creating sustainable, equitable food systems    

Food Matters has considerable experience working both at a local grassroots level and in regional and national settings. This experience is complemented by an active understanding of community development issues, and of domestic, European and international policy issues. Our belief is that local, national and global food issues are intimately linked, and aim to inform national policy making through the work we undertake locally, and vice versa.

We offer a range of services including:

• Research and surveys including action and desk-based research, participatory and interview based methods
  
• Campaigning
  
• Writing (reports, newsletters, press releases and publicity, factsheets)
  
• Training, facilitation and education
  
• Policy analysis
  
• Event co-ordination (Local Produce Fairs, stakeholder events)
  
• Fundraising
  
• Network / partnership / alliance building
  
• Community development
  
• Project management

Our areas of particular expertise include:

• Food poverty and food access
  
• Genetic modification
  
• Organic production and policy
  
• Local food networks and community food projects
  
• Local, national and international food policy
  
• Local sustainability
  
• Fund raising
  
• Democracy
  
• Consumer / public attitudes

Before taking on a new project, we make sure that the best combination of consultants is available to provide the necessary knowledge and skills for the project. Food Matters aims to work in a democratic and open way within an ethical framework, which sets out how we will work, and supports decisions about which projects we will take on.

We aim to:

• ensure that all work undertaken supports our vision of more sustainable and equitable food systems
  
• maintain high levels of integrity and professionalism in our work
  
• work in an open, democratic and accountable way with all our clients and consultants
  
• ensure we fully understand the individual needs of our clients, and deliver work which meets these needs
  
• only take on work which we have the capacity and expertise to deliver within an acceptable timescale and to a high standard.