SCRAN is an innovative one-day gathering uniting chefs, farmers, producers, policy-makers and community leaders to reimagine what’s possible for Manchester’s food economy. We aim to inspire new thinking, spark connections, build network and develop ideas in support of resilient regional food economies.
A discussion built around the questions…
- What’s possible when a city puts good food at the heart of how it grows?
- What if the challenges facing our hospitality industry and the future of our food security were the same conversation?
- What if the people growing, cooking, serving and shaping the future of food were all in the one room?
- What if we stopped asking how to survive, and started asking what we could build? Together.
Food has the power to transform communities. Food, farming and hospitality can offer meaningful solutions to societal challenges and play a key-role in delivering the changes we need.
The pandemic taught us how to adapt in a crisis. This conversation asks: what lessons did we learn, and how can we build what comes next?
Open to chefs, farmers, food producers, community organisations, academics, public policy leaders, and anyone invested in the future of a thriving regional food economy in Manchester.
Space in 2026 is extremely limited and carefully balanced to reflect the breadth and variety of food, hospitality and farming communities from across the region
Express your interest in attending by completing the form here.