We propose a series of four workshops which will critically examine how theories and practices of decolonisation can be brought into productive dialogue with ‘food geographies’.

We suggest that food geographers in Britain need to engage more effectively with decolonising praxis, in terms of the framing of research questions, the concepts and research methods used, and the development of teaching practices and materials. The workshops will be held in different places and will be co-organised by academics, students, activists and community scholars who will co-design the agenda and activities to take place in each locality. Through seminars, reading groups, outdoor learning, food tasting and other creative activities, participants will be invited to engage with key resources which will aid collective learning. The research will open fundamental questions including, what does it mean to decolonise diets? What are the historic roots of contemporary inequalities and trauma relating to food? What are the impacts of corporate food systems on marginalised and vulnerable groups in Britain? Why is the experience of black and minority ethnic populations neglected in research on food poverty and diet-related ill-health in Britain? How do Britain’s food geographies interact with food geographies elsewhere and what are the implications (through for example, trade, aid, research and investment)? What methods could be used to address these questions and what teaching resources are needed to start decolonising food geographies curricula? Whilst our focus is on geographies, we will draw from across disciplinary boundaries, such as history, anthropology, sociology, feminist and critical race studies and Indigenous and grassroots scholarship. Blogs, a working paper and an online resource library will be produced. Our aim is that these innovative workshops will advance our collective understanding of the long-term project of decolonising food geographies.