We’re very excited to announce that Digesting Politics lunches are back…. The idea is to share food and share ideas, over a series of short, informal presentations about the politics of food… Do they affect how we eat, play, socialise and think in Barking and Dagenham?

This month we’re *THRILLED* to be joined by long-term friend of the project, collaborator, and ‘Food Champion’ Kiran Chahal from Made Up Kitchen. Kiran will be talking to us about how to grow, sustain and celebrate healthy community-led food actions.

As part of our work with LBBD to build a Good Food Economy, Kiran will be helping us to think about how to grow sustainable, holistic food systems, in Barking and Dagenham and beyond….. We’ll be asking:

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>> who gets to build our food systems?

>> who often gets left behind?

>> how can we make sure the community is at the table, helping to grow ideas from the ground-up (and not from the top-down)?

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Delicious food will be provided by the Good Food Collective.

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This event is invite only. If you are a local resident working with, growing, sharing food and you’d like to attend, please email cam on cam@companydrinks.info.

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Previous Digesting Politics guests have included…..

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>> Is a local, organic food system possible? With Organic Ilford’s Toni Lötter

>> Chewing on better food policy, with Dee Woods

>> The science of flavour on our supermarket shelves, a Molecular Fizz special, with Dr Rachel Edwards Stuart

>> Seeding Change with SeedsShare founder, the late, great Esiah Levy

>> Stories and Supper on their refugee supper clubs

>> Exploring ideas of identity and colonialism in food with Arawelo Eats founder Fozia Ismail

>> A film screening of In Our Hands, with the Landworkers Alliance

>> Tom James – on how we might live in a climate change future

>> Sean Roy Parker on Food Waste and Pay what you Can

and more….

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This is an invite only event, please contact us if you’re interested in taking part,
email cam@companydrinks.info

The Digesting Politics Monthly Lunches are delivered by Company Drinks. The lunches are also part of a UK wide series of community food events called ‘Digesting Politics’,  founded by artist run group Keep It Complex.