Thin Ink

Not Victims, But Architects

FAO’s Piedad Martin on why what gets measured gets funded, and what happens when women farmers hold real authority

Mar 6 • Thin

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February 2026

A Food Fight Worth Having

A Conversation with Stuart Gillespie

Feb 27 • Thin

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Five forces reshaping food systems in 2026

Guest commentary on how food systems are being reorganised

Feb 20 • Thin

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We Don’t Have a Food Production Problem

We have an access, power and rights problem

Feb 13 • Thin

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Who Grows Our Food…?

And other papers about power, plastic, protein, & who pays the price

Feb 6 • Thin

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January 2026

Five Years of Darkness

The fight to keep Myanmar’s stories alive

Jan 30 • Thin

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Thin Ink is 5!

How food systems issues have evolved, what I’ve learnt, and where to go from here

Jan 23 • Thin

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The Cost of Weak Competition

From grocery mergers to cross-border cartels, how anti-competitive conduct in Africa’s food systems affect prices & livelihoods

Jan 16 • Thin

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The Real Big Tent

Food, climate, and why rejecting purism ≠ rejecting responsibility

Jan 9 • Thin

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December 2025

Borders, Belonging, & Finally Travelling Without Fear

“Better weight than wisdom a traveller cannot carry”

Dec 19, 2025 • Thin

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Are you there, a coherent EU policy?

It’s me, a conscientious consumer.

Dec 12, 2025 • Thin

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The FAD That Won’t Die

The persistent myth of hunger as a result of “food availability decline”

Dec 5, 2025 • Thin

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