Additional information for Taste a Better Future - Climate Action Fund proposal

This page, produced July 2023, shares additional information in support of the Taste a Better Future proposal to the Climate Action Fund. The lead national partner is Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming; the supporting national partner is Landworkers Alliance.

Taste a Better Future, stage 2 bid documents

These have already been submitted via the Climate Action Fund hub:

• Narrative answers to key questions: download
• Project Plan: download

Supplementary information, August 2023

This supplementary information is provided following questions from Jason Jones, Climate Action Fund Portfolio Officer:

• Sustain and LWA response to questions on: How will our Climate Hubs generate action on climate and nature?: download 
• Sustain and LWA response to Budget questions: download
• Sustain's response to State Aid questions: download

National Partners - key documents

• Sustain annual report and accounts: download
• Sustain articles of association: download
• Sustain website: link and relevant pages: link
• Landworkers Alliance annual accounts: download
• Landworkers Alliance articles of association: download
• Landworkers Alliance website: link and relevant pages: link

Local Partners - Climate Hubs

Five local partners will work as Climate Hubs. The following are links to each local partner's marrative description, gathered by means of a survey form and interviews; and a letter of support from a key organisation within their local ecosystem.

• Brighton & Hove Fork and Dig It (Brighton & Hove)
  • Brighton & Hove Fork and Dig It narrative description
  • Brighton & Hove Fork and Dig It annual accounts 2021-22
  • Local partner website: link
  • Letter of support from Caroline Lucas MP
  • Letter of support from Ben Messer, Food Matters
  • Letter of support from Cllr Mitchie Alexander
  • Letter of support from Mischa Hewitt, Low Carbon Trust
• Growing Communities Dagenham Farm (East London)
  • Growing Communities Dagenham Farm narrative description
  • Growing Communities Dagenham Farm annual accounts 2021-22
  • Local partner website: link
  • Letter of support from Cllr Jo Wilson, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
• Kindling Farm (Knowsley, Liverpool):
  • Kindling Farm narrative description
  • Kindling Farm annual accounts 2021-22
  • Local partner website: link
  • Letter of support from Victoria Yavuz, Knowsley Council
• Lauriston Farm (Edinburgh):
  • Lauriston Farm narrative description
  • Lauriston Farm annual accounts 2021-22
  • Local partner website: link
  • Information on the Scottish context
  • Letter of support from Cllr Lewis Younie
  • Letter of support from Biddy Kelly, Fresh Start
  • Letter of support from Dawn Anderson, Pilton Community Health Project
  • Letter of support from Pete Ritchie, Nourish Scotland
• Sims Hill Shared Harvest (Bristol)
  • Sims Hill Shared Harvest narrative description
  • Sims Hill Shared Harvest annual accounts 2021-22
  • Local partner website: link
  • Letter of support from Cllr Carla Denyer

Additional evidence and background reading

• Fringe Farming: peri-urban agroecology towards resilient food economies and public goods. Local and national policy recommendations to support agroecological farming producing multiple benefits at the edge of UK cities. Based on research and action planning with multiple stakeholders in four city regions, national farmer forums and policy focus groups.
• Quantifying the benefits of peri-urban farming: How much do you get by converting just 1% of peri-urban land for fringe farming? Hint: a lot!
• How can peri-urban farming flourish in the Bristol region? Bristol Food Producers, Shared Assets and Sustain's joint findings and action plan to develop agroecological market gardens at the edge of Bristol city.
• Sustain briefing: Fringe Farming in London: presents the social, economic and environmental case for more commercial, agro-ecological fruit and vegetable production in London’s urban fringe.
• Policy, practice and action for local food growing: working with local authorities: A Fringe Farming panel discussion to find out about working with (and within) local authorities to overcome the barriers to growing food in and around towns and cities.
• Peri Urban (Community Farming) Practitioners Forum: Priorities and participants (August 2022)
• Parliamentary roundtable: Farming the Fringe: unlocking land and opportunities for local food production and new enterprise - recording, notes and policy briefing (June 2022)