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Deirdre “Dee” Woods, FRSA is an award-winning food actionist. She is a celebrated cook, urban agroecologist and earth wisdom keeper. Her work meets at the nexus of human rights, food sovereignty, agroecology, community, policy, decolonial research, culture, climate and social justice.
Dee co-founded Granville Community Kitchen and the African and Caribbean Heritage Food Network. She sits on the Greater London Authority Food Board, and is a co-editor of A People’s Food Policy. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at CAWR, Coventry University and member of the Food Ethics Council. She is the co-chair of the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) and Vice Chair of A Growing Culture.
A passionate knowledge broker, ideator, pollinator and weaver who advocates for good food for all and a just food system, Dee is a director and Food Justice Policy Coordinator of the Landworkers Alliance. She currently represents La Via Campesina as the Western Europe Focal Point on the Coordination Committee of the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CSIPM).
