Following our call, Amber Wheeler from The Food Foundation helpfully shares the following: “The way [your research question] ‘how can an organisation co-create the conditions required for food security with a local community?’ is framed, suggests that the organisation is separate from the local community. It might help perhaps if it is framed as ‘in their community’. […]

The Political Party’s podcast episode #192 called Deborah Mattison Returns explores the research she did for her book Beyond The Red Wall. She tells Matte Forde how few people knew of many key political figures other than Johnson, and so he asks whether part of her mission was to engage people more in politics via […]

Key quotes&notes from the webinar with Jonathan Porritt (Co-founder of Forum for the Future) Webinar for The Crowd’s Green Recovery Festival 2020 has been pretty amazing when it comes to companies making climate commitments, and the pandemic has not slowed the commitment, and perhaps enhanced it. I think these commitments are for real, there’s not an awful […]

Key notes from the webinar with James Thornton (Client Earth) Webinar 24/11/20 for The Crowd’s Green Recovery Festival A survey of many chief economists around the globe asked ‘Which investments will bring deepest impact and greatest payback?’ The results were green energy, clean R&D, natural capital, and in the developing world; improved agriculture practices. In […]

Judging by the graphics and the number of children interviewed, 2040 is aimed at a younger audience (and specifically Damon Gameau’s daughter), and happily – in no small thanks due to Greta’s efforts – today there is a hungry younger audience to aim at!  It was sweet and delicate, and solutions-oriented. Phew. I’m all in favour. […]

Some background for Professor Fergus Lyon on Custom Cherry: “A lot of our focus will be about embedding research into our practice. Custom is run by Artists. Board of Directors include an artist, architect, env comms specialist (Kent AONB) and env scientist. We have this cross over of art & env that meets at god security.We […]

Key notes from the webinar with Jim Skea 16/11/20 for The Crowd‘s Green Recovery Festival Jim Skea is Co-author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) October 8, 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C Climate Breakdown In most modelling scenarios, there is a requirement for some kind of CO2 removal, to compensate […]

As I’m learning about food security and the development of a National Food Strategy, it occurs to me that I have very little understanding of how UK law operates! If Custom are to help create food systems change, we will need at least a basic understanding in order to know if and how to try […]

Tim Lang is a Professor at City, published several books, author of Feeding Britain. This is from his lecture at Keele University Feb, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U016bJppjZ0 Notes from the Lecture “UK gets 30% of it’s food from the EU and another 11% through trade deals negotiated as a member of the EU. Uk is 17th our […]

A Just Rural Transition “We have ten years to change the way we produce food and use natural resources, if we are to feed a growing global population by 2030 while avoiding catastrophic degradation of the environment. A new approach can turn this challenge into an opportunity, placing food, land use and natural ecosystems at […]