How can we address the challenge of food security and supply?
Your latest stories addressing food security and supply
The Edible Garden Project
Engaging and educating children about healthy eating; learning how to grow, cook and eat fresh veg.
Dorset
Excessive consumption
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Redbridge Council partnership
Planning and delivering connected community greening projects over three years.
Redbridge
Air pollution
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
New Beckton Park community orchard
Providing a local resource for wildlife, education and an annual harvest of fruits and nuts!
Newham
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Edible Playgrounds
Offering an engaging, multi-sensory way to teach children about growing and eating healthy food.
Lambeth
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
SLUG: South Liverpool Urban Garden
Transforming derelict land into an outdoor community space and garden in Garston, Liverpool.
Liverpool
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Grow Batheaston
Strengthening community, creating food security, and encouraging biodiversity.
Bath and North East Somerset
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Circular Economy
Think big locally
Why food security and supply?
Water and energy are two resources in heavy demand during the production and distribution of food. Soil is a living material under stress. Everyone throughout the food supply chain, from farm to fork, will have to work together towards a more sustainable future food balance – to increase productivity while reducing the negative environmental impacts from over-stressing resources; to improve and shorten supply chains dramatically; to reduce food waste; and to support agricultural changes by making healthier dietary choices.
Initiatives addressing food security and supply
The Edible Garden Project
Engaging and educating children about healthy eating; learning how to grow, cook and eat fresh veg.
Dorset
Excessive consumption
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Redbridge Council partnership
Planning and delivering connected community greening projects over three years.
Redbridge
Air pollution
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
New Beckton Park community orchard
Providing a local resource for wildlife, education and an annual harvest of fruits and nuts!
Newham
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Edible Playgrounds
Offering an engaging, multi-sensory way to teach children about growing and eating healthy food.
Lambeth
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
SLUG: South Liverpool Urban Garden
Transforming derelict land into an outdoor community space and garden in Garston, Liverpool.
Liverpool
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Grow Batheaston
Strengthening community, creating food security, and encouraging biodiversity.
Bath and North East Somerset
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Circular Economy
Digital Bench
Inventing a solar-powered digital bench for community use in Pontypridd.
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Carbon emissions
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Energy
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
CropDrop
Linking allotments and food projects within the same area to help strengthen communities.
Bath and North East Somerset
Food security & supply
Greater fairness
Health & wellbeing
Circular Economy
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Green Durham
Providing free information about sustainable businesses and projects around County Durham
County Durham
Carbon emissions
Food security & supply
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Transport
Tamar Catchment Partnership
Improving farming practices in the River Tamar for a more resilient catchment ecosystem.
Cornwall
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Food security & supply
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Greenisland Allotment Gardens
Promoting wellbeing and food security through more sustainable, local cultivation.
Mid and East Antrim
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Wild Ken Hill
Rewilding and regenerating mixed-ecosystem land to combat biodiversity loss.
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Food security & supply
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature