We have started work on a simple typology of urban agriculture – there is no one-model-fits-all and all forms of urban food growing are to be encouraged. This will be developed as a working tool in spring 2021.
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In 2021 we will also be working with associates & partners in England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland to form a “policy influencer group” – working out the best way to facilitate a growth in urban agriculture in each of the 4 countries in partnership with other agencies on the ground, including with Food Policy
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I’m hearing that what we need is land, training, investment…Changing the culture of the council, getting officers on side, these are some of the things we can do. We’re passionate about it, and up for it. Alison Teal, Sheffield Council lead on Sustainable neighbourhoods, wellbeing, public health, allotments’. Fringe Farming event July 2021. There are
Already has a Well Being Design Guide approved by the City Council, and now with ambitious plans to transform a derelict shopping centre into a regenerative urban agriculture, biodiversity, co-housing and job creation area.
In 2019 a People’s Jury approved local food growing as a key response to climate emergency. Many of these recommendations relate to food quality, provenance and skills, zero carbon farms and minimising food and food system waste. The work of Food Futures – Lancaster’s Food Partnership, is exemplary in its co-creative approach and its commitment
