You remember COP26? Glasgow, November 2021. With ever increasing evidence of the urgent need to relocalise our food systems it is time to start building momentum towards COP27 which will be 7-18 November in Egypt. There’s momentum building to get sustainabale regenerative food systems endorsed as an outcome of COP 27 – agroecology in a …
PINGs Our latest Policy Influencers Network Group #4 had 45 participants from across the UK, with a good number of local authorities engaged in healthy discussions about Land Use, planning and the urgent demand for more urban food production. You can read more detail about our innovative collaborative policy drafting, and watch the recording …
On Weds 8th June 2022 we held our second Wider Interest Network Group (WING).The purpose of this annual session is to look back at the year gone by and look forward to What Next? We shared the results of our evaluations of our work and our governance, and heard from practitioners in the field of …
‘Ideal planning policy that supported local food production? A policy that integrates biodiversity increase with food production increase and comprehensively covers production, grower employment right through to supply chain and community needs’. ‘Biodiversity enhancement and local sustainable food growing should be an overarching priority in all local authority strategic policies, including local planning strategies’. Participants …
February 2022. Progress and forthcoming events.Many thanks to everyone who helped us develop the Urban Agriculture Consortium’s ever evolving networks in 2021. We look forward to more collaboration and progress in 2022. The next PING – Policy Influencers Network Group is on Wednesday 2 March at 14.00 -16.30. We’ll be examining changing priorities & narratives around locally …
Our next Policy Inluencers Network Group will be on PING #4 – Wednesday 27 April, 14.00- 16.30, looking at influencing the planning system with Dr Simon Ruston and Martin Elliot (Leeds City Council) WING # 2 (Wider Interest Network Group), Thursday 2 June. Our annual evaluation and feedback, plus we’ll be showcasing new policy developments …
Here are a few forthcoming events 17 January 2022 – Northern Ireland Policy Influencers Network 19 Janaury 2022 – UAC Core Oversight Group 2 March 2022 – PING #3 – Policy Influencer Network Group 27 April 2022 – PING #4 Policy Influencer Network Group May /June tbc – WING #2 – Wider Interest Network Group …
Update – 11 November