Calderdale Food Network was established in July 2017, in response to feedback from a wide representation of cross-sector organisations, businesses, groups and individuals who participated in the Calderdale Food Workshop, in recognition of the major role food plays in the health and wellbeing of our community and the need for a coordinated, locally-led partnership approach to establish a good food culture.
We were awarded the Sustainable Food Places Bronze award in 2020 in recognition of our progress and our holistic, joined up approach to achieving a more sustainable food system for Calderdale.
OUR VISION
To establish a culture where healthy affordable sustainable local food is accessible to everybody in Calderdale.
OUR MISSION
We are bringing people together from across Calderdale to celebrate great local food, amazing people and inspirational actions that have positive outcomes for our community, our environment and our lives.
We are working collaboratively with individuals, organisations, businesses and community groups to promote a vibrant, diverse sustainable food culture by increasing food knowledge and skills, influencing policy, supporting and motivating positive actions, tackling food inequality, increasing local food production and reducing our carbon footprint.
“At the heart of the Sustainable Food Places programme is a belief that good food is a right not a privilege and this principle is clearly evident in everything the borough has done. Calderdale stands out as a shining example of just what can be achieved when people work together to make healthy and sustainable food a defining characteristic of where they live.”
Tom Andrews, Director of Sustainable Food Places
