We head out to the rolling hills of the South Downs to speak to Ed Brown, who is a conservation grazier working with National Trust. We chat about his experience grazing livestock on the downs, and explore the complex intersections of farming, heritage, and sustainability. We also speak about farming on the South Downs, and what the reality is for those in the area trying to balance sustainable and high welfare farming with the demands of the modern food system.

What is the Household Support Fund? And why does it matter to thousands of people facing insecurity if it gets cut in October, as per the recent budget announcement? In this epiosde we speak to Vanessa O'Shea, the Community Food Team Manager at the Food Partnership, about what the recent budget annoucement means for those facing food insecurity. We hear some about some the people accessing the HSF and what it means to them, as well as learning about the locally and nationally rising levels of food insecurity.

This episode was brought to you by the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership - to find out about the work we do building a better food system for Brighton & Hove, as well as how you can get inovlved in food work across our city, visit our website here.

Music for the episode by Alastair Gordon - check out his music here.

What could happen if we shift our thinking about how food is used in prisons, and being to see it as a focal point of prison life rather than just a function? In this episode we chat to Gemma Buckland from Do It Justice about her involvement in the new 'Food Matters in Prisons' briefing, coordinated by Food Matters. We discuss the briefing, which shows how food can be used to build more rehabilitative, safe, and sustainable prison environments and the steps we need to take to achieve this. We also chat more broadly about the food system within prisons, and why it is such a logical starting place for making positive change within the prison system.

Read the full Food Matters in Prisons report here, and visit their website here. Follow Gemma Buckland's work here.

This episode was brought to you by the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership - to find out about the work we do building a better food system for Brighton & Hove, as well as how you can get inovlved in food work across our city, visit our website here.

Music for the episode by Alastair Gordon - check out his music here.