Debate Your Plate launches

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Take one magazine, add politics, documentaries and the sharpest food writing. Blend with eco resources and campaigning zeal and you have Debate Your Plate.

Susan Tomlinson and I, fuelled by coffee and an unfeasably large pile of Portugese custard tarts, have created Debate Your Plate from a couple of laptops on our kitchen table.

Both journalists, we met at the London College of Printing and immediately recognised each other as a couple of opinionated gits with a passion for story telling.

We’d rant at each other: why was half the world obese while the other half starved? Did organic really cut the mustard? And did we believe the environmentalists who claim GM companies want to own the world’s seed supply?

We began to realise just how intertwined, on every level, food is in our lives and it doesn’t take a genius to work out there’s SOMETHING up with our food chain. We were determined to get to the bottom of it.

We also like eating food (very much).

So welcome to Debate Your Plate – there’s sharp writing, engaging films, top recipes, local food producers, people power, campaigns and all things foodie.

There are lots of exciting projects in the pipeline and the site will be evolving – so sign up to our newsletter to make sure you’re one of the first to know.

But above everything else we’re dedicated to stirring things up.