What if We Had the Right to Grow?
Imagine if we could turn over public land for food and nature. If we could nourish our communities, without all the red-tape so often encountered by those who want to get on and grow food.
Up and down the country public land is being left unloved, costing our local authorities money to care for and giving nothing back to the community in return.
Community groups like Incredible Edible have shown that with a little imagination, bravery and TLC these parcels of land can be turned into oases for food and wildlife, but getting access to public land and permission for food growing can be very challenging.
With support from University of Sheffield and Research England this film was produced by Incredible Edible as part of a knowledge exchange program bringing community voices together in Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Hull to discuss land access for community food growing and local needs as work develops towards securing Right to Grow policies within the local authorities.
The Right to Grow calls for a new relationship that builds trust between councils and communities, and sees authorities recognise the immense value that community food growers bring to the places we call home.
Credits
- Videography: Tom Pickering
- Animation: Ellie Pritchard
- Research & Logistics: Pru Elliott (Campaign Consultant at Incredible Edible)
- Interviewee: Pam Warhurst (Founder of Incredible Edible)
- Interviewee: Jill Edmondson (Professor of Ecosystem Sustainability at the University of Sheffield)
- Interviewee: Dan Robinson (Non Executive Director / Trustee at Incredible Edible Leeds)
- Interviewee: Jane Winter (Open Spaces Community Engagement Officer at Hull City Council)
- Interviewee: Wendy Gregory (Member Board of Trustees at Friends of Alderman Kneeshaw Park)
- Interviewee: Andrew Levy (Marketing and Communications at Incredible Edible Prestwich and District)
- Interviewee: Joy Lewty (Project Lead at Incredible Edible Garforth)
- Funded and supported by Research England QR Policy funding through the University of Sheffield grant to Professor Jill Edmondson and Incredible Edible.