Can community food-growing change the world?

Hull was the first UK city to grant citizens the “Right to Grow” in September 2023. But what does that really mean for people and groups growing food all around the UK?

We were talking to the, then, Prince of Wales about setting up Coronation Gardens and his feedback was – you have to include Pam Warhurst and the amazing Incredible Edible.

As founding partners of the Coronation Gardens for Food and Nature project along with The Wildlife Trusts, the WI and Garden Organic, we are delighted to support the launch of a new independent report by The Wildlife Trusts which looks into community food growing and raises important questions: can grassroots organisations and policy-makers ever truly work in partnership? Does change emerge from incredible individuals, challenge between opposing sides, or partnership that seeks to reconcile different views? Where does the power in a community truly reside – the people or the politicians? And can planting a patch of carrots on a roundabout really change the world?

The report proposes our Right to Grow campaign as a critically important part of the solution for adapting to climate change while supporting people and nature.

Incredible Edible founder Pam Warhurst spoke at the launch of the report:

If you harness a different approach to investment in people and land, you get better outcomes for people and planet

– Pam Warhurst