Research and projects

Clear thinking, a critical approach and concise presentation that gets to the heart of complex issues

With expertise and access to networks spanning a range of areas including food, finance and sustainable business our academic and commercial experience enable us to balance theoretical rigour with practical application.

We welcome approaches from like-minded organisations who are interested in collaborating on research or other projects. We can also provide project coordination as part of these activities.

Services we offer:

• Food systems research
• Literature review and desk based research
• Policy analysis
• Primary research and fact-finding, for example on a specific location or business sector
• Mapping projects using our Purple mapping tool
• Development of analytical tools and matrices
• ‘Three Thinking’ supplier evaluation
• Project management

Examples of recent work:

• ‘Prime cuts: valuing the meat we eat’, WWF-UK and Food Ethics Council report, co-authored by Chris Sutton
• ‘Food Prices – The Ethics of Financial Speculation’, Research paper by Chris Sutton for the Food Ethics Council
• National smallholder mapping exercise in conjunction with the Ecological Land Co-operative

If you have a research assignment or other project you’d like to discuss please contact us.