Join national and local experts, food producers and fellow Sussex residents for a day exploring one of the defining challenges of our time.

Join us for a day exploring how we can build a resilient, healthy and fair local food system in the face of global uncertainty and climate change.

What are the forces influencing the food we eat? How can local action strengthen food security, nutrition and biodiversity? How do we ensure enough food in a time of climate change? And can we loosen the corporate stranglehold on our food systems?

While these challenges are global, this day’s focus is on what they mean for Sussex’s own communities and how local action can strengthen food security, nutrition and the wellbeing of the land that feeds us.

Speakers and facilitators include:

Derin Elegbede – Youth activist and trustee at Bite Back (https://www.biteback2030.com/), campaigning for healthier food in schools and beyond

Stuart Gillespie – Author, Food Fight (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/food-fight-from-plunder-and-profit-to-people-and-planet-stuart-gillespie/e62f8a6bda6fa8f6?ean=9781837261147&bkshp-astro=t) and Fellow of International Food Policy Research Institute

Emily O'Brien - Green Party Cabinet Member for Climate, Nature and Food Systems at Lewes District Council

Participants will be invited to discuss how we can create a future where everyone has access to healthy, affordable food, and where wildlife-friendly food growing and production take centre stage. Share your thoughts and explore new ideas in the company of local growers and food enterprises already seeking to build a healthier agroecological food system.

What’s on my plate?

The day includes a seasonal lunch using local produce created by Daphne Lambert, Founder of Greencuisine Trust (https://www.greencuisinetrust.org/), eco nutritionist and author.

Discover the food stories behind what’s on your plate and the local people who helped to make it

Schedule for the day:

Morning: Defining the problem: people and planet; global to local perspectives, led by a panel, with group discussion.

Lunch: Seasonal fare with food stories.

Afternoon: Responses to issues, including local action.

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