Pathfinder Places
UAC has collaborated with many wonderful place-based partners since 2020.
Pathfinder places are towns or cities across the UK, usually clustered regionally, that we work with as a group to build solidarity and develop solutions to shared needs and opportunities. By bringing the pathfinders together, we identify areas suitable for UAC intervention (See Ongoing Projects and Emerging Strands). Each pathfinder place has its own story, challenges, vision and journey towards healthy food, healthy ecosystems and healthy people.
We can all learn more, and aim to lever in more resources, by coming together to exchange knowledge, share experiences and collaborate on projects.
Places we currently work with (Feb 2025) are:
- Bristol city region – Pathways for an Agroecological Urbanism (research) and We Are Avon.
- Calderdale – Pennine Cropshare / Calderdale Ecological Land Trust / The Outback / Hebden Bridge Market Garden. Landed Community Kitchens / Agroecological Urbanism
- Chester Le Street – REfUSE. Landed Community Kitchens / Agroecological Urbanism
- Lincolnshire – Lincolnshire Food Partnership. East Midlands & East regional cluster. Farmstart focus.
- Hull – Cooperation Hull & Rooted in Hull. Landed Community Kitchens / Agroecological Urbanism
- Lancaster/ North Lancashire – Food Futures. Landed Community Kitchens / Agroecological Urbanism
- Leeds – Meanwood Valley and Kirkstall Valley Urban Farms, Hyde Park Source. Landed Community Kitchens / Agroecological Urbanism and Pathways for an Agroecological Urbanism (PAU! research)
- Norwich – Sustainable Food Norwich. East Midlands & East regional cluster. Farmstart focus.
- Nottingham/shire – EcoWorks. Landed Community Kitchens / Agroecological Urbanism. East Midlands & East regional cluster. Farmstart focus.
- Oldham (Manchester) – Northern Lily. Landed Community Kitchens / Agroecological Urbanism
- Peterborough – Flourish Peterborough. East Midlands & East regional cluster. Farmstart focus.
- Sheffield – Regather. Landed Community Kitchens / Agroecological Urbanism
We have also previously worked with Birmingham, Oxford, Northern Ireland and have ongoing connections to many other people and places doing interesting agroecological things.