Leeds Edible Schools Sustainability Network

There is a growing interest in both urban agriculture and the issue of sustainability, as framed in terms of climate change, landscape, economic uncertainty and resource shortages, while issues around child health and wellbeing are increasingly causing concern. Education, especially in terms of sustainability teaching and the production of food by schools on school premises is key. The Leeds Edible Schools Sustainability Network is, at this date, an un-constituted, informal group of organisations and academics, all based or active within the Leeds district, who share core values around the wellbeing and sustainability agenda and who are all, in various ways, involved in supporting educational establishments and related organisations in the growing (often on school premises) and consumption of local food, the promotion of resilient and healthy practices, including outdoor work and teaching about healthy school food, and the development of effective education around the topic of sustainability.