Food Power: Working with academics to tackle food poverty

WebinarTuesday 23 April 2019 • 12:0000:00

How can working with academics help tackle food poverty locally? Find out in this Food Power webinar.

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Delivered as part of Food Power, this webinar highlighted work from alliances across the country that had worked with academics to tackle the root causes of food poverty in their areas and how other alliances could benefit from such partnerships.

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