falafel Month: Economic Report
Without trying to scare off our loyal readership, we’ve got some breaking economic news courtesy of Londonist. In what can only be descriped as a spit (pea) in the face of Middle East food fans, the price of falafel has sky-rocketed here in the UK’s capital.
Considering we’re slap bang in the middle of World Falafel […]
The next economic crisis: Food
Whilst economists around the world fret about sub prime loans and $100 barrels of oil, here at TrashBlanc.com we have eyes on the bigger picture. Food. Well it seems that the bean counters over at the Financial Times are starting to pay attention too. They’re reporting some recent Goldman Sachs warnings over spiraling agriculture prices.
Jeff […]
