Chefs' Manifesto London Action Hub Spring Gathering

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The Chefs' Manifesto and OmVed Gardens present the London Action Hub Spring Gathering: The Activist Chef's Sustainable Kitchen.

Across the planet, the lack of nutritious food is undermining health for people and planet. It is essential that we begin to understand our consumption patterns in greater depth and understand that healthy food and food systems are driven by consumer choice and actions. As consumers we all have a choice and our choices drive food production locally and globally. Our sustainable purchasing boosts nature positive production and can contribute to poverty alleviation and Good Food For All.

The event will consist of 5 distinct courses:1. An Introduction to Sustainable Consumption PatternsWe unpick the science behind transitioning to more sustainable consumption patterns with Dr Mario Herrero Acosta, lead Scientist for AT2, whose research focuses on increasing the sustainability of food systems for the benefit of humans and ecosystems. Followed by Alyson Greenhalgh-Ball, Global Health and Nutrition leader and board member of British Nutrition Foundation.2. The Waste Laboratory The Waste Laboratory looks at stopping food waste and valuing food with host and renowned Eco-Chef Arthur Potts Dawson and Tristram Stuart - international award-winning author, campaigner and expert on the environmental and social impacts of food. Eco-Chef Tom Hunt and Olio also share their top tips for preventing food waste. 3. Field Note of the Urban ComposterIn Field notes of the Urban Composter, Omved team Vicky, Jo and Sonia present their findings from experimenting with home composting and look at systems leading the way globally in urban composting.4. Avocados on ParoleWe discuss optimum nutrition that doesn’t cost the earth with Corinna Hawkes, Professor of Food Policy at City, University of London who works on policies that improve the quality of diets here in the UK and globally. We dive deep into the avocado problem with Chef Conor Spacey on why he has never used avocados in his kitchen and what solutions we have for the future of this much loved food.5. Futureproofing the Food SystemDouglas McMaster, pioneer of the zero-waste food movement presents his food system of the future, we speak to Jessi Baker MBE, founder of Provenance and Dr Morgaine Gaye, Food Futurologist.Confirmed Speakers:Mario Herrero Acosta, <a href="https://www.csiro.au/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chief Research Scientist of Agriculture and Food, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation</a>Alyson Greenhalgh-Ball, Global Health &amp; Nutrition LeaderTristram Stuart, Author, <a href="https://www.tristramstuart.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Waste, Uncovering the Global Food Scandal</a>Elis Joudalova, <a href="https://olioex.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Olio</a>Tom Hunt, <a href="https://tomsfeast.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Eco-chef and author</a>Chef Conor Spacey, <a href="http://food-space.ie/team-members/conor-spacey/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Culinary Director, Food Space Ireland</a>Jonny Jacobs, Co-founder &amp; director, <a href="https://www.longevitydev.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Longevity Development</a>Prof Corinna Hawkes, <a href="https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/corinna-hawkes" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor of Food Policy, City University of London</a>Vicky Chown, Head of Urban Holistic Growing at <a href="http://omvedgardens.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OmVed Gardens</a>Josephine Marchandise, Head of Preserves at <a href="http://omvedgardens.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OmVed Gardens</a>Sonia Rego, Manager of the <a href="https://seedsaving.network/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Seed Saving Network</a> at <a href="https://www.omvedgardens.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OmVed Gardens</a>Douglas McMaster, Owner, chef, <a href="https://silolondon.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Silo</a>Jessi Baker, Founder &amp; CEO, <a href="https://www.provenance.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Provenance</a>Dr Morgaine Gaye, <a href="http://www.morgainegaye.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Food Futurologist</a>Vidal Cobos and Aleksandra Rutyna, <a href="https://www.crowdfarming.com/en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CrowdFarming</a>