Sustainable Food Cities Conference 2016

Our Feeding Stockport co-ordinator Jemma recently helped run a workshop at the Sustainable Food Cities conference focussed on the Food Economy; helping to build skills, jobs, businesses and communities through healthy and sustainable food.

Many local authorities have started to recognise the key role a revitalized ‘good-food’ culture can play in boosting local jobs and businesses, and in making their town centres a destination of choice.

This hands-on workshop explored the changing landscape of local food economies and the opportunities to secure greater prosperity and creating healthier, happier more sustainable places to live.

 Working through the lens of two representative ‘model-towns’ (Stockport and Bournemouth), ninety five participants explored the ‘good-food’ economic opportunities in each and discussed how and with whose help they can be turned into reality. The workshop focused on adopting a place based approach as in Stockport or a people based approach as in Bournemouth. We focused implementing a common approach to get people started on this journey in what is often a fairly daunting area of development for many.