nourish good food for all

Nourish: How do we ensure good food for all?

With extreme weather and global conflict affecting food production and rising prices hitting family food budgets, what action is needed to ensure everyone can get access to healthy, nourishing, affordable food – away from the stranglehold of corporate interests?

In this short season, we explore inspiring, practical solutions to rethink our food systems for the better.

Step up to the plate: Vegan Taster Day

Saturday 17 October, 11.30am-3pm, Lewes Climate Hub, 32 High Street, Lewes, BN7 2LU, FREE, no need to book

We’re told that a plant-based diet is good for the planet. But which vegan alternatives hit the spot – and which are wide of the mark? Drop into Lewes Climate Hub to taste and give your verdict on a range of vegan and plant-based alternatives and share recipe ideas. 

Nourish: How do we build healthier food systems for people and planet?

Saturday 24 October, 10am-3.30pm, Subud Centre, Talbot Terrace, Lewes, BN7 2DS – book your place on Eventbrite.

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

The morning will be an analysis of the challenges in the food system, faced by people and planet. Lunch is hosted by Daphne Lambert of Greencuisine Trust with produce from local growers and stories of nutritional benefits.

The afternoon group sessions will be facilitated by people with local interest in solutions to questions raised in the morning sessions.
 
A key participant, adviser and chair for the day is Stuart Gillespie, author of Food Fight, a BBC Food Programme Book of the Year and winner of the Guild of Food Writers’ Award.
 
Other panellists include:
 

Derin Elegbede, activist and trustee of Bite Back, the youth-led movement challenging junk food.

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

Martin Hole, organic Farmer at Pevensey Levels and member of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

Mhairi Brown from the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission

Collette Haynes – Co-founder of Ashurst Organics, a small-scale organic farm established in 1994 in Plumpton, East Sussex

Matthew Bird – previously Mayor of Lewes and Cabinet Member for Sustainabilty at Lewes District Council

Programme for the day:

9.45am – Registration and coffee

10am-12.30pm – Morning session:

  • Defining the problem
  • Identifying the challenges to healthy food
  • systems, led by a panel with group discussion

12.30pm-1.30pm – Lunch:

Delicious seasonal fare & inspiring food stories

1.30pm-3.30pm – Afternoon session:

  • Finding answers
  • Practical responses to issues raised in the
  • morning, including ideas for local action
  • 3.30pm: Close