Food Security and Systems
Creating resilient food systems and providing food security to tackle climate change and secure livelihoods
Food security and food systems are under strain globally as a consequence of climate change.
How can we promote more sustainable and resilient food systems that provide food and water security while also preventing issues like biodiversity loss.
Our Working Group
Co-Chairs
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Sue Pritchard is Chief Executive of the Food, Farming, and Countryside Commission (FFCC), an independent, commission providing policy and practice expertise to government, industry, and communities. FFCC brings people, businesses, and organisations together to tackle the difficult issues, stretching the debate with bold ideas and seldom-heard voices. Before FFCC, Sue worked in leadership, strategy, culture, and change, as a consultant and board coach, a researcher, and writer, and non-executive, including non-executive director and then chair of a Local Health Board in Wales. Sue has held Visiting and Honorary Fellowships at The Revans Institute, Salford University, Leeds University, Ashridge Business School, and The Bartlett, University College, London, typically working with consortia of public and private sector organisations on large scale systems change. Sue sits on the UK government's Net Zero Council, is a governor of the Royal Agricultural University and a trustee of St George's House, Windsor.
Latest work
WORKING PAPER
Food in the UK: Addressing Food Insecurity in the 21st Century
The UK is facing multiple interconnected crises, including supply chain disruptions, insecure livelihoods, climate change, and biodiversity loss (Green et al., 2024:3). This working paper examines how UBS, with food as a central pillar, can address the root causes of the broader livelihood crisis by fostering a citizen-led, rather than profit-driven, food system. It amplifies citizen voices and highlights community-led initiatives that are pioneering alternative pathways toward more resilient, sustainable, and just food systems (Feiteira and Pantzer, 2024; Neumann and Sharpe, 2023:3).