Torfaen Food Partnership
The Torfaen Food Partnership was established in January 2022 and became a member of the Sustainable Food Places network in June 2023. Just over a year later, by July 2024, the partnership had been awarded the prestigious Sustainable Food Places Silver award, recognising the county’s pioneering work in promoting healthy and sustainable food.
Driven by the Torfaen Food Resilience Programme, the partnership aims to create growth in Torfaen through the lens of food by increasing the amount of locally produced affordable food available whilst also supporting sustainable ways of tackling food poverty.
The Torfaen Food Partnership and the wider work of Torfaen County Borough Council’s Food Resilience Programme is led enthusiastically by Sam Evans, the County’s Food Resilience Programme Manager and a team of three energetic individuals, all of whom are fiercely committed to creating a better food future for the people of Torfaen.
The Partnership is made up of Steering Group that includes:
- Torfaen County Borough Council
- Torfaen Voluntary Association
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Bron Afon Community Housing
- Tasty Not Wasty
- Trussell Trust
- Fairshare Cymru
- Zero Waste Torfaen
- Torfaen School Catering & Dietitians
- National Resource Wales
During the last two years, the partnership has co-created a food charter that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of residents and create a more vibrant, connected and resilient future. It also developed a clear vision and strives to develop a sustainable and fair food system that provides affordable and heathy food for all.
The Torfaen Food Partnership believes that everyone in Torfaen should have access to healthy, tasty and affordable food. By promoting its Good Food Priorities, it wants to ensure that healthy, sustainable and ethical food are an integral part of a thriving local economy.
The partnership’s Good Food Priorities are:
- Health
- Community
- Jobs
- Education
- Future
You can read more about the Torfaen Food Partnership here or for more information on the work being done by the Food Resilience Team in Torfaen, please contact Sam Evans, Food Resilience Programme Manager at Torfaen County Borough Council: Samuel.Evans@torfaen.gov.uk