Greenspeak - Whose Land is it Anyway?
Reconnecting Land with People and Communities
When -
Tuesday 10. June from 7:00pm until 9:00 pm
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Where - The Old Market Old Market St, Off Western Rd (find it on a map) .
Organised by - Greenspeak.
Speakers:
Martin Large, Chair of the Community Land Trust National Demonstration Project at Salford University, and a pioneer of the land for people movement
Neil Ravenscroft, Professor of Cultural Policy at the University of Brighton, and Director of Tablehurst Farm Ltd
As peak oil pushes up food prices, concern for food security and food poverty rises.
Farmers markets, community supported farms and box schemes proliferate, whilst the Transition Town movement is also gaining momentum. People are developing localised, sustainable food systems such as community gardens, allotments, city farms, smallholdings, community-supported agricultural (CSA) schemes and land trusts. These initiatives also create new opportunities for enjoying nature, forest schools, health, care farms and much more as they transform the rural/urban split.
At the same time there is a need for new affordable housing, a push towards low-carbon green architecture and many people are looking for ways to bring new sustainable settlements and communities into being.
The most common problem faced by these initiatives is how to gain secure access to suitable land.
June Greenspeak is asking …..
What is affecting food, food security, food sovereignty and food poverty?
What is Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA)? E.g. Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Community Farm in East Sussex and Stroud CSA
How does Brighton and Hove City Council manage and make use of its 11,000 acre farm estate and what plans are there for the future? Where is the land that the Council owns?
How do we put a value on land? How can potential benefits for society – education, healthcare, reduced carbon emissions, community cohesion etc – be factored in to land valuation?
How can Community Land Trusts (CLTs) provide permanently affordable homes in green neighbourhoods? How do we balance the need for affordable housing with the need for increased local food sourcing?
How can we make the most of the land around Brighton and in particular the Farm Estate? - Our future dream?
contact(s) - Ian 07815 906502 or martin 07891 571739.
