Towards a More Sustainable Local Food System
Thu, 27 Feb
|Shaftesbury Town Hall
Interested in food? Concerned about health, fairness, animal welfare, livelihoods, climate, nature, or land use? How could we make our area a more sustainable food place? RSVP to book your place to join this conversation. (Free, numbers are being limited.)


Time & Location
27 Feb 2025, 19:00 – 21:30
Shaftesbury Town Hall, 21 High St, Shaftesbury SP7 8JE, UK
About the Event
Tackling Shaftesbury’s Local Food System
This meeting will explore ideas about what a more sustainable local and global food system could look like and encourage steps towards positive change. Anyone passionate about food and concerned about the way the food system works is invited to join in. The meeting will bring together people who care about food and diet-related ill-health, or fairness and affordability, or climate; nature; animal welfare; livelihoods in the local food economy; balancing the use of land for food/nature/energy; food security in an uncertain world … and more. All these perspectives on the food system are important. The aim is to spark conversations between people who share similar concerns and foster connections that could lead to meaningful initiatives. What happens will reflect the people who turn up on the day.
Why Now? Shaftesbury’s rich food heritage, from its regular markets to Shaftesbury Homegrown community farm, provides a…