If disaster strikes, will there be enough to eat? Britain should be prepared – but it isn’t | Tim Lang

Other countries are moving fast to inform and prepare their citizens about emergency resilience. The times demand no less“Keep calm and carry on.” We all know that famous second world war poster, don’t we? But it’s illusory: the poster was never publicly displayed during the war and only discovered by chance decades later.Illusions bedevil our readiness to cope with the crises we might face. Reviewing the state of UK civil food resilience for a National Preparedness Commission report, I found that there is, in fact, scant preparedness going on, and little attention given to involving the public.Tim Lang is professor emeritus of food policy at the Centre for Food Policy, City St George’s, University of London Continue reading...

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If disaster strikes, will there be enough to eat? Britain should be prepared – but it isn’t | Tim Lang

Other countries are moving fast to inform and prepare their citizens about emergency resilience. The times demand no less

“Keep calm and carry on.” We all know that famous second world war poster, don’t we? But it’s illusory: the poster was never publicly displayed during the war and only discovered by chance decades later.

Illusions bedevil our readiness to cope with the crises we might face. Reviewing the state of UK civil food resilience for a National Preparedness Commission report, I found that there is, in fact, scant preparedness going on, and little attention given to involving the public.

Tim Lang is professor emeritus of food policy at the Centre for Food Policy, City St George’s, University of London

Continue reading...