Localism and food: How could the Localism Bill affect community food enterprises?
Plunkett Foundation’s Annual Seminar explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the Localism Bill for community food and other forms of rural social enterprises
Wednesday 8th June 2011
Church House Conference Centre,
The Plunkett Foundation is offering 5 free tickets to community food enterprises to attend their annual seminar in
To book a ticket, visit http://s.coop/1bxi. For more information, contact Eileen Keenan on 01993 810730.
Food and The Big Society. Soil Association Annual Conference 2011
9th - 10th February
Manchester Town Hall
This two day event is a public debate on how organic food and farming can provide a mechanism for combating some of the major challenges that are confronting us, including climate change, health inequalities, building soical cohesion and re-shaping the economy.
For further information visit the website
2nd European Sustainable Food Planning Conference
29th-30th October 2010
University of Brighton
The Brighton Conference builds on the conclusions of the Almere conference and wishes to provide a forum for the dissemination and critical evaluation of research and practice within this rapidly developing field. Participants are invited from within Europe and beyond. We are particularly interested in facilitating dialogues between practitioners and academics across disciplines and themes including policy, agrifood, public health planning, architecture and landscape.
A formal call for papers has been issued under the following headings:
- Urban agriculture
- Integrating health, environment and society
- Food in urban and regional planning and design
- Urban Food Governance
The South East Social Enterprise Conference 2010:
a new approach for a new era…
Wednesday 10th November, 2010
Epsom Racecourse, Surrey
The se² partnership is holding its first ever regional conference dedicated to supporting social enterprises in the South East.
For more information contact Rachel Crossley on 0845 4503991, or email rachel@se2partnership.co.uk or check the se² website.
Good Food, Good Governance
These training and advice workshops are being offered by Co-operatives UK as part of the Making Local Food Work programme. The sessions are free and run from 10am-4pm with lunch provided, but due to high demand you must book in advance. To find out where and when they are being held visit the Making Local Food Work website.
