Reducing waste in UK food production with Dr. Lucy McCarthy

The UK food system is in crisis. Farmers are going out of business, 2 million tonnes of food never gets past the farm gate, meanwhile, 4.7 million families in the UK live in food poverty.

The Circular Agriculture Hub was co-founded by Lucy McCarthy to bridge the gap between farmers and consumers, ensuring that surplus produce reaches potential users.

In this video, learn how Lucy was able to achieve far-reaching societal impact through her time on the ARC Accelerate program to work towards setting up a self-sustaining social enterprise. 

Helping farmers to access distribution channels

The Circular Agriculture Hub is a digital, farmer-focused solution to address the challenge of surplus farm produce by connecting farmers to alternative distribution routes, including local markets, social supermarkets and food banks. It also focuses on multiple opportunities for valorisation.

It creates a digitally-enabled, resilient and equitable food system to tackle food surplus in UK primary production

Currently the venture is focused on the UK with international expansion possible in the future

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