How do we unlock the power of local food?

How do we unlock the power of local food?

Join us as we share insights from the Local Food Growth Plan on how we can scale the sector for security, economic and placemaking benefits.

By Fringe Farming Campaign

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  • Event lasts 1 hour

It can feed us in a crisis, strengthen our local economies and create better places to live. Local food matters.

And demand for it is strong, but the sector faces enormous structural barriers to scaling up and out.

Over the past two years, we consulted hundreds of local food system actors to ask: what does the local food sector really need to grow? What does this mean for governments, retailers, investors and for the sector itself? And what do we do next?

Join us as we share insights from the Local Food Growth Plan on how we can sale the sector for security, economic and placemaking benefits.

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The Fringe Farming campaign aims to boost agroecological food production at the edge of UK cities, working in partnership with practitioners and researchers to greatly increase access to land for socially and ecologically beneficial farming close to urban communities.

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Sep 18 · 3:00 AM PDT