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The People’s Pantry is a refill delivery service and mobile shop operating through an e-commerce site and a repurposed vintage milk float called Ernie. They supply packaging-free pantry, eco-cleaner and bathroom essentials, all vetted for their sustainability credentials, to eight postcodes in North London. Lisa Jones set up The People’s Pantry in August 2021 with her husband, Stephen. It brings together their respective backgrounds as a Food & Drink PR and journalist and he an IT consultant; and was launched to make reducing plastic use convenient, simple and fun. The People’s Pantry is founded on a strong sense of community, a love of good food and a determination to be part of the change. www.thepeoplespantry.biz @thepeoplespantryldn

The Little Coffee Company is an ethical, social enterprise company. The Little Coffee Company is on a mission to nurture and empower women in rural farming creating happier lives through coffee. Working with SolarAid, 20p per tin of the profit that they make goes back to the farmers and also goes towards building solar lamps for the community.

@littlecoffeecompany www.littlecoffeecompany.com

The arty vegan are, father and daughter culinary duo who have been vegan for over thirty years, bringing fresh, handmade, eco-conscious, low impact goods to food-lovers across London. They specialise in the sustainable uses of the soya bean, and focus on producing high quality, vegan, deli-style foods, using an artisanal craft approach and strive to be completely zero waste.

In essence, the arty vegan is a vegan local London business, but at its' heart there food is made for everyone www.theartyvegan.com @theartyvegan

Hjalmar is a serial entrepreneur, Medical Doctor and Forbes 30 under 30 winner with a passion for leadership and programming. He co-founded Karma in 2015 and has since served as its CEO with extra focus on the commercial side of the business. Fun fact: Hjalmar built the first iOS version of Karma which has since been overwritten by much more talented engineers.

www.karma.life @karma_uk

DabbaDrop is the brainchild of Anshu Ahuja and Renee Williams, two Hackney neighbourhood friends who bonded over their love of cooking and a desire to make a small difference to the planet and for their children.

Anshu is a Mumbai-born, Hackney-living passionate home cook who in 2014, following a successful career in TV production, was selected as one of the finalists on the food incubator scheme, Kitchenette. The scheme allowed Anshu to launch her pop-up Indian tapas concept, Pao Wow, to critical acclaim at Stevie Parle’s Dock Kitchen.

New Zealand native Renee has 12 years’ experience with a background in restaurant operations and design, as well as events production at Soho House, Caprice Holdings and Caravan restaurants.

Anshu and Renee brought together their complementary skills to develop DabbaDrop; a food delivery concept, launching the takeaway curry service in Hackney in November 2018. In Summer 2021 Marie Claire magazine awarded DabbaDrop winner of the ‘Best Sustainable Food Delivery Initiative’. @dabbadrop www.dabbadrop.co.uk

Leon Aarts joined The Felix Project in May 2021 as the Head of Felix’s Kitchen, our new Social Kitchen for London at the same Tower Hamlets site as our new East London depot.

Leon joins us with a huge amount of experience and success founding and then running one of our closest partner charities - With Compassion (formerly Compassion London). Here Leon and his incredible team achieved outstanding success turning donated and surplus food (mostly from Felix) into over 500,000 meals since the first lockdown began, utilising donated kitchens at places like Wembley Stadium and most recently London Scottish House in Victoria.

Leon joins us with huge credibility, professionalism, passion and expertise. He has previous experience as a chef, entrepreneur and seasoned professional in the restaurant and hospitality sector. He is an inspirational leader who bravely addressed the hunger and food poverty crisis amongst the 10,000 strong refugee and migrant population in the camp known as The Jungle in Calais until its closure in 2016.

www.thefelixproject.org @thefelixproject

Kate Hall is the Founder of The Full Freezer™ and author of the e-book ‘The Full Freezer (Save Food, Save Time, Save Money)’.

Kate helps busy parents reduce their food waste and cook from scratch more often by using their home freezers more effectively. Unlike batch cooking, The Full Freezer Method is completely flexible and allows families to easily enjoy a wide variety of meals. www.thefullfreezer.com @thefulfreezer

Maya is a core member of the @greennwhite.uk team, who sell sustainable home and personal care essentials, at cost, to members. Their aim is to make sustainable living easy and affordable.

Part of the job includes sharing tips about sustainable living with members to help reduce their carbon footprint in all areas of life. Inevitably this has worn off on Maya who, after a year of researching, decided to try a plant-based diet (along with many other food related changes). www.greennwhite.com

Bubble & Squeak is a social enterprise in East Acton with kids at the heart of what they do. They collect surplus food and distribute it to those in need in their local community. They also run after school clubs and community initiatives hosted by an incredible bunch of children passionate about saving food waste and taking direct action against climate change. They believe in the power of communities built by kids, powered by food. www.bubblesqueakeat.com @bubblesqueakeat

Sarah and Rich at Flat Earth Pizzas make creative, meat-free pizzas that are kind to the planet. Serving out of The Railway Tavern in Dalston, they use the best ingredients available locally from small producers. Their dough is made from English organic heritage grain flour from Gilchester's in Northumberland and they get chemical-free veg from small, independent growers.

Pickling and fermentation is prevalent throughout their regularly changing menu, using ancient preservation techniques to get the most out of the veg. There is minimal food waste in their kitchen and any small amount of unavoidable food waste is turned into fertiliser for local farms. Flat Earth Pizzas proudly send nothing to landfill.

Instagram: @flatearthpizzas

Website: www.flatearthpizzas.com