In this episode, we visit one region – the West Midlands – to explore how the pandemic has highlighted connections between the local and the global, the present and the past...and between food, health, community and identity.

What can we learn from this time about the experiences, the resources and the needs of individuals and communities in the UK – and, in particular, communities of African descent?

How can having access to land, to green space and growing space, “feed” us in multiple ways – physical, emotional and spiritual?

Does being together in growing spaces allow the experience of abundance and the ability to share in that?

Featuring:

Lynda McFarlane: https://veganvybes.co.uk/

Dr Lisa Palmer: https://www.bcu.ac.uk/social-sciences/sociology/staff/lisa-palmer

Andre Reid: https://kiondo.co.uk/

Farmerama.co

Producer: DeMarkay Williams

Executive Producers: Jo Barratt, Katie Revell, Abby Rose

Community Collaborator: Andre Reid

Project Manager: Olivia Oldham

Artwork: Hannah Grace www.hgraceoc.com/

Music: Michael O'Neil

PR & Comms: Fran Bailey, Kate Lam, Elma Glasgow, Nancy Brownlow

Who Feeds Us? is possible thanks to the Farming the Future COVID Response Fund. We’re very grateful to The A Team Foundation, the Roddick Foundation, Thirty Percy and the Samworth Foundation for providing the funds to make this project happen.