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

Join national experts, local growers, producers, and fellow Sussex residents for a day exploring one of the defining challenges of our time.
About this Event

• How do we build a resilient, healthy and fair local food system in the face of global instability?
• What are the forces influencing the food we eat?
• How can local action strengthen food security, nutrition and biodiversity? How do we ensure enough food in a time of climate change?
• And can we loosen ultra-processed food’s stranglehold on our food systems?

While these challenges are global, this day’s focus is on what they mean for Sussex’s own communities and how local action can strengthen food security, nutrition and the wellbeing of the land that feeds us.

Participants will be invited to discuss how we can create a future where everyone has access to healthy, affordable food, and where wildlife-friendly food growing and production take centre stage. Share your thoughts and explore new ideas in the company of local growers and food enterprises already seeking to build a healthier agroecological food system.

What’s on my plate? Enjoy a delicious, nourishing meal with its back story

The day includes a seasonal lunch using local produce – discover the food stories behind what's on your plate and the local people who helped to make it.

Speakers and facilitators include:

• Stuart Gillespie – Author, Food Fight and Fellow of International Food Policy Research Institute
• Daphne Lambert – Founder, Greencuisine Trust, eco nutritionist and author

More great speakers will be confirmed in due course.

Schedule for the day:

Morning: defining the problem: people and planet; global to local perspectives, led by a panel, with group discussion.

Lunch: seasonal fare with food stories.

Afternoon: responses to issues, including local action.