Monmouthshire Food Partnership

Monmouthshire Food Partnership is for anyone who thinks food is worth taking seriously. We believe in doing – not just talking – so as well as bringing people together to set strategy and influence food policy, we also deliver and support direct action in the community. We aim to:

• connect people, projects and partners in the development of a sustainable local food system
• take collective action to shape the local food system
• be a collective voice for food that positively shapes policy and shares best practice

We have a Steering Group and Chair, who meet every 6 weeks. The full Partnership gets together twice per year. The Partnership is hosted by Monmouthshire County Council.

We are very lucky to be working on this agenda in Monmouthshire. Ours is a rural county that produces lots of food (and could potentially produce even more), while some of our key local and regional decision-makers have put tackling inequality at the top of the agenda, and recognized that good food is central to human wellbeing and social justice. We are in a very exciting position, with the chance to innovate and drive change both politically and practically.