Wealden, The environment, Nature and Biodiversity

Wealden Food Partnership is a collective of over 115 members and stakeholders ‘Working together for a better, greener and more equal food system for the communities of Wealden.’ 

Working together since 2022 in an area of East Sussex that contains over 1,000 farners and 70% of people living rurally, the Food Partnership's main goals include:

Advoacting to improve better local infrastructure and routes to market for farmers, growers and producers across the region. This includes developing Buyer and Supplier opportunities, working with local abattoirs and livestock markets and advocating for the farming community with key stakeholders such as local government.

Working to address food poverty and inequality through working with and supporting local foodbanks, community fridges and other organisations through establshing a Support Through Food Network.

The Food Partnership has an Advisory Group that consists of 13 members, guiding the work plan and priorities and working towards Wealden Food Partnership becoming an independent organisation by 2026. Members include farmers, local councillors, foodbanks, Public Health, community chefs, local charities working to support communities through food, a Green Transition Town and the High Weald National Landscape Partnership.

Wealden Food Partnership Website