Whether we like it or not, our food choices are inextricably linked with class and morality. Our attitudes to food reflect underlying fears about changes in lifestyle, family and society as a whole, and food is a powerful tool for criticising the behaviour of individual consumers, especially when they are responsible for nurturing the next generation.

Should we perhaps stop focusing on the loss of healthy-eating skills, and start thinking about food poverty and local food supplies? Join our experts to challenge preconceptions about the nation’s diet, and debate how to balance food production, availability and education for all.

Speakers:
Martin Caraher,  Professor of  Food and Health Policy, City University, London.
Anne Murcott, Professorial Research Associate, Food Studies Centre, SOAS
Hilly Janes, Freelance editor and writer, and founder of a parent-led Food Group at Hanover Primary School in North London that encourages enjoying learning about food and how to cook. 

Facilitator: Anne Karpf, Reader in Professional Writing and Cultural Inquiry, London Metropolitan University.

This event is FREE. 

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 This event featured live speech to text transcription for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing visitors. You can download a transcript of the event (PDF, 300KB). For further information about speech to text, please contact Gemma Hopkins at access@wellcomecollection.org.

This event is part of Recipes and Remedies.