No More Hunger.

Food insecurity is something we can eliminate today with resources we already have. People live with poverty because they have been pushed there, not because they need to be. 

Our answer is to create spaces for equality, to eat and share together, across societal boundaries in communal luxury. Universal access to good food and communal facilities will foster one of the biggest improvements to public health. This can only happen through the shared creation of a National Food Service, built with shared mutual respect which transverse financial lines.

No More Loneliness.

Regularly eating meals alone is proven to be the single biggest factor for unhappiness besides existing mental illness.  As the UK’s population rapidly ages, the issue of acute loneliness and social isolation is one of the biggest challenges facing our society. 

The dinner table is a place to make peace. When we sit and eat together barriers are broken down and new ideas can flow. The spaces being created are ones where anyone and everyone can eat in company.

Community dining spaces are also a solution to mitigate inequality. They provide not just food and an opportunity for conversation, but as a user-lead service, a chance to contribute and become a creative force.  If drug dependency, poor health, and poverty are the result of broken communities, then rebuilding community through social eating has the potential to drastically reduce the harm caused by these issues. Through community dining spaces we create purpose, friendship and build resilience: providing hot meals is not the output of a NFS space, it’s the input. The results of building something together are far greater and more long-lasting.

A Sustainable Future.

The National Food Service facilitates experiments in sustainable production, distribution and consumption. We must tackle the unjust system of food distribution that prioritises profit over people. Our food system must be daring and experimental in order to be equipped for our planet’s new horizons and challenges.

 Cooking and eating together is more sustainable than cooking and eating alone- cooking 20 separate meals uses far more resources and energy than one, shared meal. Therefore, The National Food Service has to form a central part of any viable green transition.