Here we are then: Bath losing, and likely gaining, a stellar restaurant; why local councillors have started prepping; and what happens when AI hacks your freezer — it’s all happening in this month’s little local food news (and beyond) round-up.
On with it:
After a two year hiatus, the South West’s regenerative farming conference LandAlive is about to return, hinging on ideas and practices of ‘profitability’ without compromising on ‘resilience’. Resilience, resilience, resilience – you will be hearing that word more and more in all sorts of places, if you haven’t heard it plenty already. Anyway! One of my main concerns while at the inaugural conference in 2024 was who exactly it was aimed at (conventional farmers looking to be more sustainable? Regenerative farmers already there but hoping to find more inspiration? Etcetera), so we’ll see if that’s any more obvious this time around. That said, I found numerous worthwhile talking points while at the conference two years ago – my extended notes to which you can find here.
The LandAlive Winter Conference happens on Wednesday 25 November at the Bath & West Showground. Maybe I’ll see you there?
Our pop-up community restaurant Canteen in Frome returned on Tuesday last week and although we lost count of people through the door (whoops), we reckon it was somewhere in the region of 118. Our lowest turnout yet, but not to the point of being too discouraging. Anyway, what I really want to say is if the concept is of interest to you and might like support on setting up such a thing in your own town/village/suburb, give me a shout? And/or come along to the next one on the 24th November.
Below the paywall: How local councils are prepping for food and farming-based catastrophe, why The Newt might spit in my earl gray tea, and how to have breakfast with a local organic dairy farmer.