Henry Dimbleby Introduced by Philip Lymbery

Co-founder of the Leon restaurant chain and author of the National Food Strategy Henry Dimbleby explains why the food system is leading us to disaster and what we can do about it.

Dimbleby argues that the food system no longer simply sustains us but has become one of the most destructive industries on Earth. Diet-related disease is the biggest cause of preventable illness and death in the developed world. And environmental damage caused by the food system is changing the climate, degrading the Earth and risking food security. Dimbleby throws light on how this food system works and suggests what we can do about it.

Dimbleby is co-founder of Leon, a chain of restaurants that serves naturally fast food that aims to be good food and kind to the planet. He is director of the Sustainable Restaurant Association and author of the radical National Food Strategy, an independent review commissioned by the government and published in 2021. The strategy included recommendations for a big expansion in free school meals, greater environmental and welfare standards in farming and a 30% reduction in meat and dairy consumption. Dimbleby has since criticised the government for its response to the strategy.

This event is part of a series under the banner Pasture to Plate® that look at the environmental and health benefits of raising food on pasture and getting it to the consumer quickly through a short supply chain.