We Feed The UK, MPF and RPS are holding a day of photography activities, including exhibitions, talks, and tours, with poetry, kids activities and more, as collaborators from across We Feed The UK join us for a special Open House event. We Feed The UK is a project from The Gaia Foundation using the transformative power of positive storytelling to grow support for nature-friendly food production.

The We Feed The UK campaign connects photographers and poets with our most inspiring food producers, to raise public awareness of their positive solutions to climate change, wildlife recovery and social justice.

Local street food vendor Stoked will have their delicious plant-based Mexican food available, there will be bread and bakes from Field Bakery and Bristol brewery Lost and Grounded will be setting up a pop-up bar.

From A Fish Called Julie © Jon Tonks

From A Fish Called Julie © Jon Tonks

At Martin Parr Foundation we’re exhibiting A Fish Called Julie by Jon Tonks. For this new work Jon Tonks has spent over a year with those trying to fish sustainably in waters off Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, documenting stories of many stewards of the sea; those preserving the livelihoods, culture, and marine life supported by blue waters.

The Royal Photographic Society are exhibiting We Feed The UK Complete Collection of Photography And Poetry, celebrating all ten We Feed The UK stories. Collectively these shows contain the complete photographic and poetic works from the campaign, including for the first time Grain Rebels: A Food Revolution Starts with Seed by Lúa Ribeira.

We Feed The UK outdoor communal growing space between MPF and The RPS

See below for the day’s itinerary, or download the flyer with full programme details here.

11AM / Martin Parr Foundation Archive Tour with Martin Parr, MPF gallery, FREE
11AM / Agrarian Localism, RPS gallery, FREE
12PM / Fishing: In Deep Water, RPS auditorium, FREE
12PM / Andy Pilsbury and Yvette Monahan, Artist talk, RPS gallery, FREE
1.45PM / A Fish Called Julie Exhibition Tour with Louis Little, MPF gallery, FREE
1.45PM / Grain Rebels, RPS auditorium, FREE
2.45PM / Johannah Churchill and Johannes Pretorius, Artist Talk, RPS gallery, FREE
3.30PM / Seed Diversity For Resilience, RPS auditorium, £5

Throughout the day
– Live poetry
– Seed saving
– Pop-up portrait exhibition
– Planting worms – take home a tiny compost crew
– Make your own wildflower seed bombs
– Kids activity sheets and colouring in

It is free to join the Open Day’s programmed activities and events. If you would like to attend any of the conversations due to take place in The RPS auditorium, due to limited capacity please book a space – here – to reserve a seat. Walk-ins welcome for all other programmed events.

From Bread Making at Gothelney Farm © Lúa Ribeira

From Bread Making at Gothelney Farm © Lúa Ribeira