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#TNOfood notes from table 2
This was a free-flowing conversation and the notes below are paraphrased rather than quotations.
Leaving food aside for the moment, what will the city of Birmingham be like in 2050? What if there is no public transport? What if lorries can’t enter the city? Life would be more localised.
Birmingham’s Big City Plan runs until 2050 and envisages expansion. How will housing expansion be handled? Housing will be built in those areas with least lines of resistance.
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#TNOfood on 1st March: opening notes
This is the third Food Forum event – a dozen of the finest minds in the West Midlands joining to talk about food futures for Birmingham in 2050.
Here are some notes on what links their expertise to the future of food in the city of Birmingham.
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#TNOfood on 1st March: Ten scientists, Brum’s strategy boss & an architect
For the third Forum event, a dozen of the finest minds in the West Midlands are joining to talk about food futures for Birmingham in 2050 — on Thursday 1st March from 6pm to around 9pm (twitter #TNOfood).
They’re an impressive bunch. And here’s who they are (from left to right, top to bottom):
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Rob Lillywhite on Farming Today
Warwick Crop Centre scientist Rob Lillywhite, who’s taking part in the New Optimists Forum on Thursday 1st March, was interviewed on this week’s Radio 4 programme Farming Today — you’ve got another seven days to listen to it on iPlayer here.
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#tnofood: Food poverty in Brum? Join on-line 6pm to 9pm this evening
What will Brummies be eating in 2050? There’s food a-plenty in the city now. However, a significant proportion of us eat highly processed, high calorie crud.
So how much of a problem is food poverty in the city today? What are the factors that could redress things? And what might make matters worse?
That’s the topic for the New Optimists Forum this evening.
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Join a conversation on food poverty in Brum on 9th February
On 9th February between 6pm and around 9pm, these people (from left to right: Jim Parle, Lucy Bastin, Nick Booth, Farida Vis, Sandy Taylor and Parveen Mehta) will be discussing food poverty in Birmingham, the factors and events could worsen or ameliorate the situation towards 2050.
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Clare Devereux on Food Matters
Clare Devereux of Food Matters from Brighton & Hove was the third and final speaker at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agroecology yesterday (6th Dec). Here’s a summary of what she said:
Although the south east city of Brighton & Hove might appear affluent, in fact it isn’t. It falls within the bottom 25% of deprived areas in the UK, 25% of their kids come from low income families, wages are below the national average, and there’s lower than national average in various health stats, including mental health.
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Mary Clear on Todmorden’s Incredible Edible
Gloriously plain-speaking grandmother of ten, Mary Clear of Todmorden’s Incredible Edible was the second to speak at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agroecology yesterday (6th Dec). Here’s a summary of what she said:
Three and a half years ago, a few Todmorden people were discussing concerns about it all — climate change, people in some developing countries going hungry, everything . . . and how everyone blamed everyone else for what was going on. Let’s see, they decided, if we could do something for Todmorden that’d make a difference.
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Rosie Boycott on London’s Capital Growth
Rosie Boycott from Capital Growth was the first to kick off at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agroecology yesterday (6th Dec). Here’s a summary of what she said:
Cities have never been designed to grow food, but to be supplied with food, hence food security is their concern. Growing food in cities is about transforming communities. It leads to lots of transformational activities, all positive.
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Ten scientists, an architect & the city’s development strategist
Next Wednesday, 2nd November from 6pm to 9pm, ten scientists, an architect (last year’s RIBA President no less) and the city’s development strategist take part in the first New Optimists Forum event.
They’re a great mix of people. And here they are (see photo below for their mugshots):
(l-r, top row): Plant scientist Eugenio Sanchez-Moran, IT strategist Professor Hanifa Shah, chemical engineer Professor Peter Fryer and biochemist Dr Gareth Griffiths.
(l-r, middle row): Director of Warwick Crop Centre, entomologist Dr Rosemary Collier, Professor of Primary Care Jim Parle, social scientist Dr Peter Lee and architect Ruth Reed.
(l-r, bottom row): Birmingham City Council’s development strategist David Bull, biomedical scientist Professor Helen Griffiths, computer scientist Professor Ian Nabney and public health nutritionist Professor of Sociology Liz Dowler.
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