I am pleased to attach information from our speaker Penney Poyzer at the region zoom meeting on 18 June.
She spoke very eloquently about the need for developing sustainable equitable local food systems and made us very aware of the disproportionate use of land in the UK. 13 people own 70% of the land or 65% land belongs to 1% of owners! Only 2% of land is given over to housing.
Her figures for UK food imports were also astonishing, at 80% when we thought maybe 40/50%.
She spoke about fixing our food system; regenerative farming; surplus food and disadvantaged communities. In particular how we as individuals can reduce food waste.
She mentioned the apps Olio and Too good to go which help retail outlets reduce food waste.
Here is her presentation click here
She also referred to water recycling and has produced a game which can be downloaded and used as an instructive/educational tool click here for details
The video for Thobile in the Barbara Watts VIP project is also attached here