The Yorkshire Stories of Sustainability is a documentary-style film series produced by FixOurFood, which serves as a visual showcase of the “quiet revolution” happening across Yorkshire’s food landscape.
The series was born out of a partnership with the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards. FixOurFood sponsored the Taste Awards and more recently introduced and sponsor the “Best Sustainable Product Award,”. The film series was created to tell the deeper stories of the highest-scoring entrants. The films aim to explore the process, people, and ethics behind the brand.
Featured Businesses & Innovations
The series highlights a diverse range of producers who are reimagining traditional industries:
- York Cocoa Works: Focusing on transparent supply chains and circularity.
- The Yorkshire Pasta Company: Showcasing how sustainable practices can be integrated into every step of a startup business.
- Acorn Dairy: Demonstrating how dairy farming can lead the way in biodiversity, soil health, and reducing chemical inputs.
- Source Climate Change Coffee: Proves that even a global supply chain can be regenerative by focusing on agroforestry.
- Sloemotion Distillery: Focusing on circularity and how a distillery can work in harmony with the local ecosystem.
- Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil: Demonstrating how a family farm can scale while staying rooted in its environment.
- Soanes Poultry: Highlighting integrated sustainability, from solar power to recyclable packaging.
- Wold Top Brewery: A pioneer in “closed-loop” production
Core Themes
The films typically revolve around three key pillars of the FixOurFood mission:
- Regenerative Agriculture: Moving beyond “sustainable” to practices that actively restore soil health and capture carbon.
- Circular Economy: Finding innovative uses for “waste” products and investing in biodegradable packaging.
- Shortening Supply Chains: Breaking down the disconnect between the field and the fork, ensuring farmers are paid fairly and consumers know exactly where their food comes from.
Watch the films on our YouTube channel:
