Sidmouth SolarPunk has taken a look at food in a local context:

The underlying beliefs of Solarpunk are very much ‘mend and make-do’; prepare food from scratch; use local and seasonal food supplies; support your own community and try not to depend too much on the outside world…”

Sidmouth being Solarpunk – Sidmouth Solarpunk

Here are a couple of places to consider:

FORAGING:

Be careful what you find! But there’s good stuff out there:

Solarpunk is about sustainability and today we explore that in food foraging. Follow our guest hosts Rosey and Rebecca as they forage for edible foods to make a fabulous feast. Learn about how to forage safely, why foraging is good for you, and how to do it in a way that respects nature. See the wonderful food they prepared with what was gathered along with some additional locally sourced ingredients. And don’t forget — unless you are 100% certain what something is, do not eat it! Foraging can be dangerous if you are not careful. Please use this video only for inspiration and consult guidebooks and do your research before consuming foraged foods.

Foraging for Food is Solarpunk – YouTube

And there are lots of opportunities round these parts:

Devon Foraging Courses – Safely Identify & Use Wild Food Plants

The five best, secret, hidden places to go foraging in Devon | Dartmoor Hiking

Including Sidmouth:

Foraging in Sidmouth with East Devon – by Lauren Heath – Dining Devon

FARMING:

Meanwhile, on a farm in California:

Scott and Shwanz named it Solarpunk Farms–a nod to solar punk, an art movement which, according to the BBC, broadly envisions how the future might look if we lived in harmony with nature in a sustainable and egalitarian world. Nearing two years on the property, Solarpunk Farms is growing, and Scott and Shwanz are discovering what they want it to be, not only in the present, but in the future.
They are planting fruit trees in what they are calling a food forest with fruits, nuts, and berries, and will have an annuals garden for what people normally associate with a farm with fruits and vegetables that they will eat like tomatoes, squash and greens–the leftovers will go to a farmstand or local markets.

Finding Community with Solarpunk Farms | Article One Eyewear

And over the hill in the Otter Valley, similar things have been happening for over two decades:

Fresh and Green Vegetables | Facebook and Broad View from a Small Farm

And further up the Sid Valley, there is more living in harmony with nature:

Partridge Hill Farm and Partridge Hill Farm – Free to roam rare breeds direct to customers

FEEDING:

How can we think creatively and sustainably about eating?

Some of us are more experienced than others when it comes to shopping for food, cooking, reducing food waste or choosing a good place to eat out at – and, again, there are lots of ideas out there:

How to make your grocery shopping more eco-friendly – The Washington Post

What to do with leftover food | Choose to Reuse

How to Track and Reduce Food Waste in Your Restaurant – On the Line | Toast POS

Schools teach ‘food preparation and nutrition’, after all – but not all of us really know what’s what with feeding ourselves:

Design and Technology GCSE: Food Preparation and Nutrition – BBC Teach

GCSE Home Economics: Food and Nutrition (CCEA) – BBC Bitesize

Watch this space for more snippets as we look to how some of these ideas could be implemented locally…