Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.

In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Rebecca Tobi, Registered Nutritionist and Senior Business and Investor Engagement Manager at the Food Foundation.

Rebecca highlights the importance of collaboration
and engagement with businesses and investors in promoting healthy and sustainable diets. If you’ve never really considered the role of investors in the food system and how this drives change, this podcast is rich with insight.  Hear about opportunities and risks from the
investor perspective, their interest in health and their long-term vision. 

We talk about some of the work of the Food Foundation, and their particular focus on low income households and children. Rebecca shares some shocking statistics:

·        almost 15% of households experienced food
insecurity in January 2024

·        around 23% of families with children under five
experience food poverty

Against this backdrop, we hear about one of the Food Foundation’s greatest achievements, a behind-the-scenes
insight into how their collaboration with Marcus Rashford came about, resulting in a government funded package of support of almost £4m, positively impacting the lives of 1.7m children - an incredible example of impact metrics. 

Rebecca shares a working example of galvanising action and momentum, bringing together a range of stakeholders working collaboratively to “find the sweet spots where people agree”.  The outcome was the Peas Please
pledge. She also discusses the Plating Up Progress Report and the important role of disclosure and target setting.

We get a profound sense of the complexity of food systems and the challenges of driving change.  Rebecca navigates this daily – she shares how she builds the resilience to keep rising to these challenges.  A true Human of Nutrition.

References:

Broken Plate: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/broken-plate-2023

Plating Up Progress Report: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/plating-up-progress

Peas Please Initiative: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/peas-please

End Child Food Poverty Coalition: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/endchildfoodpoverty-campaign

Share Action: https://shareaction.org/

ATNI – Access to Nutrition Initiative: https://accesstonutrition.org/

FDTP – Food Data Transparency Partnership: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/food-data-transparency-partnership

Investor Coalition on Food Policy: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/investor-coalition-food-policy

National Food Strategy 2021: https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org/

Fare Share: https://fareshare.org.uk

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