Joy Carey

Joy Carey is an independent Sustainable Food Systems Planning consultant with a focus on cities. She has worked in sustainable food and farming with the UK and international organic and local food sectors since 1990. Joy is a founding director of Bristol Food Network and author of ‘Who Feeds Bristol: Towards a resilient food plan’ (2011) – a city region food system assessment report that has informed RUAF’s work with FAO on City Region Food Systems (CRFS). Since 2016 she has contributed to both CRFS assessment methodology and indicator frameworks for tracking progress on the delivery of food policy and strategy, including the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact monitoring framework for cities. From 2018-2021, Joy led Bristol’s collaborative effort to become recognised as a Gold Status Sustainable Food City. That work continues today as Bristol Good Food 2030.