On Wednesday 14 June at 10am, leaders from the Sustainable Food Places (SFP) network will highlight the power of healthy and sustainable food in transforming local communities and economies.
A spokesperson said: “The UK Government has not acted on most of the National Food Strategy, and has recently abandoned plans for a Horticulture Strategy. Scottish Government has passed a Good Food Nation Bill, and Welsh Government has promised funding for food partnerships in every local area. But no such commitments exist in England or Northern Ireland.
“The event will shine a spotlight on the role food partnerships play in attracting funding and investment and delivering long-term solutions to some of the most pressing issues in our food system, including food insecurity, supply chain disruption and inequity, and the climate and nature emergency.”
The event will feature a panel of ‘inspiring’ speakers from SFP food partnerships along with MPs from across the political spectrum who have championed food partnerships and are passionate about healthy and sustainable food for all.
The keynote speakers include:
- Patricia Gibson MP, North Ayrshire & Arran, Scottish National Party Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Kath Dalmeny, Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming
- David Catterall, Bury Food Partnership
- Pearl Costello, Food Cardiff
- Gavin Fletcher, Good Food Leicestershire
- Emily Harvey, Forth Valley Food Futures
- Leon Ballin, Sustainable Food Places