Ambitious New Project Launched to Tackle Climate Change in North Lancashire FoodFutures
The Closing Loops project is launched by FoodFutures, North Lancashire’s sustainable food network, to support communityled action and local initiatives to transform waste into a valuable resource. It aims to stimulate a zero-waste, circular and regenerative local economy.
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ocal residents and businesses are invited to join one of four public events across North Lancashire to celebrate the launch of the project and get involved. FoodFutures, North Lancashire’s sustainable food network, is launching 184
a five year project called Closing Loops funded through the National Lottery Community Fund. The project will take forward parts of ‘Our Food Futures: a community food strategy for North Lancashire’ supporting a vision for a local food system and wider local economy that is healthy, resilient and fair. Closing Loops will develop new initiatives to reduce and repurpose waste, including food waste, whilst promoting healthy, seasonal and sustainable food and supporting regenerative enterprises. By the end of the five years the project will have reached beyond the initial focus on food, supporting initiatives tackling waste and sustainable consumption
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issues linked to materials such as textiles, plastics and packaging. The overarching project vision is to create a thriving local REconomy which regenerates both the environment and our communities, locally and globally. Food is a critical place to start in tackling climate change. As Councillor Caroline Jackson, leader of Lancaster City Council, said in November 2021: “Food accounts for one third of global greenhouse gas emissions so must be at the forefront of the climate debate.” The way food is currently produced, distributed and wasted has huge negative impacts on both the environment and on society. The Closing Loops project www.lancmag.com
