I've been working on a resource which has collected articles relating to the issues posed by Coronavirus. This will be launched next week at the GA eConference 2020.
I came across some relevant materials from the RSA, and this led me to a little exploration through their other web pages and projects. A few posts coming up over the next few days.
God's Lone Country from The RSA on Vimeo.
Farmers who can’t afford to eat the food they produce. Local people who can’t afford to live in their own villages. Transport networks which isolate communities.
Set in the beautiful backdrop of the Peak District National Park, God’s Lone Country is a 12-minute film commissioned by the RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission to expose the very real problems facing rural communities and give a voice to the millions of ordinary people who live in our countryside.
The social issues they face are every bit as serious and pressing as in urban areas – but they feel unheard and overlooked by policy makers in Westminster, and society in general.
James Metcalfe, a tenant sheep farmer in Edale, who feels trapped in the “vicious circle” of a cheap food culture. He describes the “ridiculous” situation of being a food producer who can’t always afford the food he produces in the supermarket.
Cassie Hodgkinson, a student nurse and mother-of-three in Youlgrave who couldn’t afford to rent or buy in the desirable village where she was born and bred. She spent 18 years searching for a permanent home.
Kelly Shaw, a hard-working single mum from Gamesley who lives on a deprived housing estate on the edge of the Peak District National Park. Gamesley has many of the problems associated with inner-city areas but lacks the services we take for granted in big towns and cities. Yet thousands of ramblers, cyclists and horse-riders pass by Gamesley on the famous Trans Pennine Trail. It’s a lucrative tourist trade right on the doorstep – but Kelly and her community don’t see the benefits.
I came across some relevant materials from the RSA, and this led me to a little exploration through their other web pages and projects. A few posts coming up over the next few days.
God's Lone Country from The RSA on Vimeo.
Farmers who can’t afford to eat the food they produce. Local people who can’t afford to live in their own villages. Transport networks which isolate communities.
Set in the beautiful backdrop of the Peak District National Park, God’s Lone Country is a 12-minute film commissioned by the RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission to expose the very real problems facing rural communities and give a voice to the millions of ordinary people who live in our countryside.
The social issues they face are every bit as serious and pressing as in urban areas – but they feel unheard and overlooked by policy makers in Westminster, and society in general.
James Metcalfe, a tenant sheep farmer in Edale, who feels trapped in the “vicious circle” of a cheap food culture. He describes the “ridiculous” situation of being a food producer who can’t always afford the food he produces in the supermarket.
Cassie Hodgkinson, a student nurse and mother-of-three in Youlgrave who couldn’t afford to rent or buy in the desirable village where she was born and bred. She spent 18 years searching for a permanent home.
Kelly Shaw, a hard-working single mum from Gamesley who lives on a deprived housing estate on the edge of the Peak District National Park. Gamesley has many of the problems associated with inner-city areas but lacks the services we take for granted in big towns and cities. Yet thousands of ramblers, cyclists and horse-riders pass by Gamesley on the famous Trans Pennine Trail. It’s a lucrative tourist trade right on the doorstep – but Kelly and her community don’t see the benefits.
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