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Food is power. Our food stories are an important way to connect with our ancestors and heritage and understand the political nature of food whilst empowering our communities. This piece explores how plant-based plates can fight capitalism and colonialism.

I’m excited to announce my role as Wellbeing and Inclusion Solutions Director for learning and development brand Align Learn Do, where I’ll be supporting businesses on their inclusion-focused L&D journeys. But what does this actually mean?

Plant Based Planet is a new vegan cookbook that aims to create awareness of diversity in veganism whilst also raising money for the Food Empowerment Project. Oh, and share 150 delicious plant-based recipes too!

This post outlines techniques and practices that you can incorporate into your daily, weekly and monthly routines to show yourself - and others - the gratitude, respect and self-love that you need and deserve.

Becoming a chef wasn’t in my plan. Dipping a toe into creating connections through food from running a supperclub series in 2016 has led to be becoming a chef - whilst also juggling several other freelance projects. This post explores a bit more about what I do and - most crucially - why.

Honouring culture, roots and heritage is important in understanding our individual identity as well as our role in wider society. We can also learn from our ancestral past to work against colonialism and imperialism.

Food is political. This must be understood by all food businesses and consumers so that diversity, inclusion and anti-racism can become a proactive part of the industry.

Cultural appropriation is widely understood in terms of music, food and popular culture but what does in mean in the food industry and is it wrong?

BAME is a catch-all term to include all Black, Asian and minority ethnic people, the Black Lives Matter movement is just that: about Black lives.

What can we all do to tackle the systematic racism and white privilege that our societies are built on?