Beth Bell
bethbell.bsky.social
Beth Bell
@bethbell.bsky.social
Food, justice, people and love. Trainee optimist but also, if you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.

Co-founder Carrick Greengrocers
Co-chair Belfast Food Partnership
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“You get food right, you get a lot of things right.”

🎙️Join our host Isabelle Sparrow and special guest co-host Kiloran O’Leary, from Sustain, for Produce Local Food, the latest in the series Do Something Bigger.

#CarbonCopyPodcast #ProduceLocalFood #GrowLocal #SeasonalFood #BigLocalAction
September 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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In a guest column for The Grocer, Chair of the Food Ethics Council @eltasmith.bsky.social, writes about why a right to food is needed in the new food strategy for England www.foodethicscouncil.org/opinion/miss...
August 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit
Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Looking for something interesting to read to break up that end-of-week task list?

We have a wealth of blogs available on topics ranging from insect farming at our research farm, to the connection between food security & public health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

medium.com/globalfoodle...
July 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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A is for Action
D is for Distributed Leadership
X is for (E)Xperimentation
What's your A to Z?

Learn from the collective insights of those at our recent event on the future of food, farming & funding in N Ireland. Read the blog from @bethbell.bsky.social www.foodethicscouncil.org/opinion/the-...
June 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Are you registered for our webinar on Wed 18th June, 12.00-12.40pm?
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/turbulence...

This informative talk by Dr Steffen Hirth will discuss disruptions to the food chain due to recent global events and the vulnerabilities they have highlighted.

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June 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Powerful and interesting event last week at the Belfast launch of the Food Issues Census with changemakers from across the food system in NI. You can join us at a webinar on 4th June to explore the results yourself www.foodethicscouncil.org/event/webina...
May 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In collaboration with the Food Ethics Council, we've co-authored a blog on the right to food in the UK. It explains what the right to food is, how we can achieve it, & emphasises that ensuring the right to food is the responsibility of UK Government, not the third sector.

medium.com/globalfoodle...
The Right to Food in the UK: Moving from third sector solutions to Government action
By Beth Bell (Food Ethics Council), Clare James and Effie Papargyropoulou (Global Food and Environment Institute, University of Leeds).
medium.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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💪 Want to get in on the action? Click the link in our bio to support @Carrick Greengrocers, or find projects that build the world we need near you 💪

Meet the folks rebuilding their community through healthier, locally-sourced food.

youtu.be/qbG_N-TI2n8

#comedy #food #community
Carrickfergus Greengrocers: How to rebuild community through food
YouTube video by Antidote
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January 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Join us on Wed 30th April to hear Dr @andynewinguol.bsky.social explore if online groceries & branded convenience stores help alleviate contemporary food deserts.

Andy will look at contemporary food deserts – neighbourhoods lacking good access to fresh, healthy and affordable food.

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February 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Carrick Greengrocers is delighted to be working with the Real Farming Trust on a webinar about our community greengrocers!

Join on Mon 3rd March at 10 if you’re interested in routes to market for local food, community power and cooperative economies. Register here us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Join the Belfast Food Partnership for some sowing, some art and some chat about how to make Belfast a fairer food city! Sign up here nisf.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
February 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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If at ORFC, pls join us at "Real Voices on the Right to Food" 4pm Thurs (Seminar Room, Cheng Building) w/ @bethbell.bsky.social, Kay Johnson, @deewoods.bsky.social & Pete Ritchie.

I'll also be at Emergent Generation's networking hour for emerging leaders & sector supporters, 6pm Thurs (Cheng Cafe)
January 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Have your say! Complete the food issues census and share your priorities and needs.
Calling all UK organisations working in, and organising around, food & farming. Shape the future of food & farming! Pls respond to Food Issues Census by 17th Jan. The more organisations that respond, the clearer picture we'll all have.
www.foodethicscouncil.org/programme/fo...
January 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Beautiful winter gathering for the Belfast Sustainable Food Network last night at @playthinkbrink.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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We’re starting the #CitizensFoodSummit hearing from a few of the citizens who’ve been contributing. “Everyone wants something done”
November 19, 2024 at 1:39 PM