March 2023
In the summer of 2022 the Food Matters team was joined by Jada Phillips – a final year Law degree student at the University of Sussex – as Research and Comms Assistant Intern (on the University’s Career Lab Summer UK Internship Programme). Whilst working at Food Matters Jada wrote the Sankofa Report, linking British Colonial history with the current UK food system, and focusing in particular on the underrepresentation of people of colour.
The Sankofa principle suggests that we should remember the past to make positive progress in the future. This is particularly true when considering race and diversity in the present-day UK food system in the context of British Colonial history.
The Sankofa report helps us to understand and acknowledge the legacy of British Colonial history on the UK food sector. In doing so it provides extremely important context to the work Food Matters is doing on representation and diversity, both internally and in the Sustainable Food Places’ ‘REDI for Change programme’ focused on Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the UK food sector. For this reason the report is soon to be included in the SFP’s REDI Review Tool as required reading.
You can find other reports by Food Matters here.
March 2023
In the summer of 2022 the Food Matters team was joined by Jada Phillips – a final year Law degree student at the University of Sussex – as Research and Comms Assistant Intern (on the University’s Career Lab Summer UK Internship Programme). Whilst working at Food Matters Jada wrote the Sankofa Report, linking British Colonial history with the current UK food system, and focusing in particular on the underrepresentation of people of colour.
The Sankofa principle suggests that we should remember the past to make positive progress in the future. This is particularly true when considering race and diversity in the present-day UK food system in the context of British Colonial history.
The Sankofa report helps us to understand and acknowledge the legacy of British Colonial history on the UK food sector. In doing so it provides extremely important context to the work Food Matters is doing on representation and diversity, both internally and in the Sustainable Food Places’ ‘REDI for Change programme’ focused on Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the UK food sector. For this reason the report is soon to be included in the SFP’s REDI Review Tool as required reading.
You can find other reports by Food Matters here.
