Last week food futurist Jack A Bobo spoke to us about trust, polarisation and communication in the food system- You can now watch the video here 👉tinyurl.com/3myadr84 🙏 Big thanks to Jack for his insights and for answering so many of your questions!

📰 Our June Newsletter👉Save the date-July webinar:'Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience' with Rob Hopkins (co-founder of the Transition movement),Catch up on our latest digests + the usual round-up of events, reports &opportunities in #agrifood👉 tinyurl.com/yc5ncwzf

Bluesky: Big Thursday for us tomorrow @Groundswell! Find us at the Soil Tent & C28: 🏛️9am(Soil Tent):Food Security IS National Security(w/Daniel Zeichner MP) 🌾10am(C28):Grasslands for Net Zero 🎲12pm(C28):Food system resilience interactive game 🗣️2pm(C28):The language of land use 👉tinyurl.com/yejzahpm

We’re running 2 sessions tomorrow at #Groundswell2026! Come find us at Stand C28: 🕒 1pm: Measuring what matters (aligning farm reality & supply-chain data) 🕒 3pm: Community Power from Farm to Fork (food justice & local systems) More details here👉 tinyurl.com/yejzahpm

Heading to #Groundswell2026 on 1-2 July? Come find us at tent C28! 🌾We’re hosting 5 crucial sessions covering data-driven supply chains, food justice, grassland sustainability, and a food system resilience workshop. Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/yejzahpm.

How do we talk about food in ways that bring people together rather than drive them apart?What does it take to de-escalate the tension so we can get on with the work?&how can the way we frame an issue open minds rather than entrench positions? Webinar tomorrow 📅 23 June, 4-5pm 👉tinyurl.com/56u5uj5k

Sign up for our June webinar: 'De-escalating the Food Fight - Trust, language and the future of food system change' where food futurist Jack A Bobo will draw on his work on trust, polarisation and communication in the food system 📅 23 June, 4-5pm Join us 👉tinyurl.com/56u5uj5k

By 2050,chance of crop failure across the world's major breadbasket regions could be ~25 times higher than today.The UK's latest official climate risk assessment treats that possibility as a question of national food security, with direct consequences for prices &supply at home👉 tinyurl.com/4xmerjum

📢 Sign up for our June webinar: 'De-escalating the Food Fight - Trust, language and the future of food system change' with Jack A Bobo 📅 23 June, 4-5pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/56u5uj5k

In our May Newsletter:📅 Save the date for our June webinar: with food futurist Jack A Bobo, 👩‍🌾 Find out about the sessions we'll be running at #Groundswell, 🏆AFN wins Knowledge Exchange award at UEA & lots of events and opportunities in #agrifood 👉 tinyurl.com/2vje4jkr

Denmark is leading agri-environmental reform with its new Green Tripartite Agreement.By integrating a CO2 tax, nitrogen regulation, & a just transition, it aligns farming with climate goals—with just a 1% expected food price rise.Is it a blueprint or is Denmark going it alone?👉 tinyurl.com/yvbrk82s

Last week Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network spoke to us about the The Bristol Food Disaster Risk Planning project and Bristol's wider work building a more resilient local food system through the Bristol Good Food 2030 partnership - You can now watch the video here 👉tinyurl.com/3bxjump5

Read our latest digest: 'The case for food system resilience is getting stronger'. Our Roadmap argued the UK food system faces intensifying disruption, requiring transformational change. Since then, three developments have tested that argument… 👉 tinyurl.com/y8t6n8sf

Last chance to sign up for our Webinar tomorrow: 'From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol' 📅 Thursday 14th May 2026, 12-1pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3

The UK food system is vulnerable to shocks,but what does preparing for them look like at community level?In Bristol, a pioneering partnership - uni's, food charities & community orgs has been developing a disaster risk plan for food security.Join us to find out more 14/05 @12pm👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3

Digest - Food shocks are now a global solvency risk. Prof. Aled Jones warns a 5% production drop can trigger up to 500% price surges, destabilizing debt &bonds.BAFR-UK simulations show sector silos block the bold action stakeholders want. We need cross-sector local resilience 👉 tinyurl.com/2kjy22ht

The UK food system faces disruption, but we can shape change intentionally 🌾⛈️ Root + Reason is stress-testing solutions today so they hold under pressure tomorrow. We're building shared contingency plans for a long-term food supply. Join us at rootandreason.org.uk #FoodSystems #Resilience

📢 Sign up for our May webinar: 'From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol' 📅 Thursday 14th May 2026, 12-1pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3

📰Our first Root and Reason newsletter includes more about our evolution from the AFN Network+, save the date for our May webinar 'From Plans to Practice -Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol', a blog post on food poverty + events & opportunities in the #agrifood space👉 tinyurl.com/m2ccv56c

Good intentions aren't enough. At Root and Reason, we're surfacing the "true costs" of the status quo to track progress against national goals. To build a resilient future, we must all be clear on who is responsible for outcomes. www.rootandreason.org.uk

With huge thanks to Simone Westi Højte and David Baldock for their insights and for answering all of your questions - you can now view the video from our webinar this week 'Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy' 👉 tinyurl.com/msx7zeay

It’s #EarthDay 🌍 The theme "Our Power, Our Planet" reminds us that the people sustaining our food system must shape its future. At Root and Reason, we embed lived experience in decision-making so that change happens with people, not to them. 🤝 rootandreason.org.uk

The AFN Network+ has become Root and Reason, the food resilience collective. We are refocusing our work as an independent, non-profit initiative shaping change in the UK food system through informed, system-wide collaboration. Find out more 👉 www.rootandreason.org.uk

In collaboration with Eating Better & Farming the Future, we're inviting you to a facilitated workshop designed specifically to help you develop your proposals for the National Lottery Community Action Fund (Food Systems). 📆 Weds 6th May, 1 pm–2:55 pm Apply by 1pm on 29/04 👉 tinyurl.com/2knj9r9x

The AFN Network + is evolving. Stand by for an exciting announcement next Tuesday about our next steps – we can’t wait to bring you with us!

As policy gradually begins to show signs of joining up health, affordability &food system change, in food retail, there are green shoots that suggest a parallel shift may also be underway. Our latest digest examines retailer announcements and shifts alongside government policy👉 tinyurl.com/3hyv68t9

What would it cost the UK food system to do nothing about climate change? According to a landmark assessment by IGD, the answer is £2.6 billion a year by 2050. Find out more in a digest of our webinar 'From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system ' tinyurl.com/43scdazx

In 2024, Denmark agreed on a groundbreaking agricultural deal to address some of the major societal challenges facing the agriculture, forestry & food sectors. What can other countries learn from their approach?Join our webinar, 22 April @1pm to find out more & ask questions👉 tinyurl.com/3y8jhrvr

Carbon and nature markets could create new income streams for farmers and channel private investment into nature recovery. But the infrastructure to make them work at scale isn't there yet. Our latest digest takes stock of where things stand 👉 tinyurl.com/3wzam9zn

We need urgent, coordinated action to shift UK dietary patterns as an essential component of transforming the food system to improve public health, planetary wellbeing, and economic prosperity-Read our full briefing 'Dietary Shift for Health, Climate and Economic Prosperity '👉

📢 Sign up now for our April webinar: Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy 📅 Wednesday 22nd April 2026, 1:00-2:00pm Join us👉 tinyurl.com/3y8jhrvr

Last chance to have your say in the State of Agricultural Research & Innovation (SARI) Survey -If you are a researcher, advocate, or your work is connected to food &farming, the SARI Survey is an opportunity to directly inform where the UK should focus research effort &funding👉 tinyurl.com/3t8w4546

📺 With big thanks to Aled Jones (Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin Uni) for his fascinating talk & for answering so many of your questions you can now watch the video from our webinar 'From Risk to Readiness: Pathways to UK Food Crisis and How to Prevent Them' 👉 tinyurl.com/2jvv78s9

📰Check out our March newsletter for all kinds of events, resources and opportunities in the #agrifood space View the full newsletter here👉 tinyurl.com/3d85ncu9 & sign up to receive these direct to your inbox in future👉tinyurl.com/2djtkwbh

Can you help out or friends at the Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH) with their research looking to better understand stakeholder perspectives on agricultural resilience? Take the survey here ➡️ lnkd.in/ePVx8pDR

📢How can we help build the UK's readiness to avert a food crisis, and what would it actually take? Our webinar this Weds at 1pm: 'From Risk to Readiness: Pathways to UK Food Crisis and How to Prevent Them' with Aled Jones, Director at the Global Sustainability Institute 👉 tinyurl.com/2vatecvk

📢 Sign up now for our next webinar: 'From Risk to Readiness: Pathways to UK Food Crisis and How to Prevent Them' with Prof Aled Jones, Director at the Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University,Chaired by @sarahbridle.bsky.social 📅Weds 18th March,1-2pm Sign up👉 tinyurl.com/2vatecvk

You can now watch the video of our webinar 'From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system' -Huge thanks to Matthew Stoughton-Harris from the of Grocery Distribution for fascinating insights & answering so many of our audience questions! 👉 tinyurl.com/4dkmznea

📢 Join our networking event: 🤝 Building Partnerships for National Lottery Climate Action Fund-Food Systems📅 12/03/26, 1pm. If you're involved in work that aligns with the kind of food system transformation this fund is supporting, this is a chance to meet potential partners👉 tinyurl.com/2jctcbnn

The UK public sector serves millions of meals daily in schools, hospitals&prisons.It should be one of our most powerful tools for food system transformation.So why are the barriers to getting good food onto public plates pretty much unchanged over 20yrs? Read our webinar digest: tinyurl.com/bdfj6etr

Last chance to sign up for our webinar tomorrow - 'From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system' 📅 Thursday 26th February 2026, 1:00-2:00pm Join us to hear Matthew Stoughton-Harris (Head of Resilience at IGD) Sign up here 👉 tinyurl.com/mu3j924r

📰 Our Feb newsletter shares a new impact profile from Organic Growers Alliance coordinator Steven Jacobs, details of our next Webinar: 'From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system', an update from funded project - Slade Farm Organics + lots more!👉

Will policy ambition translate into something farmers, communities and food businesses can actually work with? Our latest digest looks at three sessions from the Oxford Farming Conference and Oxford Real Farming Conference. 👉 tinyurl.com/5n93hpfe

Taking citizens and communities along with policy changes isn't enough. Actively involving them from the beginning is emerging as one of the most powerful drivers of food systems change. New digest explores the evidence 👉 tinyurl.com/ms6h85ak

Climate change, geopolitics and the current economic system are already driving up the cost of food, but by how much, and where are we most exposed? Join our webinar - From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system 📅 26/02 @1pm👉 tinyurl.com/mu3j924r

You can now read a briefing of our webinar with Paul Behrens and Juan Pablo Cordero, chaired by Sarah Bridle - 'How can we trust the data and computer models shaping our food systems?' 👉 tinyurl.com/mwrwcxjh

Our Champions have played a key role supporting us in finding key research gaps holding the UK food system back from transitioning towards NetZero UK by 2050. In a series of digests we explore their work - Next up: Zainab Oyetunde-Usman, Rounaq Nayak & Georgie Barber👉 tinyurl.com/437pkx9e

You can now watch our webinar from last week where the brilliant Kevin Morgan spoke with us about 'The Power of the Public Plate: How public food can transform the food system' 👉 tinyurl.com/5d4jvwh7

Defra has quietly published what should be one of the most significant reports on UK food security in years: a national security assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse. Read our digest 👉 tinyurl.com/53tmhcaa

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry 2nd report landed last month-Buried in the detail is something that should concern anyone working on food system transformation: a damning account of why cross-govt action on complex problems is so hard to deliver. Thoughts on why it matters for food 👉 tinyurl.com/4p9fr4kp