Food For Thought: Think about… Power Shift activity Secondary

Become an active Global Citizen! Learn Think Act

Aims To understand that different such as the government, the public and businesses have different amounts of power To think about ways in which these groups relate to the food system To think about what actions different people can take to make the global food system fairer

A power matrix Think about who is important for your chosen issue… PLOT them on this matrix depending on if they have more or less power, and if they are for or against your issue A lot of power For the issue Against the issue Very little power

Making change happen… People here have power but don’t support you Can you change their opinion…? A lot of power People here have power and support you - great! Against the issue For the issue People here support you but have little power Can they increase their power…? Very little power

A fairer food system What does a fairer food system look like? More money invested in small farmers, to help them increase yields Land for small farmers protected Small farmers helped to adapt their techniques to a changing climate Food prices being lower Help for small farmers sell food to shoppers more directly Carbon emissions being cut Less meat eaten to help cut carbon and increase the amount of food This is what needs to be achieved….

A fairer food system – who matters? Banks Global food business Richer country government NGOs Poorer country government Small farmers Richer shoppers Poorer shoppers

A fairer food system – power matrix Richer country government A lot of power Small farmers Plot them on the matrix Global food business NGOs Against a fairer food system For a fairer food system Richer shoppers Poorer country government Poorer shoppers Very little power Banks

Power SHIFT Are there any groups who have power, but don’t want to change the food system? How could they be persuaded to change? Are there any groups who want to change the food system, but have little power? How can their power be increased?

Who is MOST important? Based on your matrix, WHO do you think is the most important here? Why?

Food for Thought: Think about… Shift action activity Secondary

What can be done…? Everyone on the matrix can help Look at the examples of what each group on the matrix has been able to do to increase food justice Decide which is the most important action and say WHY

Examples

Work out the impact

What did you pick? Things done by Governments? Other people? Businesses? Charities (or NGOs)? Did you like things aimed at direct change now, or helping to change in the future?

Support someone else’s action? What could you do…? Support someone else’s action? Local or global? Do your own action? How could you maximise your impact?

Use the ideas sheet to help

Now its time to Act! Learn Think Act

Make a change… If you have one, complete the think section of your wallchart!

Class for change And when you have learnt about the food system, thought about how it could change and planned and done something yourself, share what you have learnt at www.classforchange.org A space for active global citizens!

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