What is 'food doing good' about?
As I covered in my first post, the purpose of this website is to share inspiring stories about food being used to make a positive impact - this can be for health & wellbeing, the planet, community building and more. I thought I'd share just some examples which I have read or heard about and inspired me to dig deeper into the topic of food, and how it can be used to make a positive impact,
The Long Table - a community food hall in Stroud that aims to make sure that everyone has access to great food and people to eat it with.
Life Kitchen - a not-for-profit cookery school for people whose taste has been affected by cancer or cancer treatment, focussing on taste and flavour and helping people enjoy food again.
Migrateful - runs cookery classes led by refugees, asylum seekers and migrants struggling to integrate and access employment.
Incredible Edible - movement set up by Pam Warhurst who brought her community together to turn plots of unused land into communal vegetable gardens, and to change the narrative of food in their community.
The one armed chef - Giles Duley, who lost both legs and an arm when working as a photojournalist in Afghanistan. He used cooking as a way to rehabilitate and now continues to work as a photographer in conflict zones, using food to connect with his subjects, by cooking and eating a meal together.
Jane Clarke - a dietitian and Cordon Bleu chef who is known for her work with those living with serious illnesses but also created a brand of meal alternative drinks designed for those who those who might not be able to eat normally due to illness.
Chefs in schools - employ professional chefs to improve the quality of school meals, whilst educating and inspiring children about the benefits of cooking their own food from scratch.
TastEd - an inspiring sensory food education programme set up to encourage children to learn the ‘food literacy’ that will help them become more confident, adventurous and healthy eaters.
Made in Hackney - is vegan community cookery school and charity based in London. They run cookery and food growing classes with the objective of bringing people together, sharing & learning skills and cultural cuisines, deepening community connection and inspiring lasting behaviour change.
Bramber Bakehouse - is a social enterprise supporting women who have experienced exploitation. Their programme consists of "Four key ingredients: Baking, wellbeing support, transferable life skills and ongoing support" to create an environment for women to heal, feel valued, gain confidence, build skills and knowledge for the future and thrive in a loving community.
Kitty Tait - a teenager, who discovered the joy of baking bread whilst suffering with severe depression. She now runs a successful bakery with her Dad but has also created Kitty's kits, a no kneed no mess bread mix, that she sells to fund 'breaducation' - free bread classes and kits to schools, prisons, food banks and Community groups.
