What does a community food organisations look like? Well actually chances are it doesn't look like a community food organisation. With the exception of actual food banks run by the Trussel trust everyone else started off doing something else: and they continue to at least try to fulfil their primary roles. Community centres, youth clubs, schools, housing projects, and of course churches, so many have taken on the burden of managing some sort of food provision.

St Philips is an Anglican church in one of the outlying estates in Hull. With a history dating back over half a century, it is currently better know in the local community for attending to nutritional needs rather than spiritual needs

If you want, or need, to know more anout community food provision, there is a podcast that come highly recommended. The feeding Britain Podcast examsines all aspect of community food, and is a great way to keep up with the latest ideas and initatives.

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There is a circle in the food system that we are desperate to square. How do we ensure that farmers get paid a fair price while at the same time ensuring that food is more affordable.One example of this conundrum is our attempts to set up food buying clubs and Co-Ops that are cheaper than supermarkets, yet we are fully aware of the price pressures that supermakers are applying. to producers. And don't get me started on trying to compete with the economies of scale enjoyed by the likes of Asda and Tesco.

Well the short answer to how we can square this circle is that we can't.

And the long answer? Well hopefully I'm addressing it occasionally in this podcast - think back to the episode on OXFarm to fork.and in this episode I speak to some-one else who is helping to knock the edges off this conundrum. Karen Tozer has set up meat buying club that is sustainible, replicable and follows a community development model, something that is often overlooked in this space

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Once again in this episode, we will be crossing the pond. Andrea Freeman is an American academic and author. Her book "Ruin their Crops on the Ground" relates the history, and current state, of the US food system; especially how it affects marginalised communities. It is a story that is, at best rife with ignorance, and at worst, fraught with deliberate harm.

You can purchase Andrea's book from here

https://www.rarewaves.com/products/9781250871039-ruin-their-crops-on-the-ground

or from their Ebay Store.

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