South West Grain Network Gothelney Gathering

Sunday July 7th

10-4PM Including shared lunch

For South West Grain Network to gather in the field, plan together the year ahead, eat together and build understanding between bakers, farmers, millers and eaters.

Tickets are here in the online shop or direct from the Bakery. £10 per adult. This small cost covers lunch and costs of running the day.

There is an allocation of Free tickets to those who would not able to attend due to a barrier of cost, please get in touch at info@fieldbakery.com.

There is also an allocation of free tickets to those that would prefer to offer baked goods or ingredients for the shared lunch in exchange for a ticket, also please get in touch at info@fieldbakery.com to arrange.

Our Values are:

Non-commodity

We believe nutritious food is a human right, not another stock to be traded.

The commodification of the food system permits the systematic accumulation of capital, exploitation of labour and extraction of natural resources by a tiny fraction of the world’s population. We want to liberate food from these extractive systems and restore social entitlements to all, creating a food system that is insulated from the shock of global markets. Instead we seek to create a food system that feeds local economies, values nutrition, ecological health, satisfying work and self-sustenance over extraction and financial reward.

We believe nutritious food is a human right, not another stock to be traded.

Human-scale

We believe that work should acknowledge and reflect our humanity.

We recognise that the real economy is nature — the food, fibre and minerals that come from the earth. The real economy is people; human skill, knowledge and relationships between individuals that culminate in satisfying, sustainable work; work that acknowledges that trading is an inherently social and human act; work that gives us energy instead of simply draining it.

We believe that work should acknowledge and reflect our humanity.

Caring and collaborative

We value cooperation and collaboration over competition and exploitation.

We work in harmony with each other and with nature, sharing knowledge and skills throughout the network that enable us to better care for our ecosystems and communities. Countering a dominant narrative that suggests competition helps us thrive, that productivity and the mastery of nature are the markers of human progress. However, we cannot take pride in our work if it leads to the oppression of our peers or the exploitation of the planet’s resources.

We value cooperation and collaboration over competition and exploitation.

Accessible

We work to widen access to and participation in, healthy, nutritious food.

True food sovereignty is about supporting the right to healthy and culturally appropriate food, which cannot be achieved without incorporating a plurality of voices and perspectives into the network. Food sovereignty is not the practice of any one culture, belief, moral framework or knowledge system, but the intersection of countless diverse systems existing in sync with one another. True diversity means that no practice or process should come at the expense of others, and the network must actively work to ensure this is the case.

We work to widen access to and participation in, healthy, nutritious food.

Ethical

We take action based on morals over profit.

We move beyond the idea that profit should be the driving force behind decision-making and instead acknowledge the multiple moral factors that must be considered before making decisions for the network: the environmental consequences; the human rights impacts; the implications for social justice.

We take action based on morals over profit.

Forward thinking and doing

Our values are derived from the past, but must be focussed on the future.

Much of the work of the network is reliant on the rediscovery of old knowledge and the appropriation of indigenous wisdom. In many ways this implies that we are rigid, and backwards-facing. But tradition is not static, and the old knowledge we make use of is focussed on inherently contemporary and ever-evolving problems. As a result we must constantly reevaluate our approach, reassessing the role of grain in regenerative systems and responding to the ever-shifting nature of life on an unstable planet in order that we can take the best action for future generations.

Our values are derived from the past, but must be focussed on the future.