{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e7b6c6f8023938d509dd904/6a451d4be80d75fcb8733afc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pod Bites: From the Ground Up","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e7b6c6f8023938d509dd904/1782916284881-e2307cb0-4469-4968-bce5-f98d5b20fefd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Matthew Thomson from Sustainable Food Cornwall tells us about<a href=\"https://ffcc.co.uk/publications/from-the-ground-up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> From The Ground Up</a>, a report from the Citizens Advisory Council's <em>What Works Here</em> inquiries into local food systems.</p><p><br></p><p>The Citizen Advisory Council  comprises diverse citizens drawn the Food Foundation’s Food Ambassadors programme and from <a href=\"https://ffcc.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Food and Farming Countryside Commission's</a> The Food Conversation. The Citizen Advisory Council has been working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since the summer of 2025 to ensure that citizen knowledge is embedded in the development of England’s food strategy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Citizen Advisory Council  travelled to four different regions in England for the <em>What Works Here</em> Inquires: Cornwall, York and North Yorkshire, Liverpool and Merseyside, and the North East. </p><p><br></p><p>Keenan Humble, mentioned in the Pod Bite, is Director for <a href=\"https://www.feedingliverpool.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Feeding Liverpool </a>and supported with the Liverpool and Merseyside inquiry.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Food Foundation"}