How do we break up with plastic?🥤 🥦 In #FoodTakes 🥦 Episode 27, Jo Banner of The Descendants Project says we should start with the plastic used in food packaging, the production of which has had detrimental effects on her community. 🎥 Filmed at ORFC 2026 by @rebelwrit.bsky.social

Can crises bring about change in our food systems? Recently TABLE's Richard Kipling wrote about how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed the UK food system's reliance on imported fertiliser & why a price shock alone is unlikely to transform it for @ox.ac.uk. Read here: buff.ly/5suTmr6

China is currently the world's largest importer of agricultural products, buying 60% of globally traded soy. But a 2026 consultation paper by @systemiq.bsky.social argues China may be approaching a turning point. We dive into the analysis with the paper's authors in #Feeding1in6: buff.ly/3rfG9UQ

What can we learn from China on food security? TABLE's Matthew Kessler wrote a piece for @devex.com, reflecting on our latest podcast #Feeding1in6 He talks political will, tradeoffs & the sheer speed at which the nation has been able to shift from famine to feeding so many people.

What can we learn from China’s approach to food security?

Opinion: From famine to feast — what can the development sector take away and replicate or reject from China’s food systems transformation?

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🥦 Is eating more plants in the future actually a choice? 🥦 @paulbehrens.bsky.social breaks down how the plant-based future will arrive in this #FoodTakes video with @rebelwrit.bsky.social 🎥 Filmed at @britishecologicalsociety.org @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

Protein. Is it a problem, an aspiration, a solution, or ... an obsession? We explored the fetishisation of protein in our LCAW 2026 event hosted by the Jeremy Coller Foundation. You can watch the recording of the event here: youtu.be/Wu9vFBqnrmc

Have you listened to TABLE's latest podcast series #Feeding1in6 yet? The series has 4 core episodes, 3 bonus episodes, and is perfect for summer listening! Interested in food systems? Geopolitics? China? This series takes a long hard look at these facets of China's food future: buff.ly/o3Q5kQr

Protein. Is it a problem, an aspiration, a solution, or ... an obsession? We explored the fetishisation of protein in our LCAW 2026 event hosted by the Jeremy Coller Foundation. You can watch the recording of the event here: youtu.be/Wu9vFBqnrmc

Have you listened to TABLE's latest podcast series #Feeding1in6 yet? The series has 4 main episodes, 2 bonus episodes, and is perfect for summer listening! Interested in food systems? Geopolitics? China? This series takes a long hard look at these facets of China's food future: buff.ly/o3Q5kQr

What can we learn from China on food security? TABLE's Matthew Kessler wrote a piece for @devex.com, reflecting on our latest podcast #Feeding1in6 He talks political will, tradeoffs & the sheer speed at which the nation has been able to shift from famine to feeding so many people. buff.ly/uuxSa1g

What can we learn from China’s approach to food security?

Opinion: From famine to feast — what can the development sector take away and replicate or reject from China’s food systems transformation?

devex.com

China is currently the world's largest importer of agricultural products, buying 60% of globally traded soy. But a 2026 consultation paper by @systemiq.bsky.social argues China may be approaching a turning point. We dive into the analysis with the paper's authors in #Feeding1in6: buff.ly/3rfG9UQ

China is currently the world's largest importer of agricultural products, buying 60% of globally traded soy. But a 2026 consultation paper by @systemiq.bsky.social argues China may be approaching a turning point. We dive into the analysis with the paper's authors in #Feeding1in6: buff.ly/3rfG9UQ

Li Zhang, an anthropologist at @umassamherst.bsky.social, explains the "generational sacrifice" in China: how the countryside is slowly emptying & farmers that remain are, on average, over 55. The 3rd episode of #Feeding1in6 asks how much longer this trend can continue: buff.ly/8hcecWL

🌱 Last week, the TABLE team headed out to Groundswell 2026 to listen, connect and try to build our understanding around a term everyone is certain they already know! ➡️ What is a "farmer"??

China is currently the world's largest importer of agricultural products, buying 60% of globally traded soy. But a 2026 consultation paper by @systemiq.bsky.social argues China may be approaching a turning point. We dive into the analysis with the paper's authors in #Feeding1in6: buff.ly/3rfG9UQ

China produces roughly half the world's pork. Achieving this required swine genetics from multiple continents, feed from Brazil, & a disease outbreak that wiped out hundreds of millions of animals. The 2nd episode of #Feeding1in6 asks how they did it, & at what cost: buff.ly/oZxy2Ou

How can alternative land ownership models support a sustainable food transition? This new TABLE essay explores how examples from the Netherlands could inspire agricultural property relations in Scotland. Read here: buff.ly/n8TYStD

One-third of the world's rice is grown in China, on less than a fifth of the world's rice-growing area, by farmers whose average age is over 55, in a countryside that is slowly emptying. The 3rd episode of #Feeding1in6 asks how that's possible, and how much longer it can last: buff.ly/8hcecWL

🎙️ We've got a brand new podcast series! 🎙️ In 60 years, China has moved from catastrophic famine to abundance, now feeding one in six people on the planet. The core 4 episodes are available wherever you get your podcasts, but you can find episode links & info here: buff.ly/NobTS1S

Recently posted to our opportunities board: 💼 Course: Transforming food systems through game design and play 🕰️ 5-day course, 26-30 October 2026 📔 Based at @w-u-r.bsky.social with @federicoandreotti.bsky.social 🌍 Wageningen, The Netherlands ➡️

Transforming food systems through game design and play | TableDebates

Dates: 26-30 October 2026

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In the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping's government decided not to regulate its fishing sector. What grew out of that space was extraordinary. Today China produces 76 million tonnes of seafood a year, & a mounting environmental cost. Learn more & listen to the latest episode of #Feeding1in6: buff.ly/ijqha6f

Come find us at Groundswell!

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🌱 Oxford at #Groundswell2026! Come find us at Groundswell Regenerative Agriculture Festival! 🎪 Marquee number E13 📍 Groundswell Festival, Lannock Farm 📅 1–2 July 2026 Showcasing research from across @ox.ac.uk, coordinated by the Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH)

Soy looks different depending on where you sit. For Ryan Britt, who's farming 2,000 hectares in Missouri, it's the crop that reliably pays the bills. In 2025, the news cycle suddenly cared very much about a crop & a region it typically ignores. Our recent Feed Podcast episode: buff.ly/VKCiSxy

Don't just serve me dal 🥣 🥦 In #FoodTakes 🥦 Episode 26, Sumayyah Zannath of Land in Our Names calls in the ubiquitous use of dal at community food events, erasing the origins of the dish and avoiding the effort of identifying alternatives. 🎥 Filmed at ORFC 2026 by @rebelwrit.bsky.social

What is it about food that can mobilise our disgust? And what does that feeling really mean? Researcher Laura Gagliardi explores how the feeling can be weaponised for good or ill, and where lines between taste and moral disgust begin to blur. Read TABLE's latest essay here: buff.ly/o3I1lsh

How should we value nature in our food systems? During #LCAW, as we reflect on the future of our planet, it's worth revisiting one of our recent explainers on the economics of nature and how we currently (and could) value nature in our food systems. Find the explainer here: buff.ly/MSJoLD7

We kicked off London Climate Action Week with a discussion on our protein obsession for Food Day at @sciencemuseum.org.uk. Many thanks to the Coller Foundation (@fairrinitiative.bsky.social) & our speakers Oliver Witard, Marcela Quintero (@bioversityciat.bsky.social), & Mark Breen (Hubbub). #LCAW

In the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping's government decided not to regulate its fishing sector. What grew out of that space was extraordinary. Today China produces 76 million tonnes of seafood a year, & a mounting environmental cost. Learn more & listen to the latest episode of #Feeding1in6: buff.ly/ijqha6f

You’re not a single field 🌅 🥦 In #FoodTakes 🥦 Episode 28, Brendan Conway makes the case for considering the landscape instead of thinking of everything in separate “fields”. Filmed at ORFC 2026 by @rebelwrit.bsky.social #orfc2026 #futureoffarming

Make surplus distribution part of the food system! 🥕 🥦 In #FoodTakes Ep 21, Emma White of FareShare UK / @thefelixproject.bsky.social lays out how surplus distribution networks can help get food that would otherwise be wasted to people who need it. 🎥 Produced by @rebelwrit.bsky.social #orfc2026