From Policy to Community Action
This FEAST webinar explores how food system transformation can unfold across macro, meso, and micro levels of action. Bringing together perspectives from policy initiatives, institutional settings, and community-led living labs, the session highlights circular, inclusive, and context-specific approaches to creating meaningful change.
DATE: Tuesday, 24 February 2026
TIME: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm CET
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Local food systems play a crucial role in addressing challenges such as unhealthy diets, food insecurity, and food waste. This webinar showcases good practices operating at different levels of the food system from, national campaigns and policy frameworks, to institutional settings, and community-based networks illustrating how a multi-level approach can support effective and lasting food system transformation.
The session features three speakers who work at complementary levels of action.
Together, the speakers reflect on what works, what doesn’t, and what can be learned when communities, municipalities, and organisations collaborate to redesign local food systems. The webinar offers practical insights for municipalities, civil society organisations, researchers, and businesses interested in replicable, people-centred food system solutions.
The host and moderator of the first FEAST webinar in our six-part series are Fabio Consalez (ICLEI) and Dr. Anant Jani (University of Heidelberg).
Programme
Transforming the World’s Food System: From Policy to Plate
Speakers: Rosemary Brotchie & Louise MaherWRAP presents its internationally recognised Love Food Hate Waste programme, demonstrating how policy-informed, evidence-based campaigns can reduce household food waste and support circular living across regions and countries.
Community-Based Approaches in Senior Care: Successful Outcomes and Prospects for Future Expansion
Speakers: Aleksandra Różalska & Kaja Zapędowska-KlingFEAST Living Lab Łódź illustrates how co-design and institutional change can improve food environments for older adults, translating research into practical action at the care-home and community level.
- Shaped by Community Voices: Rethinking Access to Healthy and Sustainable Food
Speaker: Caroline Welch
Good Food Oxfordshire shares lessons from its community-led approach to improving food access, affordability, and healthy eating, highlighting how empowering local organisations and residents leads to more sustainable and lasting change.