Urban Agriculture Consortium

Co-creating the conditions for urban and peri-urban agroecology to thrive in the UK.

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

@mtpennycook Would Labour look, at the same time, to bring all empty buildings back into affordable use? We could wipe out most housing waiting lists if this was done properly and basic human needs were decommodified. This would be a real leap forward.

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

@sweetcorn56 What if we changed who builds the homes? UK is very behind on community-led housing which is huge in other parts of the world, creating resilient communities in beautiful spaces. We need to stop thinking that Barratt and co are the only ones out there.

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

@SmartGrowthUK ...and the potential for soil and ecosystem regeneration. Using permaculture and other methods, all degraded land can be returned to life.

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

@mtpennycook New Green Belt 2.0 project:also an invitation to think beyond binary and competitive growth paradigms, and to prototype regenerative settlements and agroecological economies that can respond to all urban/rural challenges, present and future https://t.co/z0RK9cEeQu

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

@AntBreach Our new GreenBelt 2.0 project: also an invitation to think beyond binary and competitive growth paradigms, and to prototype regenerative settlements and agroecological economies that respond to all urban/rural challenges, present and future @theTCPA https://t.co/z0RK9cEeQu

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

@marcusveniquis @AntBreach Our new Green Belt explainer, which is also an invitation to think beyond binary and competitive growth paradigms, and to prototype regenerative settlements and agroecological economies that respond to all urban/rural challenges, present and future https://t.co/z0RK9cEeQu

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

can't wait to see @sixinchesofsoil film popping up everywhere. I think you can just get in tough with them to organise a screening. #ORFC2024

[Six Inches of Soil @sixinchessoil]

We had so much wonderful feedback at our first UK #filmscreening @ORFC last night. Here’s Angela Wakefield sharing her thoughts and feelings about the film. Thanks so much to Angela 💚💚
#regenfarming #agroecology #documentaryfilm #ORFC24 #orfc

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

#ORFC24 https://t.co/ZAkUTHR42D

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

So excited to see @davidbollier talking about #commons at #ORFC24 THEN he'll be in Bristol in person on 6th Jan to put some serious fire into the #bristolcommons. I find this very exciting indeed! https://t.co/RDPF100xqt

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

What will become of the #GreenBelt? Get in touch to add your ideas and collaborate on reimagining Green Belt 2.0: fit-for-purpose, agroecological, living green belts. Check out what we've been up to, tell us what you think. https://t.co/z0RK9cEeQu

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

What does it say about power when adults with power put children last? This is the result of both deliberately designed policy and poorly designed policy. What would happen if we put the #childrensfire at the centre of all our decision-making?

[Green is a mission @Greenisamissio1]

Trees are the largest plants that have evolved on earth: They have been around for over 350 million years. Over time, many different species of trees have evolved, more than 60,000 in total. Researchers have counted the most different species in Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia.💚

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

On dietary health: 'changing the environment people live in is far more effective than education'. What does this mean for place design and urban planning? #agroecologicalurbanism @theTCPA @RTPIPlanners

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

📝 The narrative that individuals are responsible for the choices they make forms a large part of the political messaging on dietary health.

Our latest briefing deep dives into the evidence, finding the changing the environment people live in is far more effective than education.

Read more: https://t.co/yTiBdlT5GY
#CPC23

[Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @FFC_Commission]

Long-term food security depends on nature & climate recovery, not ever cheaper food.

Voters don't want this either. They want a gov who will act to ensure healthy, sustainable & fairly produced food is accessible to everyone.

#TheFoodConversation #Lab23
https://t.co/vhtwvR1L2m

[Sustainable Food Trust @SusFoodTrust]

“What do they think I’m going to do with the cattle while all this work is carried out? Put them in a drawer?”

🔗 https://t.co/ozYF9tQ7V4

[Urban Agriculture Consortium @HelloUAC]

#localfutures @MarvinJRees @bristolgreen @LabourBristol
Who's at the @localfutures_ conference today? If not why not? Excellent session just for you on Strategies to Localise Governance, to protect the public sphere/commons. 4.10pm Folk house main hall. https://t.co/E6nRAPlrmx

[London Food Link @LondonFoodLink]

We @UKsustain are working nationally to understand opportunities for #community food enterprises and promote social investment via our @goodfood_ent project supported by @BarrowCadbury. Read our 1st case study on Stafford Hall Pantry with @Hornbeamcafe https://t.co/iu0gviYlEq

[Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 @vickihird]

The food grid is failing us, farmers and the environment. It's leaking wealth, badly. Why we are in this mess and 9 ways to sort it. Blog by @vickihird @UKsustain
#foodsystems #wealth #supermarkets #Grocerycode https://t.co/tLtUhIKxN5

[Organic Growers Alliance @OGAgrowers]

We have subsidised a number of tickets to the Organic Growers Gathering to allow access to this fantastic three-day event for those on lower incomes, farm volunteers, farm interns, and agricultural apprentices.

https://t.co/vxIY915IX6

[IncrEdibleBristol @EdibleBristol]

Seed companies took control of our farms – now we’re taking it back!! ⁦@wickedleeksmag⁩ talking #seedsovereignty https://t.co/ji8YJX1RZK