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Pathways to Policy: Integrating Food into Sustainable Development

Learn about the approach of Food Matters and Sustainable Food Cities in developing integrated food systems strategies and influencing policy at the grassroots and national level. Discover the importance of engaging stakeholders, evidence-based policy, and embedding food into various strategies for long-term sustainability.

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Pathways to Policy: Integrating Food into Sustainable Development

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  1. PATHWAYS TO POLICYClare DevereuxPolicy Director Food Matters

  2. Food Matters’ approach... • Social Enterprise - mix of consultancy, project and service delivery • Work at grassroots and national policy level • Whole food systems approach – developing a integrated holistic approach to food work whether nationally or at community level • Policy key to delivery of long term benefits through food • Work to ensure policy both locally and nationally is informed by grassroots work

  3. Food at the heart....

  4. Food Work in Brighton & Hove....

  5. The Sustainable Food Cities approach... • Bring together a city-wide cross-sector partnershipof public agencies (health, environment, economy), businesses, NGOs, voluntary & community organisations & academic bodies. • Develop an action planbased on a joint vision and common goals on how to make healthy and sustainable food a defining characteristic of their city • Work to embed the principles of sustainable food in policy across the city to ensure the long term sustainability of food work

  6. Policy.... • Economic Development Strategy • Public Health strategies • Tourism Strategy • Community strategies • Transport • Housing • Planning

  7. Food & Planning Brighton & Hove Sustainability Checklist for Planning • online sustainability checklist – a validation requirement • series of ‘Food growing’ questions • ‘Open Space’ section –additional allotments/community food growing areas • Allows accurate monitoring

  8. Food Growing and Development • Proposals with food growing have increased from 1% to 38% • Guidance has been welcomed • Integrates food into the fabric of the city

  9. Circus Street Re-development • 106m2 Allotment space & raised beds • roof garden for food growing (33.2m2) • Fruit trees (25) and nut trees (7) • Allotment space 106m2 created • Create a head gardener post to oversee Management • Post will develop community projects and events with residents and surrounding communities

  10. Pathways to Policy • develop a strategic and integrated food systems approach • Ensure that policy makers are part of approach from the beginning and recognise its value in achieving a range of policy outcomes • Develop relationships with key stakeholders (Planning Officers, developers) • Develop a Food Strategy and associated Action Plan which is supported by local authority and other key stakeholders • Ensure that all other strategies and policies include food where appropriate (e.g economic development)

  11. Issues to consider: • Why food policy? • What are our policies? • How to engage widest possible stakeholder groups in policy development? • Evidence based policy? How important (and what does it mean)?

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