Join us in this special episode that brings together a range of voices to explore their developing collaborative project; The Power of Food. Together these four guests bring a diverse range experiences and knowledge to unite around the common goal of building social cohesion by harnessing the connective power of food.

Connecting with where our food comes from, and also with community, with health, with nature and with the world around us. Holistic and expansive.

It was a delightful conversation to be engaged with and I'm so excited to announce that during our chat a decision was made to fast forward plans and move forward with a pilot right away!

If you're serious about taking action to connect and enrich the local food system around you I'm sure the team here would love to hear from you. Here's Nick's email - do reach out: [email protected]

The Guests and links out:

Nick Weir - Co-founder, Open Food Network UK https://openfoodnetwork.org.uk/

Kay Johnson - Director, The Larder https://larder.org.uk/

Flora Gathorne-Hardy & Miche Fabre Lewin - Founders, Living Justice https://livingjustice.earth/

With insights from Serenity Hill - Co-founder, Open Food Network [Full episode with Serenity: https://www.wearecarbon.earth/serenity-hill-open-food-network/ ]

For a further breakdown of this discussion see the timestamps below.

See the video version of this episode here: https://www.wearecarbon.earth/power-of-food-collaboration/

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Overview

00:03:12 - Guest intros

00:12:00 - Collaboration - benefits & reasons for coming together

00:28:28 - The Open Food Network; an ambition to connect people with their food

00:34:34 - Insights from Serenity Hill - Co-Founder, The Open Food Network

00:36:30 - Benefits of shorter supply chains

00:41:00 - Connecting through food (self, community, nature)

00:50:20 - Learning to cook - addressing this obstacle to fresh local food

00:58:21 - Coming together to practice change

01:04:18 - An invite; get involved today!