Episode 9 Lucy Antal – transforming our food systems

Want to know more about how the food circular economy works?This episode, with Lucy Antal of food campaigning charity Feedback Global, explores how circular approaches can create a better food system, reduce waste and increase social value.  Feedback is a campaign group working to regenerate nature by transforming our food system. To do this, they ‘challenge power, catalyse action and empower people to achieve positive change’ Feedback uses circular economy principles to create value from surplus food – using it to feed people, animals and the soil. Read on for a summary of the podcast and links to the people, organisations and other resources we mention. You can subscribe to the podcast series on iTunes,  Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, or search for "circular economy" in your favourite podcast app.  Stay in touch to get free insights and updates, direct to your inbox...About Lucy... Lucy Antal is the NW project manager for Feedback Global’s Regional Food Economy.  In short, she develops new networks of sustainable food projects and promotes a circular economy approach to food surplus – using it to feed people, animals and the soil, with a particular focus on the North. She is  currently engaged in creating the social enterprise Alchemic Kitchen. Lucy is a sustainable food adviser for The Food Domain, a network partnership enabling new relationships to develop between academics, NGOs, communities, businesses and the public sector.   Lucy covers a wide remit of food issues including food growing, waste and surplus,  skills and education, enterprise, access and for health. She supports the Alexandra Rose Charity Rose Voucher project in Liverpool and runs the steering group. In addition, Lucy is a research associate at the University of Liverpool, and a member of the International Commission on the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. She is an external examiner for food and nutrition students at Liverpool John Moores University, and is involved with several N8 research projects. Lucy is an active participant in the Sustainable Food Cities Network in the UK and co-founder of the Knowledge Quarter Sustainability Network. Previously, Lucy held the post of Sustainable Food City Coordinator for the Liverpool Food People project. Lucy studied English Literature & History of Art at the University of Leeds, followed by 10 years working in the food industry in London.  Later, she relocated home to Liverpool to Liverpool to spend 13 years as Operations Manager & Project Developer for environmental charity National Wildflower Centre. She joined Liverpool Food People in 2014 and founded The Food Domain in 2017.  In her spare time, Lucy enjoys writing and tweeting about food, and making preserves as Grab Your Spoon (follow Lucy on Twitter @GrabYourSpoon).  Lucy is based in Liverpool, UK.Feedback Global  Feedback “is a campaign group working to regenerate nature by transforming our food system. To do this we challenge power, catalyse action and empower people to achieve positive change.” They say:- “Food production is the single greatest impact humans have on the environment. From mountains of food waste, to habitat destruction to clear land to grow animal feed for factory farms,