{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e7b6c6f8023938d509dd904/66f45986df6fe6a7183ab652?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The unsung heroes transforming food systems across the UK","description":"<p>Leticija Petrovic, the local food policy lead at the Food Foundation revisits a subject we covered a few months ago in our series of Pod Bites, how place-based, community-led food initiatives can help people access affordable, healthy and sustainable food.</p><p><br></p><p>She looks more deeply into just three of the 10 models in this collaborative study by the University of Leeds and the Food Foundation, using the Priority Places for Food Index developed by the Consumer Data Research Centre in collaboration with the consumer group, Which? The aim: to gather data about the risk of food insecurity across seven areas in the UK and identify neighbourhoods which are most vulnerable to the rises in the cost of living.</p><p><br></p><p>With <a href=\"https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/12192/professor-michelle-morris\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Michelle Morris</a> of the University of Leeds, <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/juli-thompson-123273147?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&amp;originalSubdomain=uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Juli Thompson of Food Savers</a>, Bradford, <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-weimann-722051152/?originalSubdomain=uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Weimann</a> of <a href=\"https://thewarehousenewtownards.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Warehouse </a>in Newtonards and <a href=\"https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/my-council/councillors-directory/isle-bute/councillor/reeni-kennedy-boyle\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Reeni Kennedy-Boyle</a>&nbsp;of <a href=\"https://www.fynefutures.org.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fyne Futures Ltd</a> in Argyle and Bute.</p><p><br></p><p>Click <a href=\"https://foodfoundation.org.uk/event/scaling-out-community-food-organisations#:~:text=Place%2Dbased%2C%20community%2Dled%20food%20initiatives%20such%20as%20food,sustainability%20of%20the%20food%20system.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for more information on Scaling Out, <a href=\"https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-09/Election%2024_Manifesto.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here for the Food Foundation Manifesto</a> and <a href=\"https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here to sign up to our newsletter</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Food Foundation"}