Quotes from the conference. Photo: John Meadley and Colin Tudge.

Judy Kirby asks: What would a food chain that reflected Quaker values look like?

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Judy Kirby asks: What would a food chain that reflected Quaker values look like?

by Judy Kirby 14th November 2014

It was with some apprehension that I, a Quaker foodie, went to the annual conference of the Quakers and Business Group (Q&B Group) held at Friends House in London last week. This year the business Friends were highlighting our diets and the commercial reality of production. Did this mean ever more scrutiny of supermarket items and even fewer ingredients available for cooking favourite dishes if we were not to wreck the planet?