Reviving the heart of communities with START
START is an asset-based approach to community development. Here is an interview with regeneration practitioner Alister Shaw to find out more.
Resistance is fertile: Citizen action on land access
Shared Assets is a think tank building a land system which serves the common good. Consultancy Coordinator Tom Carman argues that alleviating inequities in access to land is essential in building more just and sustainable food systems and unpacks different actions we can take to ensure the fairer distribution of land.
Challenging Trespass: An interview with Nick Hayes
Currently the public is unable to access 92% of land and 97% of waterways in England by laws of trespass. Here Helene Schulze interviews writer-activist Nick Hayes on how trespass laws relate to land ownership and what citizens can do.
Building community food resilience amidst a global pandemic
Amidst the chaos, innovation can emerge. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the fragility of our food systems, but it is also showing the light through
Understanding poverty and poor diets
The barriers to cooking for people in poverty are complex and multiple. Too often resulting poor diets are thought to be an outcome of no cooking skills or lack of motivation. Alicia Weston from Bags of Taste, unpacks some of these more complex reasons and how they have been exacerbated under the pandemic and lockdown.
Resilience begins with a seed
As we move through the pandemic, we are thinking about how we can #BuildBackBetter and embed food citizenship thinking as we build and strengthen resilient
Food citizenship in Bristol’s response to COVID-19
Across the country there has been an outpouring of food responses to the COVID-19 crisis in the last few weeks. From innovative emergency food provision
Meaningful engagement with citizens
In the midst of political shifts and uncertainty, there is a new wave of politics bubbling under the surface. This new story is redefining what
How local authorities can engage with food citizens
With rising global crises and shrinking funding pots, local authorities have their work cut out to help and support their communities. Thankfully, there is a
Harnessing the power of food citizenship
Earlier this month, a group of us had the opportunity to gather around the question “How can thinking of ourselves and others as food citizens,
How to nurture and empower our employees
Treating people as food citizens isn’t simply thinking about our customers or members differently. It is about how we interact with people within the food