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ProfTimLang

  1. Mini-Symposium on Ecological Public Health June 21 1800-2030. Celebrate mid-summer! Now in Festival of Transitions. festivaloftransition.net/experiments/42 4:17 AM May 29th via web
  2. Ecological Public Health: alternatives to health business as usual. June 21 Symposium CityUniv.1800hrs free / bookings: bit.ly/JtnloR 4:41 AM May 22nd via web
  3. € banking crisis ought to change UK food policy. Only 60% home produced. Govt policy is export food to pay for imports. Strong £ stops this! 6:45 AM May 20th via web
  4. are Olympics to be the superfit watched by superfat nation? is public health gain possible? Need bike lanes, walk to school / shop policies! 5:10 AM May 20th via web
  5. new kindle e-book version of Rayner & Lang Ecological Public Health just out. amazon.co.uk/Ecological-Pub… #foodpolicy #publichealth 4:50 AM May 20th via web
  6. As UK takes Sunday lunch, are you surprised obesity rises when 18% of World Bank IFC funds are for sugar? Oversupply! ifc.org/ifcext/agribus… 4:33 AM May 20th via web
  7. Quick way to save lives & global healthcare costs? Cut down salt! Industry must act; WHO must set lower salt targets. actiononsalt.org.uk/awareness/Salt… 7:17 AM May 17th via web
  8. in June UN hosts big Rio+20 conf on Sust Devt. Food & Agric central. Much jostling going on! changed policies? How? see globalagriculture.org 6:15 AM May 17th via web
  9. applications to 2012 Masters in Food Policy at City University London now open. city.ac.uk/courses/postgr… 5:54 AM May 9th via web
  10. long-awated EnviroAuditComm Parliament report on Sustainable Food out this Sunday. See parliament.uk/business/commi… 4:39 AM May 9th via web
  11. Weetabix, no 2 UK breakfast cereal, now 60% owned by Chinese state. Not a whisper from MPs or Govt. Is this now a state communist breakfast? 8:25 AM May 7th via web
  12. BankofEnglandGovernor Mervyn King interview on Today Lecture said food prices destabilising. True, so grow more here! news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today… 5:21 AM May 7th via web
  13. Rept attacking RedTractor UK assurance scheme confirms SDC 2009 rept critique. Weak standards. Need new Green Tractor. onekind.org/news_blog/blog… 2:53 AM May 1st via web
  14. @ProfTimLang #foodpolicy 7:04 AM Apr 28th via web in reply to ProfTimLang
  15. Consume more = conventional economics. Consume less but better is what West's politicians won't say. We need sustainable diets #foodpolicy 7:03 AM Apr 28th via web
  16. Reacting to Royal Soc Pop'n&Consumption rept I said politicians fear telling consumers to consume less. Sad but true. royalsociety.org/policy/project… 6:58 AM Apr 28th via web
  17. City Univ London's Centre for Food Policy hosts Open Evening on our unique MSc Food Policy Mon April 30 at 1730-1930 city.ac.uk/events/2012/ap… 6:52 AM Apr 28th via web
  18. AA says UK families spend more on car fuel than food. Food system also oil-based! A crazy dependency food car culture bbc.co.uk/news/business-… 2:36 AM Apr 20th via web
  19. paper on new vision required for public health; taster of Rayner & Lang here: wphna.org/2012_apr_wn3_c… 10:26 AM Apr 19th via web
  20. come to session on new Rayner & Lang 'Ecological Public Health' book at Swindon Literature Festival on May 17 evening. swindonfestivalofliterature.co.uk/17-thu.html 10:03 AM Apr 19th via web
  • Name Professor Tim Lang
  • Location London UK
  • Web http://www.city.a...
  • Bio Professor of Food Policy & Head of Centre for Food Policy, City University London. 36 years of engagement in public and academic research and debate about food.
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