
Jack Thompson
@jack__thompson
Freelance food & farming journalist covering W Africa, based in Dakar. Words @FT @AP @bbcworldservice @AJEnglish @restofworld @hakaimagazine @vittlesmagazine
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After a wonderful year at @bbcfoodprog, I'm now officially a food journalist and audio producer for hire 🙏🏼 It's been a total dream to work in this amazing team Sheila Dillon Leyla Kazim Jaega Wise Dan Saladino Natalie Donovan Sam Grist Dimitri Houtart


📢🎙️OUT NOW! 🍎Fuel to Fork, the new podcast from IPES-Food TABLE & Global Alliance for the Future of Food uncovers the hidden ingredient in our food… #FossilFuels🛢️ Dig in with new episodes every Thursday. Starting with a double-helping : Ep 1 & 2 🎧 ipes-food.org/fuel-to-fork/ #Fueltofork

Very excited to have received an honourable mention in the large investigations category for “The hidden cost of your supermarket salmon” at the global Society of Environmental Journalists awards - with Jack Thompson Sam Joiner Lucy Rodgers et al 🐟🐠🎣 sej.org/kevin-carmody-…


“I consider fossil fuels to be, & this isn’t a compliment, the lifeblood of the food industry” — our Errol Schweizer #Foodsystems eat 15% of global #FossilFuels. 🎧Uncover the truth with #FueltoFork. Episodes 1 & 2 out now. ipes-food.org/fuel-to-fork/ Global Alliance for the Future of Food TABLE






Love this from Raj Patel - also rajpatel.bsky.social with @FordAlessandro POLITICO: “I’ve yet to meet a farmer who’s a genuine bastard. When the EU represents farmers as environmental bomb throwers, it's reasonable to say, ‘the reason we’re producing in this fashion is because you set up the incentives."

🎙️ TABLE's Matthew Kessler & Anna Lappé (Global Alliance for the Future of Food) were interviewed for the latest episode of @WeAreDrilled about their work on the #FueltoFork podcast. Check out the Drilled episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/7zQIFT… And listen to Fuel to Fork here: tabledebates.org/fueltofork



My story for The Associated Press about incredible resilience - amputees from the civil war in Sierra turning to farming to overcome discrimination and poverty. Thanks to John Meadly from Pasture For Life & Mambud Samai who introduced me to this story at Groundswell last year!

Massive change is underway in the Sahel, where extremism is soaring; democracy declining & Russia rising. Over the past year, I've spoken to those shaping this history, including a jihadist; coup leader; mercenary & more. Our The Washington Post series: wapo.st/4gSNEnM


.The Associated Press: ‘I bought their dream': How a US company’s huge land deal in Senegal went bust - vital read from Jack Thompson on impact of #AfricanAgriculture’s land grab. apnews.com/article/climat… Anuradha Mittal GRAIN