Championing local food solutions

19 May 2009

The Southwark group have kicked off their Food Chain summer of action with gusto. They've already got several stalls lined up to engage the public and get Food Chain postcards signed, including one at Nunhead Cemetery Open Day.

But they're also getting stuck in helping to promote positive solutions, which tackle the global impacts of the food chain in their community.

By supporting a council motion calling for a new Southwark Food Strategy, they're hoping to transform the way the whole borough gets its food. The motion requires the council to begin addressing the health, environmental, social and cultural impacts of food across the borough.

"Growing Southwark" is one initiative doing just that. Throughout the summer, the Cossall Estate Community Growing Project will be bringing people together to learn how to sow and grow their own food. Participants will learn new skills as well as growing and sharing their own food. You can't get much better than that!

Check out the Local Solutions section in the Action Guide - and let us know what's going on in your community to fix the food chain.