How do we escape the grip of the supermarkets on our food-buying habits? How can communities gain control of the food they eat? Most of our January meeting was dedicated to a screening of the film Best Before: the London Food Revolution. The film touched on topics such as the global impact of our consumption habits, the power of supermarkets and the advantages of small-scale, organic farming.
The film depicted three projects in London which aim to point the way towards a healthier, more sustainable, and socially just food system.
After the film, we watched part of an interview with a speaker from the NGO Focus on the Global South, and then we discussed some of the questions raised by the film in small groups.
The screening was part of WDM’s broader campaigning work on the issue of food sovereignty – the concept of communities taking greater control over the food they grow and consume.
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