The Sustain alliance’s new initiative – Bridging the Gap – is looking at how we get agroecological food to lower income communities, and how we advocate for policies to make this food affordable longer term. Working alongside partners with supply chain and trading experience, including Alexandra Rose charity, Growing Communities, Nourish Northern Ireland and Food Sense Wales, the programme is exploring how to transition from the current focus on food aid for lower-income groups, to food trade. It will help find new markets and boost existing and new supply chain opportunities for nature and climate-friendly farmers, exploring and advocating for how these can be invested in over the longer term. The programme is being developed using principles of co-production, to put diverse voices at the heart of the work, and it is seeking ways to bridge the gaps also reflected within the food and farming movement.

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