I’m speaking tonight at a Global Development Forum event on food prices; Peter Melchett from the Soil Association, Steve Wiggins from ODI and Andrew Coker from Syngenta are also on the panel. My short intro talk is here.
Meanwhile, joy of joys, I have also just finished the pamphlet that’ll be the main output of my Chatham House project on food prices. It’s likely to launch in early November – I’ll post a few of the key findings here next week.
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