Join the UK’s biggest ever conversation about food.
“The majority of people are trying to eat food that is healthier and more sustainable, but the odds are stacked against them. We need to bring this system in order, to ensure there is fairness from farm to fork.”
Yasmeen, Glasgow
Why now?
Of all the elements of our economy, one of the things we cannot manage without is food. It is a basic human need, at the centre of some of the biggest challenges we face.
Headlines about food security, diet-related ill health, the impact on nature and climate of food production, food bank usage (and more) dominate the media and are part of our daily discourse. Yet, governments have struggled to grasp the nettle on food system policies.
In this country, attempts to change anything about the system – most recently with the National Food Strategy – have floundered in the face of a narrative that ‘people don’t want a nanny-state telling them what to eat’ and all ‘people want is cheap food.’ But is this narrative even true?
What do people really think about food?
This year The Food Conversation will travel across all four countries of the UK
Ultimately, the project will involve thousands of people through a combination of citizen workshops and work with local partners, membership organisations and others.
Scotland
September 2024
Northumberland
April 2024
Northern Ireland
September 2024
West Yorkshire
April 2024
Cardiff
June 2024
Cambridgeshire
July 2023
Birmingham
July 2023
Central London
March 2024
Bangor
June 2024
Croydon
July 2024
Cornwall
July 2024
East Kent
April 2024
Locations of citizen workshops in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to be confirmed.