Jan 4, 2025 | Ambassadors, Governance, News
We are very pleased to welcome Manda Scott as an ambassador. This is what she said about the OFN: “You’re being the change we need to see. At a core level, we need total systemic change and shifting our food/farming system to something based in...
May 1, 2020 | Ambassadors, News
We’re thrilled to welcome Molly Scott Cato, former Green Party MEP for the South West, as an OFN Ambassador. She’s always been an advocate of green economics and localism so having her on board is pleasure for us! Here’s her comment on OFN: “We have long known that...
Jul 8, 2019 | Ambassadors
Olivier De Schutter says “I was for six years UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. I have been working on food issues for about ten years and I came to impose myself, finally, three rules. The first is to consume local as much as possible and I am a...
Feb 9, 2018 | Ambassadors
Maresa Bossano has more experience in local food than most. “I set up and ran a local, organic, vegan cafe. I worked for Sustain for five years, managing the Food Co-ops project. I was a Five-a-Day Co-ordinator for a Primary Care Trust. I set up a Farmers’ Market and...
Feb 9, 2018 | Ambassadors
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says “any initiative that fosters local food economies, and makes it easier for us all to buy low-impact, seasonal ingredients, gets my vote. I think the Open Food Network is a very exciting project, offering a positive, sustainable...
Feb 9, 2018 | Ambassadors
Mary Clear, Chair of Incredible Edible Todmorden says “The Open Food Network is not only a great way to get local food to local people. It is also the only open source online food distribution system. It is really important that as we are building...
Feb 9, 2018 | Ambassadors
Rob Hopkins has been following the progress of OFN since April 2014. In his words “there is a lot of potential for building the resilience of local food economies through internet-based, community-led food hubs – all of which is very closely aligned with the aims of...
Feb 9, 2018 | Ambassadors
George Monbiot says “For years I have been writing about the need for a fairer, more sustainable food distribution system. It appears that we now have it. The online, open source, not-for-profit Open Food Network is owned and controlled by the people who...
