The Birmingham food revolution conference

The Birmingham food revolution has been building for many years as people across our city have recognised that action is needed to ensure a positive impact, and they have stepped up to the challenge.

To recognise the exceptional work taking place in Birmingham’s food system space, celebrate the launch of the Birmingham food system strategy, and further ignite the Birmingham food revolution; we hosted the Birmingham food revolution conference.

The two day virtual conference would showcase the work that is happening here in Birmingham, across the UK, and around the globe in achieving our vision of creating a fair, sustainable and prosperous food system and economy, where food options are nutritious, affordable and desirable so everyone can thrive.

The Birmingham food revolution aims

The Birmingham Food Revolution long term ambition is to build a city where:

• we consume a nutritious diet that helps us thrive
• our diet doesn’t cause us harm
• our food system is ethical, fair and eliminates injustice from farm to fork
• we reduce harm to the world around us
• we empower people and overcome barriers to providing healthy and sustainable food options
• we respect and support diversity and choice
• we are resilient, and adapt, learn and evolve
• we celebrate what food brings to our city

The conference outcomes

You will find in section 2 and section 3 of this webpage all the key conference recordings broken down into digestible playlists.

Section 2 focuses on Day One of the Birmingham Food Revolution Conference, where we officially launched the Birmingham food system strategy. This section is focused on Birmingham and the local food legends that are leading the way in our Birmingham food revolution. You will also find key breakdowns of the Birmingham food system strategy and our next steps for delivering until 2030.

Section 3 focuses on Day Two of the Birmingham food revolution conference, and we explore the bigger picture by looking at the role of national and international players in achieving a regenerative and just food system. This includes insight from leading minds and voices from around the globe; plus our shared aims for a UK urban food cities forum to grow the food revolution across the UK.