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Four years ago I tried to build something new in the food system but I can see now that it was too early, and in the wrong place. Going even further back, when I ran The Café in the Park (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire), I once had the idea of rolling out a franchise of cafés under the Riverford Organic Farmers brand. We had some good conversations, but in the end they decided it would have been mission drift for them. In 2019 I sold the restaurant, moved to Totnes, and began

How do we unlock town centre buildings for amazing ideas? Get in the room early. Build partnerships based on mutuality. Talk about money all the time. These three pieces of solid-gold advice were taken from a workshop held by Platform Places , easily one of the most useful conversations I’ve joined on how to build local business partnerships. Two speakers in particular got me thinking: 👉 Erika from Kindred LCR : "It’s the relationship between our activities and our buil

In 2024, the British Beer & Pub Association estimated that 300 pubs closed across England and Wales - that's six every week. ...

I want to live in a world where I can share meals with others in ways that are good for my body, good for my community, and supportive of...

Spoiler: It is possible to deliver great food at scale that’s financially viable and environmentally aspirational. This is just some of...

After all, food is a public good, as vital to our health and community life as access to sport and leisure, and, like public leisure, it...