Lee Robb was fed-up of seeing her hometown – Carrick Fergus in Northern Ireland – divided, neglected, and still reeling from the troubles,  so she decided to buck the trend and… reach out to her fellow residents. When she did, she was surprised that people reached back, and working together they created something that put Carrick on the map for a different reason. Through their humble greengrocers, they’ve proven an appetite for locally grown food systems and revitalised their high street. Now they’re consulting with national government on how their model can create a blueprint for a food system that actually makes sense and could work everywhere.

We then talk to Jon Alexander about how this approach could change not only our food system, but if we come together in our places, everything. As Jon says in his book Citizens ‘the key to fixing everything is all of us’. 

(Thanks to Simon Wood at Ravenhill films for letting us use the Crowdfunder clip!) 

Featuring: Lee Robb, Jon Alexander

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Find links to things mentioned in the show here:  https://www.antidotelive.studio/carrick-greengrocers

Reports referenced in the show: ‘The Money Trail’: https://nefconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TheMoneyTrail.pdf

City University of London farmer study: https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/33491/1/sustainability-16-06851-v2.pdf

‘The False Economy of Big Food’ https://ffcc.co.uk/publications/the-false-economy-of-big-food

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