Cook Matt and baker Lizzie, the founders of food collective Curry Club LDN, discuss how their passion for food inspired an inclusive community pay-what-you-can dining model. The ethos behind it - offering people good quality food even if you can’t afford it, with its core values rooted in the Sikh tradition of langar kitchens, emphasising eating with dignity and respect.

In this bilingual, English/Spanish episode, Creative Producer Maria Cuervo from Maya Productions and Calet Pena from Youth Collective Somos Semillas discuss the nuances of diaspora communities through culturally appropriate and indigenous food, as well as the environmental and political impact on Latin American communities abroad.

Just FACT – Tower Hamlets Food Co-ops Tower Hamlets Food Co-ops based at the Teviot Centre and Limehouse Town Hall supply organic, affordable and culturally appropriate food to local communities in the borough.    We discuss what a food co-op is, why they’re necessary, and what eating organic actually means, and is it better for […]

Just FACT – Agnes Wakibia & Co Wakibia and Co. is a small market garden enterprise situated in Lauriston Farm in the north of Edinburgh, specialising in growing crops that cater to the culinary needs of the diverse communities of the city. Organic and regenerative principles are used to promote soil health and bio-diversity, something […]

Just FACT – R – Urban and Limborough Hub Just FACT partners Rebecca (Limborough Hub) and Cameron (R-Urban) talk to me about their projects and engaging with the local community in Poplar to gather, take up space and share their knowledge and expertise. They avoid preaching and prefer to meet people where they are at, […]

Just FACT – Cooperation Town Cooperation Town is a movement of community food co-ops, self-organising to collaboratively and democratically make food accessible and affordable. Their model is based on solidarity not charity. I talk to Shiri Shalmy, a core Cooperation Town co-op organiser, about how community-led food distribution models are the way forward. The Food […]