Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
In 2011, Nancy Mintie, founder of Claremont, CA-based Uncommon Good saw in urban agriculture an opportunity to help fulfill her organization’s mission to break intergenerational poverty cycles and give people the tools to lift themselves up.
Rightly, the Fabian Commission also recognises that food banks and poverty are also indicators of policy failure.
What I love most about this project is the way it delivers multiple benefits at once….bringing people together to solve communal problems in the most positive way, while also learning to view food as something to be celebrated, appreciated and shared.
In the market town of Totnes in Devon, a small group of volunteers are redistributing produce that would have otherwise gone to waste, with inspiring results
When looking for insights into food, policy and politics, the first place I would turn is to Professor Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy at City University London.
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