Setting up a sustainable food project blog

Dan Betterton

Dan runs OxFood a forum that encourages discussion on the the most important questions surrounding local food and how to create a sustainable future. His blog will be published once a quarter and will give guidance on food facts to help decision-making about the type of group to set up; tried and tested ideas for food events; organisations that can help you; and setting up a co-op buying scheme.

Blog post: every quarter

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Food networks, and networking

Almost exactly two years ago, I gave up a longish-term job in London and found myself a bit unsure as to what I wanted to do. I took some of careers advice and one of the best suggestions was to get involved in things I really love – cooking, gardening, eating. All my hobbies pointed to food so this is … Read more…

Running food events in your community

Public meetings, committee meetings, sub-group meetings, AGMs – the number of hours that Oxfordshire’s communities spend working on local low carbon responses never fails to impress me. This work needs to be celebrated … which leads me to the subject of my second sustainable food blog – events. As well as giving your core group a chance to throw away … Read more…

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Food & carbon: the facts

The title of my first blog makes me a bit nervous…for a few reasons. For one, there are an awful lot of facts about food – there are trends and patterns but often no clear answers to questions such as “Should we buy only local food?” or “Is organic always best?” Secondly, reducing a conversation about food to environmental facts … Read more…