Root and Reason (formerly AFN Network+)
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Shaping change in the UK food system by cultivating informed, system-wide collaboration. We connect policymakers, businesses, front-line services and community groups- linking evidence & practice to design & implement change that works rootandreason.org.uk
📰Our July Newsletter.....👉Save the date for our September webinar: 'From Resilience to Justice - what would it take to transform the food system?' with Professor Molly Anderson, Catch up on our latest digests + the usual round-up of events, reports &opportunities in #agrifood👉tinyurl.com/4hmca8s2
Andy Burnham became PM last week promising “good growth in every postcode”. What does is it mean for UK food and farming? Read our thoughts here 👉 tinyurl.com/nwjkppnu
With huge thanks to speaker Rob Hopkins for a really inspiring talk and lots of questions answered - you can now watch the recording of our latest webinar 'Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience' 👉 tinyurl.com/4nmv8ura
We are incredibly proud to have partnered with Culture Roots Collective,ELEVATE, &photographer Phoebe Davies to help shape 'Who Gets Seen on the Land?'📸🌾An accessible image bank with >100 free, downloadable photos featuring landworkers &farmers from underrepresented communities👉 tinyurl.com/56kxv68e
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How do we help people create memories of a future they want?What can communities do to move from anxiety to agency?&how does imagining a thriving, resilient food system make it more likely that we will actually build one?Rob Hopkins will explore this in our webinar 21 July,12pm👉 tinyurl.com/42ydnjcx
Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience
A lively discussion and your Q&A with Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition movement, chaired by Professor Neil Ward
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At our latest Root and Reason webinar, Jack Bobo joined us to discuss why trust and language decide what change is possible long before the evidence is ever heard. Read a digest of the webinar here 👉tinyurl.com/yznbry57
Digest: De-escalating the food fight: trust, language, and the future of food system change -
Jack Bobo discusses how trust, and the language we use with one another, decide what change is possible long before the evidence gets heard....
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Root and Reason (formerly AFN Network+)@rootandreason.bsky.social · last mo.Last week food futurist Jack A Bobo spoke to us about trust, polarisation and communication in the food system- You can now watch the video here 👉tinyurl.com/3myadr84 🙏 Big thanks to Jack for his insights and for answering so many of your questions!
Read our quick take from #Groundswell26 - Security, trust, and why, ten years in, there’s real reason for hope 👉tinyurl.com/cmtsuf9z
📢 Webinar: 'Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience' with Rob Hopkins 📆21 July, 12-1pm How do we help people imagine the future they want,shift communities from anxiety to agency, & make a resilient food system more achievable by envisioning it? 👉tinyurl.com/42ydnjcx
Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience
A lively discussion and your Q&A with Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition movement, chaired by Professor Neil Ward
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Last week food futurist Jack A Bobo spoke to us about trust, polarisation and communication in the food system- You can now watch the video here 👉tinyurl.com/3myadr84 🙏 Big thanks to Jack for his insights and for answering so many of your questions!
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📰 Our June Newsletter👉Save the date-July webinar:'Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience' with Rob Hopkins (co-founder of the Transition movement),Catch up on our latest digests + the usual round-up of events, reports &opportunities in #agrifood👉 tinyurl.com/yc5ncwzf
Newsletter – June 2026 - Root and Reason
Save the date for our July Webinar, join us at Groundswell, catch up on recent content and check out lots of events, opportunities & resources.
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Bluesky: Big Thursday for us tomorrow @Groundswell! Find us at the Soil Tent & C28: 🏛️9am(Soil Tent):Food Security IS National Security(w/Daniel Zeichner MP) 🌾10am(C28):Grasslands for Net Zero 🎲12pm(C28):Food system resilience interactive game 🗣️2pm(C28):The language of land use 👉tinyurl.com/yejzahpm
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Come and find us in our tent at C28 at Groundswell! Find out more about the sessions we'll be running over this 2 day event
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We’re running 2 sessions tomorrow at #Groundswell2026! Come find us at Stand C28: 🕒 1pm: Measuring what matters (aligning farm reality & supply-chain data) 🕒 3pm: Community Power from Farm to Fork (food justice & local systems) More details here👉 tinyurl.com/yejzahpm
Heading to #Groundswell2026 on 1-2 July? Come find us at tent C28! 🌾We’re hosting 5 crucial sessions covering data-driven supply chains, food justice, grassland sustainability, and a food system resilience workshop. Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/yejzahpm.
How do we talk about food in ways that bring people together rather than drive them apart?What does it take to de-escalate the tension so we can get on with the work?&how can the way we frame an issue open minds rather than entrench positions? Webinar tomorrow 📅 23 June, 4-5pm 👉tinyurl.com/56u5uj5k
De-escalating the Food Fight: Trust,language and food system change
A lively discussion and Q&A with food futurist Jack Bobo,Executive Director of the UCLA Rothman Family Institute, chaired by Stefan Kepinski
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Sign up for our June webinar: 'De-escalating the Food Fight - Trust, language and the future of food system change' where food futurist Jack A Bobo will draw on his work on trust, polarisation and communication in the food system 📅 23 June, 4-5pm Join us 👉tinyurl.com/56u5uj5k
By 2050,chance of crop failure across the world's major breadbasket regions could be ~25 times higher than today.The UK's latest official climate risk assessment treats that possibility as a question of national food security, with direct consequences for prices &supply at home👉 tinyurl.com/4xmerjum
Digest: A tempestuous spring - the climate assessment that puts food security centre stage - Root and Reason
This spring delivered two reminders of how exposed the UK food system has become....
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📢 Sign up for our June webinar: 'De-escalating the Food Fight - Trust, language and the future of food system change' with Jack A Bobo 📅 23 June, 4-5pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/56u5uj5k
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In our May Newsletter:📅 Save the date for our June webinar: with food futurist Jack A Bobo, 👩🌾 Find out about the sessions we'll be running at #Groundswell, 🏆AFN wins Knowledge Exchange award at UEA & lots of events and opportunities in #agrifood 👉 tinyurl.com/2vje4jkr
Newsletter – May 2026 - Root and Reason
Save the date for our June Webinar, join us at Groundswell, catch up on recent content and check out lots of events, opportunities & resources.
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Denmark is leading agri-environmental reform with its new Green Tripartite Agreement.By integrating a CO2 tax, nitrogen regulation, & a just transition, it aligns farming with climate goals—with just a 1% expected food price rise.Is it a blueprint or is Denmark going it alone?👉 tinyurl.com/yvbrk82s
Last week Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network spoke to us about the The Bristol Food Disaster Risk Planning project and Bristol's wider work building a more resilient local food system through the Bristol Good Food 2030 partnership - You can now watch the video here 👉tinyurl.com/3bxjump5
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Read our latest digest: 'The case for food system resilience is getting stronger'. Our Roadmap argued the UK food system faces intensifying disruption, requiring transformational change. Since then, three developments have tested that argument… 👉 tinyurl.com/y8t6n8sf
Digest: The case for food system resilience is getting stronger - Root and Reason
Last October we published our Roadmap for Resilience, arguing that the UK food system faces a future of intensifying disruption and that transformational change rather than incremental adjustment is t...
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Last chance to sign up for our Webinar tomorrow: 'From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol' 📅 Thursday 14th May 2026, 12-1pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3
From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol
Sign up for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network, chaired by Prof Angelina Sanderson Bellamy.
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Root and Reason (formerly AFN Network+)@rootandreason.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe UK food system is vulnerable to shocks,but what does preparing for them look like at community level?In Bristol, a pioneering partnership - uni's, food charities & community orgs has been developing a disaster risk plan for food security.Join us to find out more 14/05 @12pm👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3
The UK food system is vulnerable to shocks,but what does preparing for them look like at community level?In Bristol, a pioneering partnership - uni's, food charities & community orgs has been developing a disaster risk plan for food security.Join us to find out more 14/05 @12pm👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3
From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol
Sign up for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network, chaired by Prof Angelina Sanderson Bellamy.
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Digest - Food shocks are now a global solvency risk. Prof. Aled Jones warns a 5% production drop can trigger up to 500% price surges, destabilizing debt &bonds.BAFR-UK simulations show sector silos block the bold action stakeholders want. We need cross-sector local resilience 👉 tinyurl.com/2kjy22ht
DIGEST: Food shocks as solvency risk: the financial case for food system resilience - Root and Reason
We tell ourselves that food crises happen elsewhere. But a new study, led by Sarah Bridle, alongside experts from across policy, business and civil society, has mapped the pathways by which the UK cou...
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The UK food system faces disruption, but we can shape change intentionally 🌾⛈️ Root + Reason is stress-testing solutions today so they hold under pressure tomorrow. We're building shared contingency plans for a long-term food supply. Join us at rootandreason.org.uk #FoodSystems #Resilience
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📢 Sign up for our May webinar: 'From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol' 📅 Thursday 14th May 2026, 12-1pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3
📰Our first Root and Reason newsletter includes more about our evolution from the AFN Network+, save the date for our May webinar 'From Plans to Practice -Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol', a blog post on food poverty + events & opportunities in the #agrifood space👉 tinyurl.com/m2ccv56c
Newsletter – April 2026 - Root and Reason
Save the date for our May Webinar, blog post on food poverty, catch ups on recent content and check out lots of events, opportunities & resources.
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Good intentions aren't enough. At Root and Reason, we're surfacing the "true costs" of the status quo to track progress against national goals. To build a resilient future, we must all be clear on who is responsible for outcomes. www.rootandreason.org.uk
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With huge thanks to Simone Westi Højte and David Baldock for their insights and for answering all of your questions - you can now view the video from our webinar this week 'Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy' 👉 tinyurl.com/msx7zeay
Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy - Root and Reason
What can other countries learn from Denmark?
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Root and Reason (formerly AFN Network+)@rootandreason.bsky.social · 4mo agoIn 2024, Denmark agreed on a groundbreaking agricultural deal to address some of the major societal challenges facing the agriculture, forestry & food sectors. What can other countries learn from their approach?Join our webinar, 22 April @1pm to find out more & ask questions👉 tinyurl.com/3y8jhrvr
It’s #EarthDay 🌍 The theme "Our Power, Our Planet" reminds us that the people sustaining our food system must shape its future. At Root and Reason, we embed lived experience in decision-making so that change happens with people, not to them. 🤝 rootandreason.org.uk
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