The UK’s industrial food system is buckling under a series of converging and mutually reinforcing crises: the cost of energy, the cost of off-farm inputs, the inaccessibility of land for new growers and the system’s tendency to pollute and deteriorate the ecosystems it relies on. This panel suggests that alternative forms of ownership could hold the key to a more just and ecologically regenerative food system. The panel brings together growers, academics, and think tank representatives to discuss how alternative forms of ownership such as Public-Common Partnership and Fairholds could democratise food systems, regenerate ecosystems, and ensure that food is a right, not a privilege, for all.

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