Roots and Routes: 'When policies align' ONLINE workshop

Roots and Routes: ‘When policies align’ ONLINE workshop

Online Food Ethics Council ‘Roots and Routes’ workshop: exploring fairer routes forward for joined-up, resilient UK food systems

Please join part two of our policy coherence ‘roots and routes’ session – a 90-minute online workshop exploring fairer routes forward to get greater coherence in UK food system policymaking. This follows on from our 16th September 2026 webinar diagnosing root causes of policy incoherence, entitled ‘when policies collide‘. Participants are encouraged to attend the webinar and the workshop where possible, but if not, then it’s still possible to only join one (as we’ll share a recap).

Our expert speaker line-up will include:

• Bhuvana Gupta, Council member of Food Ethics Council and Global Senior Campaigns Manager, Compassion in World Farming
• Corinna Hawkes, Director, Division of Agrifood Systems and Food Safety, FAO
• Sarah Newton, Food Systems Lead, Birmingham City Council
• Other speakers will be announced soon.

The workshop will be chaired by Dan Crossley, Executive Director of the Food Ethics Council.

In the session, we will explore:

1. examples of ‘policies aligning’, where government is more joined up in relation to policymaking – bringing in local/ regional, national and international examples
2. how we can/ should have greater coherence in policymaking on food systems? What are fairer routes, or pathways, forward?

We will consider national government policymaking – across the four nations of the UK – and policymaking at local/ regional levels.

After hearing from expert speakers, there will be opportunity to explore possible routes forward with other participants in breakout groups.

Click the Sign Up button now to register your free place via Eventbrite.