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Urban Agriculture Consortium News
March - April 2022
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Latest News
- PING #3 - Policy Influencers Network Group met on 2nd March - see below
- The next Midlands pathfinder cluster meeting is on 24th March
- The food land mappers network is gaining momentum and connecting on Hylo. Next meeting of this group early April.
TBC: contact us for details.
- PING #4 - Food in planning policy is on 27th April - see below
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We’re pleased to report that our Policy Influencers Network Group #3 provided a fascinating mixture of insights and policy ideas on the theme of
Healthy Soils = Healthy Population.
We examined changing priorities and narratives around locally grown food, nutrition, health and well-being in response to the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, food security and the health emergency.
We enjoyed stimulating presentations from Anna Cura, Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, Dr Elizabeth Westaway from Growing Real Food for Nutrition, from Gavin Fletcher of Leicestershire County Council, and John Wilcox and Kathy Holmes from Nottinghamshire County Council.
You can see the recordings and outcomes of the collective policy-writing exercise here:
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PING sessions are free to attend, and are for council officers at regional and local levels, for food partnership colleagues and interested academics: all are welcome - we convene online to create an inclusive informal space to learn, connect and be inspired.
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24th March: Midlands “pathfinders” network meeting #2
27th April: PING #4 - focus on planning and accelerating local authority support for agroecology with Martin Elliot, Leeds City Council, food/planning expert Dr Simon Ruston, and Lucie Taylor, a chartered town planner and Co-ordinator of the Community Land Advisory Service Cymru.
2nd June: WING #2 Wider Interest Group - a call to action and UAC impact report
Please contact us if you’d like to attend any of our events or if you’d like to be added to our mailing list.
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A monthly snapshot of UAC’s network
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Joe Dunne (he/him)
Senior Projects Manager and Food Partnership & Food Power Alliance Co-ordinator
Middlesbrough Environment City
Joe co-ordinates the Middlesbrough Food Partnership, which acts as a central connecting network and hub for all food-related matters. Taking a holistic whole system approach, Joe has helped transform Middlesbrough into a national frontrunner in healthy and sustainable food. Current key areas of work include building resilience not reliance, and embedding healthy and sustainable food into the fabric of the town through policy change.
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Bethan McIlroy
Nottingham Good Food Partnership and Nottingham Organic Gardeners Co-ordinator
Local food partnership working collectively with allotments, businesses, councils and community gardens to create more spaces for a food landscape fit for purpose that meets the needs of the future generation. Currently spearheading a pioneering Nottingham farmstart initiative with support from UAC.
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Since 2020, Urban Agriculture Consortium (UAC) has been bringing people together to co-create the conditions for urban and peri-urban agroecology to thrive, as part of an integrated, resilient, & just food system for the UK.
Find all the latest information on our website:
https://www.urbanagriculture.org.uk/
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