There is strong evidence that speculation exacerbated the last oil and food bubble. Speculation will fuel the next one too, unless meaningful speculative position limits are established.”
- Sir Richard Branson, founder, Virgin Group
Our campaign has been featured in the media. Here is a selection of the coverage:
What Goldman Sachs should admit: it drives up the cost of food
the Guardian, 23 May 2013
A sunnier outlook for Barclays
the Independent, 26 April 2013
Exclusive: Britain running out of wheat as cold weather crisis hits farmers
the Independent, 6 April 2013
Barclays rakes in up to £750m betting on food prices in just three years
the Daily Mail, 13 February 2013
Goldman bankers get rich betting on food prices as millions starve
the Independent, 20 January 2013
Cost of food 'not going to stop' rising, warns UK chief scientist
the Telegraph, 2 January 2013
Our food speculation campaigner Heidi Chow speaks on radio 4
the World Tonight, 1 January 2013
Banks making millions out of starving millions through food speculation
the Metro, 2 October 2012
Unholy trade of making millions out of misery
the Independent, 23 August 2012
FSA 'lobbies on behalf of City firms it regulates,' claims campaign group
the Guardian, 19 June 2012
Barclays makes £500m betting on food crisis
the Independent, 1 September 2012
Public Eye award singles out mining company Vale, Barclays
the Guardian, 27 January 2012
Act on food prices and hunger, economists tell G20
the Mail and Guardian, 11 October 2011
Mexico's poor suffer as food speculation fuels tortilla crisis
the Ecologist, 13 September 2011
It's time to get tough with the food casino
Globe and Mail, 4 August 2011
Giant grain firm buys up all British wheat in 'unprecedented' purchase
Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 30 July 2011
The case for regulation of commodity markets
Progress Online, 13 July 2011
How hot money is causing a food prices commodity boom
Daily Mail, 29 June 2011
As food speculators make money, the world's poorest suffer
CNN, 22 June 2011
Food prices mean trouble for poor and politicians
Reuters, 17 June 2011
UN report calls for regulation to curb speculators pushing up food prices
the Guardian, 5 June 2011
Should food be a protected commodity?
the Telegraph, 1 May 2011
Protestors to target Barclays' AGM over food price speculation
BBC, 27 April 2011
Barclays food commodity speculation blamed for spike in prices
New Statesman, 27 April, 2011
Barclays faces protest over role in global food crisis
the Guardian, 25 April 2011
Food speculation: 'People die from hunger while banks make a killing on food'
the Guardian, 23 January 2011