NickApr 10, 20184 minbrands in the age of fake newsThis past Saturday morning “Daddy, what is fake news?” (6 year old daughter) “What do you think it is?” “When people tell lies on Faceboo...
NickNov 4, 20134 minQuick, bring back nanny – the market’s failedHow should government and business interact when something big needs to change? When too much crappy food is making people fat? When the ...
NickSep 9, 20131 minThe Government are feckless, neglectful and abusive – my speech at the #TUC2013There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. Go upstream and find out why they are falling in. This is...
NickAug 20, 20133 minFood – time for big changeI love food. Growing it, cooking it, eating it. It’s such an important part of our lives. As part of a client project we’ve been having a...
NickJun 21, 20134 minGM crops good. GM crops bad.We deserve a really proper debate on GM food and GM crops. Sadly we’re not getting one just yet – instead we seem to have opted for the “...
NickApr 19, 20134 minDon’t worry, it’s only ‘food fraud’…..Fresh and cheap please It’s a couple of months on, so what – if anything – has changed since “horsegate” kicked off? Consumers have chang...
NickMar 6, 20134 min112lbs of Cheddar a day – a snapshot of 20C farm lifeFood – how it’s grown and cultivated, how it gets to the plate, our attitudes to it, the role of retailers in shaping our habits – all of...
NickFeb 22, 20133 minDodgy food, 14 year olds and myopic marketing. A failure to engage on what really matters,A week on and Justin King’s assertion that this is not “the tip of the iceberg” looks a tiny bit premature. 1/3 of fish in the US fails t...
NickFeb 15, 20133 minHorsemeat lasagne – it’s really not “a labelling issue”Many Brits don’t know what they are eating. And now it turns out that the supermarkets don’t know what they are selling. Yikes. To relega...
NickJan 19, 20131 minWhy we should all be getting very interested in food…If you want to know what is going to shape the way we live more than any other factor – look no further than food. As food gets scarcer, ...