Local food and climate change

Community food enterprises can play a role in helping to tackle the challenge of climate change through empowering local people and communities to take action. This is the main message from this new report, which identifies the potential for communities on a local level across England to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in every part of the food chain, including transport. The report was launched at the Making Local Food Work for People and Planet Conference. Making Local Food Work is a five-year programme which aims to help communities across England to take control of their food and where it comes from by supporting a range of community food enterprises. These include farmers’ markets, community-owned shops, community supported agriculture, food co-ops, Country Markets and much more. Peter Couchman, Director of Making Local Food Work and Chief Executive of the Plunkett Foundation, commenting at the launch said, “Community food enterprises help people to take ownership of their food and where it comes from. This feeling of ownership has helped many to take on the challenge of climate change through a variety of community-led initiatives and enterprises. This report is designed to challenge us all to realise that there is no one simple solution to climate change, but there are steps that, by supporting and being engaged with community food enterprises, we can all take.”
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