Capitalism is Eating Us Up: Food Justice and Health Inequality in Brent

Brent in NW London is one of the Boroughs hardest hit by the overlapping inequalities exaggerated by Covid-19. Food is central to this experience from both the consumption and production side of things. Food processing plants have been Covid hotspots, while the kinds of foods we have access to contribute significantly to virus vulnerability. What are the connections between the way we produce and consume food, and the health outcomes that have made Covid-19 so prevalent in Brent? Why is there so much food insecurity across Brent, and what are the consequences for growing inequalities? How have people organised locally to fight these injustices? This session brings into dialogue three activists from different points in the food chain.

We will hear how Brent experiences food poverty and health inequalities, and contribute to the broader discussion on radically transforming our broken food system through democratic, grassroots mobilisation.

Organised by Brent Transformed