{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e7b6c6f8023938d509dd904/64412d528aa57e0011137c20?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Quick Bites: Growing Our Five a Day","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e7b6c6f8023938d509dd904/1667579422665-0704fb616b9d58ad7ecc302b837c4aba.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Alice English, project manager at The Food Foundation is just back from the Houses of Parliament where she and the team have been asking growers, NGOs and MPs how we can boost fruit and vegetable production and consumption in the UK.</p><p><br></p><p>As the Government develops its new Horticulture Strategy for England, The Food Foundation and <a href=\"https://shefsglobal.lshtm.ac.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SHEFs global research consortium</a> have been analysing what mix of policies might support greater consumption and production of fruit and vegetables. Alice reflects on how the event went, what she took away and where we go from here.</p><p><br></p><p>Click <a href=\"https://foodfoundation.org.uk/news/fruit-and-veg-shortages-what-do-they-tell-us-about-state-uk-food-security-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for the link to the Food Foundation briefings Alice mentions, and <a href=\"https://open.acast.com/public/streams/5e7b6c6f8023938d509dd904/episodes/640a04bb22dd040011572251.mp3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for episode 10 of The Food Foundation podcast on why we urgently need a horticultural strategy.</p>","author_name":"The Food Foundation"}