Come along to our Sustainable Food and Drink Network hosted by Future Focus and the University of Exeter, on Tuesday 10th May.

While this is a virtual event, there is a very limited number of places available if you would like to attend ‘in person’. When booking please select whether you would be interested in attending this event in person, and whether you would like to be included in the networking lunch that starts from 1200 hrs in the Environment and Sustainability Institute conference room, Penryn Campus, Cornwall. The virtual event will start at 1300 hrs.

At the event we will hear from a team of researchers led by Dr David Monciardini (University of Exeter Business School) and Dr Tiago de Melo Cartaxo (University of Exeter Law School) who will share their insights and proposals for a Cornwall Food Policy Pact (CFPP), inspired by international best practices. This will be followed by a panel of speakers from regional, national and international organisations who will share their involvement in this field and you will have the opportunity to ask questions or join the discussion.

Many cities and regions are developing their food policy to reduce food waste, tackle food insecurity and address climate and environmental degradation. It’s time for local businesses, third sector, and policymakers in Cornwall and the South-West to promote a bottom-up, connected, and circular approach based on local needs as well as national and international best practices.

The aim of this event is to gather insights about local and regional food security and food governance, learning from the experience of different local, national and international experts.

Agenda

12:00-13:00: Networking lunch [optional only if attending in person]

13:00-13:20: Introduction to the CFPP project by Dr David Monciardini

13:20-14:20: Panel discussion with Filippo Gavazzeni (MUFPP); Sofia Parente (Sustain) and Matthew Thomson chaired by Rebecca Sandover (University of Exeter Geography).

14:20-15:00: Q&A session

Speakers

Filippo Gavazzeni is the head of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, within the Mayor’s Office of Milan. He animates a network of more than 200 cities that are working together towards more sustainable food systems. Previously Filippo was the policy advisor of Milan's Vice Mayor and he oversaw the implementation of the Milan Food Policy, contributing to the design and development of urban policies and playing a primary role during the Covid emergency to guarantee food security.

Sofia Parente is the Sustainable Food Places Policy and Campaigns Coordinator and leads on driving local and national action on key food issues for the network. Sofia has been working at Sustain since 2015 and during that time she led the roll out of the Sugar Smart campaign, from an idea piloted by a hand full of pioneer cities, to a national campaign with over 50 cities and other local areas involved, and launched Food for the Planet, a campaign addressing the environmental impacts of food through local action. Sofia grew up on a farm in Portugal and has a background in animal welfare, food and environmental campaigns in Portugal, EU and the UK.

Matthew Thomson is a food activist that has been working to strengthen Cornwall’s food system for 9 years including commercial food service, food skills capacity building and community development with food. Was Cornwall Food Foundation and Fifteen Cornwall; now the Hive Cornwall, Regenerative Food and Farming CIC and Cornwall Food Access Alliance. Formerly co-chair of the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership and a founding member of the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Leadership Board. and an active member of the Local Enterprise Partnership’s Rural Group.

The panel will be chaired by Dr Rebecca Sandover (University of Exeter, Human Geography) who conducted extensive research on knowledge co-production and knowledge exchange within community food projects, sustainable food policy change and deliberative democracy.

What is the Cornwall Food Policy Pact?

The Cornwall Food Policy Pact (CFPP) is a collective commitment engaging public authorities, business organisations, the third sector and academic institutions to co-design integrated regional food policies into measurable and long-term progress towards sustainable food systems. Our main aim is to tackle two problems in one:

- Radically reduce food waste by promoting hubs that recover food mainly from supermarkets, restaurants and companies’ canteen

- Give to charities and NGOs who distribute it to the citizens and local communities that need it most

Hybrid Event

While this is a virtual event, there is a very limited number of places available if you would like to attend ‘in person’. When booking please select whether you would be interested in attending this event in person, and whether you would like to be included in the networking lunch that starts from 1200 hrs in the Environment and Sustainability Institute conference room, Penryn Campus, Cornwall. The virtual event will start at 1300 hrs. Further details regarding the location, parking information etc will be sent prior to the event.

If you have any questions please do get in touch. The team member running the session is Samantha Rule, University of Exeter Impact Partnership and Development Manager.

This event is brought to you in collaboration with Future Focus and the Research England Policy Support Fund (PSF).

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Book your place now, there is no fee to attend this event as its part of the Future Focus programme. We will ask you to complete a short form for our funders, ERDF. There are eligibility criteria in order to attend this event. If we are unsure of your eligibility we will email you to ask more questions.

By participating in this 2 hour event you will receive support to the de-minimis value of £167/€198 based on an exchange rate of £1/€1.19 (exchange rate dated 01 March 2022)

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