What is Food Cardiff?
Food Cardiff is a city-wide partnership of individuals and organisations. It acts as a hub for connecting the people and projects working to promote healthy, environmentally sustainable and ethical food across the city; it acts as a voice for wider change.
Our mission
Food Cardiff believes that the food we eat has a huge impact on life in Cardiff – not just on people’s health, but on communities and businesses, farmers and food producers, and the environment too. Good food creates strong, healthy, resilient communities.
Who we are
Food Cardiff was established in 2014 as one of the founding Sustainable Food Places in the UK. During the last seven years, it has developed and grown significantly, making a recognisable impact at a citywide level. In 2021, Cardiff achieved Silver Sustainable Food Places status, and in 2024, Cardiff was granted the Gold Sustainable Food Places Award, becoming only the fourth place in the UK to achieve the prestigious accolade. The award recognises the success of the city’s joined-up approach to building a sustainable and healthy food system. Read more.
Food Cardiff is part of Food Sense Wales, which aims to influence how food is produced and consumed in Wales, ensuring that sustainable food, farming and fisheries are at the heart of a just, connected and prosperous food system. Food Sense Wales is Sustainable Food Place’s national partner in Wales and supports Wales’ five current members that include Food Cardiff, Food Vale, the Monmouthshire Food Partnership, RCT Food and the Blaenau Gwent Food Partnership.
We are a fund within the Cardiff & Vale Health Charity (Charity number 1056544).
Read more about our achievements to date
Our Team
Lucinda Sehic is Food Cardiff’s Co-ordinator, responsible for bringing together organisations working on sustainable food projects across the city, to share best practice and work together to transform the city’s food system.
The Food Cardiff Strategy Board
In 2026, the Food Cardiff Board was appointed to focus on the partnership’s strategic direction, and offer guidance on how to further develop and enhance its success.
- Carol Adams: Cardiff Farmers Markets Manager
- Sam Chettleburgh: Principal Sustainability Officer. Food, Cardiff Council
- Jane Cook: Strategic Communications Consultant
- Pearl Costello: Chair of the Food Cardiff Strategy Board
- Sarah Germain (CEO) and Katie Padfield (Head of Development): FareShare Cymru, joint Food Cardiff board position
- Pola Grzybowska: Medical Doctor
- Emma Holmes: Head of Nutrition and Dietetic Services, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- Jono Hughes: Vegetable Farmer, Blas Gwent Farm
- Sabrina Khan: Founder, Maasi’s Restaurant
- Liz Lambert: Sustainable Development Group Leader, Cardiff Council
- Camilla Lovelace: Community Food Activist, Tremorfa Pantry and Splodown
- Gareth Ludkin: Policy and Projects Manager, Campaign for National Parks and Environmental Consultant
- Andrew Rowlands: Software Engineer with previous Food-Sector Experience
- Anthony Ruston: Head of Retail & Catering, Cardiff and Vale College
- Angelina Sanderson Bellamy: Professor of Food Systems, University of the West of England
- Rebecca Stewart: Principal Public Health Practitioner, Cardiff and Vale Public Health Team, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Our Partners
Food Cardiff now comprises over 200 individuals across more than 90 organisations. Through this network of dedicated partners, Cardiff is driving change at a city level and is working to tackle some of today’s biggest social, economic and environmental issues.
Our partners include:
To join our network, please get in touch: