Local Food Ecosystems; How Food Hubs Can Help Create a More Sustainable Food System
Channel: Open Food Network
Date: 2021-08-17

It’s great to be part of such a vibrant network of food enterprises that share the vision of a better food system and a mission to create it locally - but what does ‘a better food system’ look like? And how are we going to make it happen?

Duncan Catchpole, MD of Cambridge Organic and Cambridge Food Hub, joined us for a special seminar to explore these questions and share some insight from his new book: “Local Food Ecosystems; How Food Hubs Can Help Create a More Sustainable Food System”

If you would like a copy of Duncan’s book, it is being sold on a 'pay as you feel' basis with all proceeds going to the development of the Cambridge Food Hub project. Get your copy here: https://localfoodecosystem.co.uk/

About The Author • Duncan Catchpole
Duncan’s lifetime of experience with sustainable food began with his upbringing on an organic apple orchard in Suffolk.
In 1998 he founded the Cambridge Organic Food Company (COFCO), which was set up on a shoestring budget. Today, COFCO delivers organic veg boxes to more than a thousand local households every week, achieved while upholding strong ethical principles throughout. It has grown into a seven-figure-turnover enterprise.
A founding committee member of Cambridge Sustainable Food, the organisation responsible for Cambridge’s inclusion in the ‘Sustainable Food Places’ network, this role led him to begin the Cambridge Food Hub project, which subsequently led to the development of the Local Food Ecosystem concept.