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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 👉
tinyurl.com/4p9fr4kp

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

'The Power of the Public Plate: How public food can transform the food system'

Last chance to sign up for our webinar tomorrow - 📅 Wednesday 21st January at 2pm 👉 tinyurl.com/36jvy868

Newsletter - January 2026 - AFN Network+ Find out about our latest webinar, recent FlexFund findings and a new impact profile plus the usual events, opportunities & publications

📰 Our latest newsletter shares a new impact profile from ECR Beckie Lait, an update from one of our Stakeholder FlexFund projects,Better Food Traders,& details of next weeks webinar (The Power of the Public Plate) as well as plenty of other publications, events &opportunities..👉 tinyurl.com/3pdpzyad

DIGEST: Learning from the Champions, Part 3 - AFN Network+ Digest- Learning from the Champions, Part 3. In a series of digests, we are sharing a little more about the work of the AFN Champions 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: Ali Morpeth, Ifeyinwa Kanu & Elta Smith
👉tinyurl.com/y8kuzrvx

Microsoft Forms Date: 20 January 2026 Time: 10am-3pm Location: The Warehouse - Birmingham Friends of the Earth Environmental Community Hub, The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison St, Birmingham B5 5TH Food systems transformation...

📢 WORKSHOP: Justice as Catalyst for Food Systems Transformation Workshop
Tuesday 20th January 2026, Birmingham
Our fist in-person event of 2026 will be this workshop co-hosted with our good friends @lunz-hub.bsky.social. Register your interest to join us 👉 tinyurl.com/mwe5mm6z

Happy New Year!We're looking forward to carrying on the Network's activities into 2026 &beyond -Our webinar series will have a particular focus on the new food strategy being developed by Govt, there'll be more newsletters &digests & we're in discussions with potential funders to expand -Stay tuned!

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…

Prof Kevin Morgan has spent >20yrs researching how public institutions can & do serve good food against the odds.Join our webinar to see what we can learn from what's working & what's not: The Power of the Public Plate: How public food can transform the food system' 21/01 2pm👉 tinyurl.com/36jvy868

Tim Lang: Civil food resilience and UK preparedness for food system shocks - AFN Network+ Renowned food systems thinker and scholar, Prof Tim Lang, has spent the last two years researching the UK food system’s preparedness for shocks. In this webinar he draws on his soon-to-be-published…

More catch-up! Watch Prof Tim Lang discussing his report for the National Preparedness Commission. He’d spent two years researching the UK food system’s preparedness for shocks and his report addresses the state of civil (ie the public’s) food resilience 👉tinyurl.com/45au6sna

Systems Thinking: How to address highly complex problems Anyone who’s tried to unravel and address problems in the agri-food system will know how complex it is: Agri-food researchers, stakeholders and professionals...

Catching up? Why not check out one of our most popular webinars -with Prof Gerald Midgley, foremost authority on the theory & practice of systems thinking and systemic leadership👉 tinyurl.com/385wsrdr
Or browse our back catalogue of webinars/briefings & digests👉 tinyurl.com/4efpj6au

The Roadmap - AFN Network+ The Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050 calls for radical transformation, at a scale and pace not seen since the Second World War. It says if we do not act now, change will be forced upon ...

👀Why not catch up on the details of our Roadmap over the Xmas break - Find digests & briefings on specific aspects, videos from the launch event & webinar plus interesting discussions with some of the authors on our dedicated webpage 👉 tinyurl.com/369s6wuy

Microsoft Forms Date: 20 January 2026 Time: 10am-3pm Location: The Warehouse - Birmingham Friends of the Earth Environmental Community Hub, The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison St, Birmingham B5 5TH Food systems transformation...

⚖️Justice as Catalyst for Food Systems Transformation Workshop 🗓️Tues 20th Jan, Birmingham
Join us to develop a Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) framework for considering farming, land use change & healthy eating.
Register your interest👉 tinyurl.com/mwe5mm6z

AFN continues: Thank you and what’s ahead Thanks for all of your support and here's what's coming next....

📢With a huge thanks to everyone who has supported us over the last 3.5 years we'd like to share with you our next steps as we continue into 2026 and beyond....
View full details here 👉tinyurl.com/3e4femsy

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…

'The Power of the Public Plate: How public food can transform the food system' with Professor Kevin Morgan, chaired by Professor Neil Ward
Join us for our January webinar on Wednesday 21st January at 2pm 👉tinyurl.com/36jvy868

Digest: UK Food and Farming Year-in-Review
We dive into the policy and other key milestones of the last year, sum up progress and point out gaps; consider it a festive stocktake of the year in food systems, a reflection and a look forward into 2026.
👉tinyurl.com/y42ar7sd

📰Our latest roundup - Reports from our Champions & updates from a funded project working on peer-to-peer farmer learning about practices to help reach net zero plus the usual publications, events & opportunities....
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Planeatry Alliance have produced a Business Briefing based on our Roadmap that outlines why transforming the UK food system is both an urgent necessity and a major opportunity for industry leadership -
Full briefing 👉 tinyurl.com/bddxcxn2
Summary 👉 tinyurl.com/h2a8amte

How can we trust the data & computer models shaping our food systems? Watch the video of our latest webinar to hear the lively discussion on this topic with Prof Sarah Bridle, Prof Paul Behrens & Dr Juan Pablo Cordero
Video👉 tinyurl.com/79h2d4sc
Presentation 👉tinyurl.com/2rj6fmt

🙏 to Planeatry Alliance for producing a Policy Briefing for us summarising actions policymakers must take to deliver a fair, resilient & climate-aligned UK food system by 2050 - as outlined in our Roadmap. Briefing 👉 tinyurl.com/48d8x732
Summary 👉 tinyurl.com/5cemhvdz

We're excited to put this out into the world with @ogagrowers.bsky.social and funded by @afnnetwork.bsky.social

📰Our latest round-up shares Roadmap event clips, updates from some of our funded projects, details of our Champions outputs and the usual events &opportunities... View👉 tinyurl.com/3kz2xvbc
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DIGEST: Learning from the Champions, Part 2 Amy Jackson, Caeli Richardson and Jude Irons

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: Caeli Richardson, Amy Jackson & Jude Irons
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Last chance to sign up for our webinar tomorrow at 1pm! 👇tinyurl.com/4uhhvhy4

DIGEST: Food Systems make it to COP What emerged from COP30

#COP30 - the first COP where agriculture and food were treated as core climate priorities – for emissions, and also for hunger, biodiversity, and supporting vulnerable communities... We've digested what emerged 👉 tinyurl.com/9vbmsykd

Our webinar this Friday (28th) brings together expertise from energy systems, astrophysics& food system modelling.Our panel will share how they build computer models to understand our food system, the practical challenges & how they us these tools to inform real-world decisions👉 tinyurl.com/4uhhvhy4

📰Our latest round-up shares Roadmap updates, videos from our showcases, updates from Stakeholder FlexFund projects, a reminder about next Friday's webinar plus the usual events &opportunities...
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Many decisions about our food system are made based on data & computer models, including how we should respond to #climatechange, what subsidies governments should provide, & changes supermarkets should make. But how do we know if they're reliable & when we can trust them? Webinar 28/11👇