Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 06/2009

4-a-week: Changing food consumption in the UK to benefit people and planet

March 2009

Oxfam Publishing

Abstract

This paper examines both the social and environmental implications of food consumption in the UK. It cuts through the confusion consumers face, and sets out four ways in which we can adapt our consumption habits to achieve both environmental and social sustainability and justice.