Hot topics

Choosing your food can seem like an ethical minefield - should you eat fairtrade or local, where should you shop, who should you listen to?

We have produced an ethical shopping guide to help you see the wood for the trees. We have also challenged the idea that shoppers can and should be expected to put the world to rights through their food choices.

You can get the low-down on some of the key challenges facing our food system today by visiting our issues page. Hot topics include GM technology, overfishing, climate change, food security and water scarcity.