The AFN Network+ has become Root and Reason, the food resilience collective. We are refocusing our work as an independent, non-profit initiative shaping change in the UK food system through informed, system-wide collaboration. Find out more 👉 www.rootandreason.org.uk

Proposal development workshop for National Lottery food call - AFN Network+ We're inviting you to a facilitated workshop designed specifically to help you develop your proposals for the National Lottery Community Action Fund (Food Systems).

In collaboration with Eating Better & Farming the Future, we're inviting you to a facilitated workshop designed specifically to help you develop your proposals for the National Lottery Community Action Fund (Food Systems).
📆 Weds 6th May, 1 pm–2:55 pm
Apply by 1pm on 29/04 👉 tinyurl.com/2knj9r9x

The AFN Network + is evolving. Stand by for an exciting announcement next Tuesday about our next steps – we can’t wait to bring you with us!

Digest: Supermarkets and food system transition - AFN Network+ As policy gradually begins to show signs of joining up health, affordability and food system change, in food retail, there are green shoots that suggest a parallel shift may also be underway.

As policy gradually begins to show signs of joining up health, affordability &food system change, in food retail, there are green shoots that suggest a parallel shift may also be underway. Our latest digest examines retailer announcements and shifts alongside government policy👉 tinyurl.com/3hyv68t9

DIGEST: The £2.6 billion question: what climate inaction could cost the UK food system - AFN Network+ What would it cost the UK food system to do nothing about climate change?

What would it cost the UK food system to do nothing about climate change? According to a landmark assessment by IGD, the answer is £2.6 billion a year by 2050. Find out more in a digest of our webinar 'From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system ' tinyurl.com/43scdazx

Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy Sign up for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Simone Højte (CONCITO) and David Baldock (IEEP) chaired by Professor Neil Ward.

In 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

DIGEST: The pitfalls and potential of carbon and nature accounting - AFN Network+ Carbon and nature markets promise new income for farmers and private investment in nature recovery, but the infrastructure to make them work isn’t there yet.

Carbon and nature markets could create new income streams for farmers and channel private investment into nature recovery. But the infrastructure to make them work at scale isn't there yet. Our latest digest takes stock of where things stand 👉
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Briefing: Dietary Shift for Health, Climate and Economic Prosperity - AFN Network+ We need coordinated action to shift UK dietary patterns as an essential component of transforming the food system to improve public health, planetary wellbeing, and economic prosperity.

We need urgent, coordinated action to shift UK dietary patterns as an essential component of transforming the food system to improve public health, planetary wellbeing, and economic prosperity-Read our full briefing 'Dietary Shift for Health, Climate and Economic Prosperity '👉

📢 Sign up now for our April webinar:

Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy
📅 Wednesday 22nd April 2026, 1:00-2:00pm

Join us👉 tinyurl.com/3y8jhrvr

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Last chance to have your say in the State of Agricultural Research & Innovation (SARI) Survey -If you are a researcher, advocate, or your work is connected to food &farming, the SARI Survey is an opportunity to directly inform where the UK should focus research effort &funding👉 tinyurl.com/3t8w4546

From Risk to Readiness: Pathways to UK Food Crisis and How to Prevent Them - AFN Network+ How can we help build the UK’s readiness to avert a food crisis, and what would it actually take?

📺 With big thanks to Aled Jones (Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin Uni) for his fascinating talk & for answering so many of your questions you can now watch the video from our webinar 'From Risk to Readiness: Pathways to UK Food Crisis and How to Prevent Them'
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Join Us - AFN Network+ Are you passionate about transforming UK agri-food for net zero? Join our Network and connect with a community of like-minded professionals, researchers, and industry leaders who are dedicated to…

📰Check out our March newsletter for all kinds of events, resources and opportunities in the #agrifood space
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Can you help out or friends at the Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH) with their research looking to better understand stakeholder perspectives on agricultural resilience?
Take the survey here ➡️ lnkd.in/ePVx8pDR

From Risk to Readiness: Pathways to UK Food Crisis and How to Prevent Them Sign up now for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Professor Aled Jones from Anglia Ruskin University, chaired by Professor Sarah Bridle.

📢How can we help build the UK's readiness to avert a food crisis, and what would it actually take? Our webinar this Weds at 1pm: 'From Risk to Readiness: Pathways to UK Food Crisis and How to Prevent Them' with Aled Jones, Director at the Global Sustainability Institute 👉 tinyurl.com/2vatecvk

📢 Sign up now for our next webinar: 'From Risk to Readiness: Pathways to UK Food Crisis and How to Prevent Them' with Prof Aled Jones, Director at the Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University,Chaired by @sarahbridle.bsky.social
📅Weds 18th March,1-2pm
Sign up👉 tinyurl.com/2vatecvk

You can now watch the video of our webinar 'From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system' -Huge thanks to Matthew Stoughton-Harris from the of Grocery Distribution for fascinating insights & answering so many of our audience questions!
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Building Partnerships for National Lottery Climate Action Fund - Food Systems - AFN Network+ If you're involved in work that aligns with the kind of food system transformation this fund is supporting, this is a chance to meet potential partners from across the UK.

📢 Join our networking event: 🤝 Building Partnerships for National Lottery Climate Action Fund-Food Systems📅 12/03/26, 1pm. If you're involved in work that aligns with the kind of food system transformation this fund is supporting, this is a chance to meet potential partners👉 tinyurl.com/2jctcbnn

The UK public sector serves millions of meals daily in schools, hospitals&prisons.It should be one of our most powerful tools for food system transformation.So why are the barriers to getting good food onto public plates pretty much unchanged over 20yrs? Read our webinar digest: tinyurl.com/bdfj6etr

From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system Sign up now for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Matthew Stoughton-Harris from IGD, chaired by Prof Sarah Bridle.

Last chance to sign up for our webinar tomorrow - 'From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system'
📅 Thursday 26th February 2026, 1:00-2:00pm
Join us to hear Matthew Stoughton-Harris (Head of Resilience at IGD)
Sign up here 👉 tinyurl.com/mu3j924r

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Join Us - AFN Network+ Are you passionate about transforming UK agri-food for net zero? Join our Network and connect with a community of like-minded professionals, researchers, and industry leaders who are dedicated to…

📰 Our Feb newsletter shares a new impact profile from Organic Growers Alliance coordinator Steven Jacobs, details of our next Webinar: 'From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system', an update from funded project - Slade Farm Organics + lots more!👉

Quick take: What the Oxford farming conferences revealed about the year ahead - AFN Network+ Three sessions at the Oxford and Oxford Real Farming Conferences set the scene for 2026 by highlighting the links between health, food, and social issues, and questioning whether policy ambition can t...

Will policy ambition translate into something farmers, communities and food businesses can actually work with? Our latest digest looks at three sessions from the Oxford Farming Conference and Oxford Real Farming Conference. 👉 tinyurl.com/5n93hpfe

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Taking citizens and communities along with policy changes isn't enough. Actively involving them from the beginning is emerging as one of the most powerful drivers of food systems change. New digest explores the evidence 👉 tinyurl.com/ms6h85ak

From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system Sign up now for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Matthew Stoughton-Harris from IGD, chaired by Prof Sarah Bridle.

Climate change, geopolitics and the current economic system are already driving up the cost of food, but by how much, and where are we most exposed?
Join our webinar - From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system 📅 26/02 @1pm👉 tinyurl.com/mu3j924r

BRIEFING: How can we trust the data and computer models shaping our food systems? - AFN Network+ This briefing is based on a webinar discussion given to the AFN Network+ community on the 28th November 2025.

You can now read a briefing of our webinar with Paul Behrens and Juan Pablo Cordero, chaired by Sarah Bridle - 'How can we trust the data and computer models shaping our food systems?' 👉 tinyurl.com/mwrwcxjh

DIGEST: Learning from the Champions, Part 4 - AFN Network+ In this series of digests, we are sharing a little more about the work of the AFN Champ[ions and what we have learned from them.

Our Champions have played a key role supporting us in finding key research gaps holding the UK food system back from transitioning towards NetZero UK by 2050. In a series of digests we explore their work - Next up: Zainab Oyetunde-Usman, Rounaq Nayak & Georgie Barber👉 tinyurl.com/437pkx9e

The Power of the Public Plate: How public food can transform the food system - AFN Network+ In the UK, 1 in 20 meals served is paid for by the government — in schools, hospitals, prisons, and care homes. The ‘public plate’ could be a powerful lever for food system transformation, connecting...

You can now watch our webinar from last week where the brilliant Kevin Morgan spoke with us about 'The Power of the Public Plate: How public food can transform the food system'
👉 tinyurl.com/5d4jvwh7

Digest: National Security Assessment - AFN Network+ Defra has quietly published what should be one of the most significant reports on UK food security in years: a national security assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse - read our...

Defra has quietly published what should be one of the most significant reports on UK food security in years: a national security assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse. Read our digest 👉 tinyurl.com/53tmhcaa

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The UK Covid-19 Inquiry 2nd report landed last month-Buried in the detail is something that should concern anyone working on food system transformation: a damning account of why cross-govt action on complex problems is so hard to deliver. Thoughts on why it matters for food 👉
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We came away from the Oxford Conferences with a lot to think about. The mood across both was of a sector hungry for clarity and increasingly recognising that transformation is coming, whether we shape it or it shapes us. Reflections from Angelina Sanderson Bellamy 👉tinyurl.com/2wpet6kn