Resilience and wisdom to stay happy in the years ahead
This film and project deserve our support The National Emergency Briefing was an event in Westminster in November 2025, and is now an excellent film of the event, available for free showings: many have already been organised, see map here. The Briefing features 10 experts, authorities in their sector, setting out the implications for health, … Read more
Across the UK, food is failing too many people. Children are growing up on ultra-processed meals, diet-related illness is rising sharply, and the everyday skills of healthy, affordable cooking are being lost. However, Wales offers hope of a better approach. Cegin y Bobl is a young, pioneering charity: the name is Welsh for The People’s … Read more
Improving food security and affordable housing supply There’s a widespread view that strengthening local communities will be crucial in the years ahead, to help us all to adapt to increasing levels of disruption, including food supplies, utilities, weather patterns, and more. One way to speed up this process is to create eco-hamlets, which would be … Read more
A Government that listens and adjusts In 2024, there were widespread, strongly felt protests by Welsh farmers against the Welsh Government’s proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme. What happened then? This is a heartening example of genuine dialogue and mutual adjustment, which has led to major revisions in the SFS. The Farmers’ Union of Wales said the … Read more
Innovation taking root in mid-Wales Across the UK, people are asking how we can build more secure, resilient food systems. Wouldn’t it be great to grow more food near to where it’s needed, whilst creating opportunities for young growers, and regenerating the land. At Sarn, in mid-Wales, this vision is becoming reality. Our Food Trust … Read more
Climate change is already impacting food supplies, and is forecast to create much greater disruption in the years ahead. Seeding our Future commissioned research to understand both the threats and the scope for positive adaptation: two versions are available, one for Wales and the Borders, one of the focus areas for Seeding our Future’s work, … Read more
Probably… and how can we prepare? By food emergency, I mean a prolonged period of serious food shortages, and/or extreme food price inflation. Many of us already know how fragile Britain’s food security is, and how flimsy the long-standing Government strategy is: ‘Leave it to Tesco.’ We currently import 46% of our food, and supply … Read more
Restoring our bond with Mother Earth I’m writing to share a vision with you which feels increasingly vital for our survival. This vision interweaves two ideas which I see discussed increasingly, but only rarely connected. One is the urgent need to increase local food production in the UK (especially vegetables, fruit, proteins), as climate change … Read more
Maybe: at least the outlook is promising… Food security is one of the issues which makes me compare the 2020s to the 1930s: there are huge problems looming, most people are in denial, but a few are making preparations which could be crucial. Some of these are in Wales, and as a fresh immigrant, I’m … Read more
Guest blog As the world continues to grapple with the challenges of climate change, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we need to find new ways of farming that are more sustainable and regenerative. That’s where regenerative agriculture comes in – a way of farming that focuses on improving the health of the soil, increasing biodiversity, … Read more