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Panel discussion addressing systemic inequality in our food system

Food buying habits are about more than price. They are about systemic inequality; access to healthy, affordable, and culturally significant food is an issue in our current economy and food system. With the cost of living crisis, things will only get more challenging in 2023 - especially for the most marginalised members of our society. In the face of this, many community food enterprises across the UK embody food equality into the fabric of their enterprises. Through contextual understanding, respect and trust, they are doing amazing things in their local areas to address food poverty, developing solutions that are designed by the communities themselves. In our ongoing conversation and work on food equity, we aim to draw from the wisdom and experience of these food enterprises and partner organisations to learn more about the direct approaches that make a real difference to communities across the UK. So please watch this brilliant panel discussion, the first in a series where we will explore how we can address the systemic inequality in our food system. Our Chair, Djenai Delerue, was joined by an excellent panel of speakers who are embedded in this work: Sarah Williams: Sarah is Programmes Director for Sustain and a member of the Senior Leadership Team, having joined in in 2009 to run Capital Growth campaign, which supported 2,012 new community food growing gardens in London. Sarah has developed several new programmes at Sustain including Big Dig, Growing Health and more recently Bridging the Gap. Her work focuses on our Local Action theme and includes overseeing Sustainable Food Places, London Food Link and Sustain’s food growing programmes. Sarah also represents Sustain on the London Food Board, and co leads our work on skills including the Food Learning Forum. Prior to Sustain her roles included running community regeneration projects, at Groundwork East London and Strategic Manager of the Newham Food Access Partnership. Sarah has a Masters in Leadership for Sustainable Development, achieved through the Forum for the Future programme. Jade Bashford: Jade Bashford is a Programme Manager at the Real Farming Trust, working on food access, community food models and food quality. She currently manages a UK programme of work with partners providing ready meals which has both delivery and research strands and has so far provided about one million meals. She has worked in the ethical food sector for thirty years developing plans and models for CSA, food hubs, organic farmers and community participation. She is also owner/director of an organic Brewery. Kate Clements: Amongst other things, Kate jointly runs a community growing space in Folkestone and is part of a grass roots collective called Feeding Folkestone which is bringing together growing and food based initiatives together, in and around the Folkestone area. Within the collective are a diverse range of enterprises, including planter grown fresh herbs and aromatics along a local high street, several community gardens and a Community Fridge which is reducing food waste from local commercial and private businesses and redistributing that food amongst the community. Feeding Folkestone has a wide volunteer base, but would like to increase participation from our local community in producing their own fresh food, provide educational and employment opportunities and reduce food waste. Elektra Owen: Elektra has been working on market gardens for the past few years alongside her work as a private chef. More recently she's also been working in schools, helping to deliver workshops on topics related to food and farming. Last year she began an MSc in Regenerative Food, Farming and Enterprise at Schumacher College where her research has focussed on the accessibility of agroecological produce. Her research examines a selection of pilot projects funded by the National Lottery via the Land Workers Alliance (LWA), exploring the impact of these projects as well as the challenges encountered. Angelina Sanderson Bellamy Angelina is Associate Professor of Food Systems at UWE Bristol. Angelina is an ecologist and is passionate about researching ways to transform our food systems to be sustainable, healthy and accessible for all. She has lived and worked in California, Sweden and the UK and has done extensive research across the UK and Latin America. She is the project lead for AgriFood4NetZero, a new £5 million UK Research Council investment in achieving net zero for the UK Agrifood system. Simon Platten Simon is an Environmental anthropologist by training, specialising in the social dynamics and economics of small-scale horticultural production systems. He is Director of Tamar Grow Local CIC (TGL) and has project managed the development of the TGL ecosystem of food projects and businesses for the last 12 years. Simon has recently joined Schumacher College as the program lead for their new BSc Regenerative Food and Farming.