📢 What a first year it's bean for the #BangInSomeBeans campaign!

🫛 49 businesses joined campaign since launch
🫘 82% of Keen Bean Pledgers reporting uplift in bean sales
🛒 Combined sales of beans, pulses, tofu and tempeh up 7.3%

Thank you to everyone who has played their success: foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/ba…

🫘 Beans are taking centre stage at Supper Clubs across the UK!

Chef @MelissaHemsley gets the inside story on our #BangInSomeBeans podcast featuring @netflix Chef's Table star Asma Khan and @MasterChefUK winner Irini Tzortzoglou.

🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/episode/2zZ0AX…

Food is never just food. 🇬🇧

Essay Collection: I care where my food comes from, but my purse has problems.

We all want to know where our food comes from. But what happens when the cost of making those choices puts them out of reach?

In her honest and personal essay, I Care m, @K_Kerridge of the @Food_Foundation shares her experience of feeding a family on a tight budget while wanting food to be healthy, British, local and ethically produced.

Her story is one of compromise, but also of the importance of family meals, food choices and knowing where our food comes from.

It's a powerful reminder that caring about food provenance is one thing. Being able to afford that choice is quite another.

Read Kathleen's essay and explore the full collection:
lovebritishfood.co.uk/i-care-where-m…
You can also listen via the Love British Food Spotify channel.

The Love British Food & @_FutureCountry Essay Collection: The Role of British Food in Society Now.

#LoveBritishFood #FutureCountryside #EssayCollection2026 #FoodMatters #FoodPoverty #FoodAffordability #BritishFood

📢 Childhood obesity rates in England have reached their highest level in 20 years.

Our Executive Director Anna Taylor asks why ministers are 'dragging their feet' on commitments to improve child health in our latest podcast.

🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/episode/4Ny8LQ…

‘Childhood obesity is the wrong kind of growth in every postcode’

✍️ Dame Anna Taylor for LBC Opinion lbc.co.uk/article/childh…

👩🏻‍💻 The key theme of Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP's first Budget was 'breathing space' but did he deliver on the cost of living?

Our Public Affairs Lead Sophia Greenblat picks the bones out of his speech and examines what it means for food.

foodfoundation.org.uk/news/autumn-bu…

🗣️ 'Today around 93 children will have rotten teeth removed in hospital at a cost of £140,000.... delay is the most expensive policy we have'

Our Executive Director Anna Taylor highlights why Mandatory Reporting matters after @NHSuk figures show worsening childhood obesity hIBMZMjf2

⚕️ What's the secret to ageing well?

Chef @MelissaHemsley finds out with @BlueZones author @thedanbuettner & actor @PeterEgan6 in our latest #BangInSomeBeans podcast inspired by @netflix series Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones.

🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/episode/7rxDKL…

🙏 A huge thank you to actress @mmyhala for picking us as her chosen charity on @BBC's #TheCelebrityTraitors

(Spoiler alert!) although your time in the castle was cut short we're so grateful you helped shine a spotlight on our work to create a healthier, fairer food system for everyone.

⚠️ Are food companies prepared for the next shock?

A report from Inside Track is calling for investors to hold company boards to account. Ana Cuddeford explains why in our latest podcast.

🎧Listen in full: open.spotify.com/episode/7sxaJV…

💼 Today's #Budget2026 paid a worrying lack of attention to the UK's food system, as prices continue to rise.

We believe removing tariffs on items such as gherkins and sweets falls short of the urgent need to make healthy & sustainable food accessible to everyone.

🔗 instagram.com/p/Dev-WQCTtS5/

📢 Today the government:

✅️ Removed import tariffs on 100+products, including baked beans!

❌ Ignored calls by 100+ organisations to extend the Healthy Start scheme

750,000 families are still missing out: instagram.com/p/Dev-WQCTtS5/

⚽︎ Can the nation's favourite sport help change what we eat?

Chef @MelissaHemsley finds out in our latest #BangInSomeBeans episode featuring @jeffreyboadi_ @bez_Beerspotter @mcgregor_renee & @DrLuTor

🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/episode/6712HL…

📢 2 outdated rules are locking families out of @NHSHealthyStart - a vital scheme helping households on lower incomes afford nutritious food.

Ahead of Wednesday's #Budget like and share our video to show policymakers why it matters: ➡️ instagram.com/p/Dev-WQCTtS5/

🛒💳 When money is tight, healthy food can be the first thing that goes back on the shelf.

No parent should have to choose between essentials and feeding their children well.

That's why 100+ orgs are calling for an expansion of @NHSHealthyStart

🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/show/2l2iYVlnN…

🙌🏻 It's great to see @Jo_Frost and so many retailers supporting calls for the govt to extend @NHSHealthyStart including @sainsburys @coopuk @Morrisons and @IcelandFoods

𝟳𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 families are currently missing out: foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/ev…