Policy, practice and action for local food growing ...

Organised by Sustain: the powerful alliance of organisations and communities working together for a better system of food, farming and fishing, and cultivating the movement for change.

This panel discussion is an opportunity to hear from the Fringe Farming project, city partners, and council officers about what work is being done at the local level to improve opportunities for food growing. We’ll also hear about the Right to Grow campaign which calls for legislation to give people the right to grow food on suitable public sector land.

The benefits of growing food in and around towns and cities are well documented, but there are still multiple barriers that need to be addressed. There is limited access to land, and the training and start-up capital to support new enterprises is difficult to find. Planning policies can also limit the ability of peri-urban farmers to produce and sell more and diverse foods.