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SUMMARY:Webinar: From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol
DESCRIPTION:We know the UK food system is vulnerable to shocks\, but what does preparing for them actually look like at community level? In Bristol\, a pioneering partnership between universities\, food charities and community organisations has been developing a disaster risk plan for food security\, drawing on lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic response and planning for future crises including extreme weather\, cyber-attacks and supply chain disruptions. \n\n\n\nDuring the first Covid-19 lockdown\, Bristol’s community food organisations mobilised rapidly\, distributing hundreds of thousands of meals and food parcels to vulnerable residents. But much of that response was improvised\, relying on volunteer goodwill and emergency funding. The Bristol Food Disaster Risk Planning project has been working to turn those hard-won lessons into a replicable framework\, so that next time\, communities are not starting from scratch. \n\n\n\nHow do you plan for food emergencies in a way that centres the most vulnerable? What does it take to coordinate across local government\, charities and community groups? And can Bristol’s approach offer a blueprint for other cities? \n\n\n\nHeloise Balme will share insights from the project and from Bristol’s wider work building a more resilient local food system through the Bristol Good Food 2030 partnership. This webinar builds on our recent explorations of food system resilience\, from the IGD’s climate risk modelling to pathways research on how the UK could face food crisis\, now turning to the critical question of what communities can do on the ground to prepare. \n\n\n\nAbout Heloise:Heloise Balme is Director and General Manager of Bristol Food Network\, a community interest company that coordinates the Bristol Good Food Partnership\, bringing together over 70 organisations working to make Bristol’s food system better for communities\, climate and nature. Following Bristol achieving its Gold Sustainable Food Places Award\, in 2023 the city published the Bristol Good Food 2030 Framework for Action – a strategy developed with Partnership members\, which set the overarching goals and aspirations for the city’s food system this decade. Disaster Risk Planning is one of the themes within this strategy. \n\n\n\nAbout Angelina (Chair):Angelina Sanderson Bellamy is Co-found and Director at Root and Reason\, and Professor of Food Systems at UWE Bristol. She has led on numerous projects to improve sustainability\, health and equity within the food system\, both in the UK and internationally. Angelina co-chairs the Bristol Good Food 2030 Partnership Steering Group and sits on the boards of Food Policy Alliance Cymru\, Food Sense Wales\, and Riverside Market Gardens. She has previously worked at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. \n\n\n\nAbout this webinar seriesThis webinar is part of a monthly series run by Root and Reason (formerly AFN Network+) which explores the transformation of the UK agri-food system with leading movers and shakers. Expect deep and varied insight from across the sector\, including farmers\, scientists\, policy analysts\, community leaders\, retailers\, politicians\, businesses and health professionals.
URL:https://rootandreason.org.uk/event/webinar-from-plans-to-practice-building-community-food-resilience-in-bristol/
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SUMMARY:Proposal development workshop for National Lottery food call
DESCRIPTION:Following our recent networking meeting on the National Lottery food call\, we are excited to help take your ideas to the next level. \n\n\n\nIn collaboration with Eating Better and Farming the Future\, Root and Reason invites you to a facilitated workshop designed specifically to help you develop your proposals for the National Lottery Community Action Fund (Food Systems). \n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, 6th May 2026\nTime: 1:00 pm – 2:55 pm\nFocus: Collaborative proposal and partnership development. \n\n\n\nHow to Join\n\n\n\nTo secure your spot\, please complete this application form by 1pm Wednesday 29th April \n\n\n\nApplying one week in advance allows us to: \n\n\n\nFinalize and let you know when you will be speaking.\nPrepopulate and send you the link to edit your project slides. \n\n\n\nCollaborate & Connect\n\n\n\nIn the meantime\, there are two great ways to increase the visibility of your work: \n\n\n\nAdvertise your projects: Add your details to the Farming the Future Google Doc. Update the networking slides: Get in touch with us directly if you’d like your profile added to the slide set from our previous meeting via contact@rootandreason.org.uk \n\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing your projects take shape!
URL:https://rootandreason.org.uk/event/proposal-development-workshop-for-national-lottery-food-call/
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SUMMARY:Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy
DESCRIPTION:Join us to find out about Denmark’s groundbreaking agricultural deal that was set up to address some of the major societal challenges facing the agriculture\, forestry and food sectors. \n\n\n\nIn 2024\, Denmark agreed on a groundbreaking agricultural deal to address some of the major societal challenges facing the agriculture\, forestry and food sectors. These include reducing greenhouse gas emissions\, afforestation\, peatland restoration\, reductions in nutrient runoff\, and creating more space for nature\, alongside significant investment in promoting healthy and sustainable food. The agreement was developed through a tripartite process\, bringing together farmers\, civil society\, unions\, industry\, and local and national governments.  \n\n\n\nWhat can other countries learn from Denmark’s approach? What was it about the tripartite process that made such ambitious policy possible\, and what were the trade-offs along the way? And in the context of our own efforts to build a more resilient and sustainable food system\, what is and isn’t transferable to the UK? Join us to learn more about what is happening in Denmark and to ask questions. Simone Højte (CONCITO) will present the key elements of the agreement\, with David Baldock (IEEP) helping to draw out the implications for the UK. \n\n\n\nThis is the third in AFN’s webinar series on food system resilience. Our first session asked what climate change could cost the food supply chain. Our second turned to the bigger picture\, looking at how those risks combine with existing vulnerabilities and what that could mean for policy\, investment and preparedness. Now we look beyond the UK to ask what bold\, systemic policy reform might actually look like in practice\, and what we might learn from a country that is getting on with it. \n\n\n\nAbout Simone: \n\n\n\nSimone Højte is a Senior Consultant in the Food Division at CONCITO\, Denmark’s leading green think tank. Her work focuses on sustainable food systems and climate policy\, with particular expertise in aligning food and farming with Danish\, EU and global sustainability goals. She has been closely involved in analysing the Green Tripartite Agreement and Denmark’s approach to reducing agricultural emissions\, and brings extensive experience engaging with EU policy processes on agri-food system transformation. \n\n\n\nAbout David (discussant): \n\n\n\nDavid Baldock is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)\, where he has worked since the mid-1980s\, serving as Director from 1998. His background is in philosophy and economics\, and he is a long-standing authority on European agricultural policy and the environment. He has written extensively on UK farming policy since Brexit and the environmental dimensions of agricultural transition\, making him well placed to help translate the Danish experience for a UK audience. \n\n\n\nAbout Neil (Chair): \n\n\n\nNeil Ward is a co-lead of the AFN Network+ and Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the University of East Anglia (UEA). He is a human geographer specialising in agrifood and rural development. He was UEA’s Deputy Vice Chancellor (2014-21) and Director of Newcastle University’s Centre for Rural Economy (2004-08). He’s served as a Cabinet Office advisor on agricultural policy and has appeared before numerous parliamentary select committees. Neil is author of Net Zero\, Food and Farming: Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System (Routledge\, 2023).
URL:https://rootandreason.org.uk/event/leading-the-way-denmarks-approach-to-reforming-food-and-farming-policy/
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