Food has the power to restore our physical and mental health, bring families together and reconnect us with our landscape, culture and history. Sadly, in our present climate, it polarises, confuses and perpetuates chronic illness. This all-female panel including a doctor, farmer, barrister, psychiatrist and vet-turned nutritionist will join together to share their stories of how agroecological methods are healing our bodies, minds, communities and our land.
As Wendell Berry said, “People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food”. Never before has there been such a need to bring together health practitioners, farming and food producers, to find a unifying language to excite change, work out common actions and nurture mutual respect. These networks must be encouraged from top to bottom – at the policy level, and in the field and clinic – to restore human and planetary health.