C.L.E.A.R. Campaign
Food labelling can be a powerful tool to drive food system change if it is designed to truly institute greater transparency and accountability in food production.
In this podcast series we talk to brands and non-profits about the need for a mandatory food labelling system that truly represents the method of production using data from the farm level and how this initiative could create a movement of positive change to an agro-ecological revolution through with properly informed consumer.
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C.L.E.A.R. Campaign
No10 Judith Batchelar OBE - Food Matters International
Judith is someone whose career has bridged the gap between the private sector and policy at the highest level and therefore makes for and incredibly well informed podcast guest.
Judith is Chair of the Environment and Business Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee and the People and Pay Committee.
She has worked in the food and drink industry for over 35 years starting her life in manufacturing before moving into retail at Marks and Spencer. From 2004 to 2021, she worked for Sainsbury’s as Director of Sainsbury’s Brand with responsible for all aspects of Sainsbury’s product offer.
Judith is a biochemist, nutritionist, has an Honorary Doctorate in Agriculture from Harper Adams University, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST), and the Royal Society of Arts and Manufactures (RSA).
From 2013 to 2018 she was Chair of the Governments’ AgriTech Council, and now sits on both the Food and Drink Sector, and Natural Environment Research Councils.
She was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to Farming and the Food Industry, and is a Commissioner on the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.
Judith now advises government on food policy as deputy chair of The Environment Agency. The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body set up under the Environment Act 1995 to take an integrated approach to environmental protection and enhancement in England. It has major responsibilities in flood management, water resources and quality, climate change, land quality, chemicals, pollution prevention and control, waste, conservation and biodiversity, fisheries conservation, air quality and navigation.