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Why soaring supermarket costs could be forcing a rethink of the weekly shop. When a basic weekly shop feels like a luxury purchase, consumer habits begin to shift. The Food and Drink Federation forecasts UK food inflation could peak near 6.4% next summer. A standard £100 basket heads towards £147.50. British households face a prolonged squeeze. Energy costs, climate patterns, and trade barriers keep supermarket prices high while quality stays the same. This pressure doesn’t a

LOST IN TRANSLATION: LIFE OF A JAPANESE GIRL IN ITALY I had the opportunity to spend a month of my summer doing an internship in Mantova, a city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. My favourite view in the city was the one I would see from Ponte di San Giorgio on my way from where I was staying into the city centre. As I reached Ponte di San Giorgio, the stretch of land that had continued up to that point suddenly gave way, and the view opened onto the lake on both sid

September arrives. The clock ticks faster. People drop short-term diet fads. They look for food that genuinely supports digestion, immunity, and well-being over the new season. Fermented products like kefir, kimchi, and kombucha have moved straight into the mainstream, valued for microbes as mush as flavour. Supermarkets and industrial food science offer quick fixes like shelf-stable sauerkraut for instant gratification. The city demands speed. But fermentation moves at its

Walk down any supermarket aisle, and you will face a literal wall of white. Cow’s milk now battles for shelf space against extracts of almond, oat, soy, coconut, pea, and hemp. On the surface, this feels like consumer freedom. Beneath the glossy packaging, it is an utter puzzle. When did buying milk require a degree in dietetics? And when did we decide a crushed nut mixed with water is milk? The law is already fighting over this. The US Dairy Pride Act wants plant brands bann

At the very heart of our urban disconnect lies the seed. We live in cities that treat food as a finished industrial product, entirely removed from the soil and the season, but the seed remains the origin of everything we consume and everything we are. Our modern education cuts the vital link between human health and the natural world, turning us into passive consumers. True wellness begins at the root. If we choose to build healthier communities and stronger neighbourhoods, t

When we think about healthcare, we focus on doctors, nurses, and medicine. We rarely think about food. Yet, for Movimento Metropolitano (MoM), nutrition is an essential part of medical care. We need to stop making nutrition sound like a complex scientific word—it’s not. It simply means the food we eat and how our bodies use it to stay strong. Certain foods are vital for healing, strength, and recovery and this vital information needs to reach people, giving more equal opportu

Movimento Metropolitano turns away from tech-heavy trends and single-nutrient obsessions. Making a meal does not require endless gadgets or a digital assistant. Let’s get back to the basics and listen to our bodies. Look at beans and legumes. They are honest, affordable powerhouses that require zero biohacking, whether in a vibrant summer salad or a hearty winter stew. Real nutrition lives in community and local connection. Guided by our simple MoM Good Food principles —treat

Britain’s food system rests on a fragile assumption. Water will be there when farmers need it. Recent heatwaves and drought exposed the weakness in that assumption. Smaller yields, earlier harvests, and higher prices are the immediate consequences. The bigger issue is whether Britain has the water infrastructure to produce food reliably. The message from the National Farmers’ Union is clear: ‘Water security is food security. Food security is national security.’ Eight days abo

Gastronomy is Not About Haute Cuisine Across Europe, the word Japanese is becoming increasingly visible. In Japanese restaurants and matcha cafés run by Japanese people, words such as IKIGAI, ZEN, DŌ and WABI-SABI often appear. Together with Japanese ceramics, carefully designed interiors and thoughtfully curated spaces, they are presented as part of a single image of Japan. Yet something often feels incomplete. The words that are meant to represent Japan are all there, but t