My talk will:
o summarise what shocks face the food system – some well-known, some less so.
o outline official positions on resilience, and ask whether it’s being delivered for food.
o show that, despite being a Critical National Infrastructure, food lacks full attention.
o explore the gaps between what’s being done and what could be done.
o propose we need a systemic approach to how to feed people in crises.
o stress public engagement is a key to national resilience planning, as is social cohesion.
o argue the resilience agenda gives urgency to current debates about food and farming.
o ask what you can contribute to civil food resilience.