Geography Made Appetising!

The Edible Geography Project was founded in 2026, following a series of ad hoc lectures and keynote presentations delivered in 2025, each grounded in my doctoral research. These engagements revealed a clear and growing appetite not only for insight into my PhD journey, but also for the wider field of food geography, an area central to my academic work.

In response, I established The Edible Geography Project to primarily support the secondary and A Level curriculum in Geography, and where appropriate Sociology, through the engaging and accessible lens of food. However, I am happy to provide to anyone who wishes. While education cannot always be entertaining, it should consistently strive to be intellectually stimulating; this principle underpins both my approach and the value I bring to educational settings.

Each session is not only designed to deliver content, but to also encourage curiosity, discussion, and deeper engagement whilst still ensuring the curriculum is acknowledged, and that knowledge is learnt.

My approach is shaped by experience across both academic research and classroom facing delivery, allowing me to present material in a way that is clear, relevant, and accessible. I work closely with schools, colleges, and universities to ensure sessions fit seamlessly within existing schemes of work, and can tailor content to suit specific areas of focus.

Key Areas

  • The main aim of The Edible Geography Project is to make geography engaging through food. This may be helping to develop the understanding of how local and global systems are connected or exploring how everyday food environments, from local markets to international supply chains, reflect social, cultural, economic and environmental forces at work in the world around them. This can be through the following topics:

    • Consumption Patterns

    • Cultural Diffusion

    • Urban Food Systems

    • Inequality and Access to Food

    • Food migration

    • Ethical consumerism

    • Tourisms influence on food industries

    • Multinational corporations shaping diets globally

    • Media and advertising influencing consumer behaviour

  • Many of the topics covered in geography also fit into the realms of sociology. Food provides a versatile way of exploring culture and identity, whilst highlighting social inequality through food access, topics covered include:

    • Social Class and Inequality

    • Globalisation

    • Global food chains, fast food culture and international cuisines

    • Culture and Identity

    • How food can express religion, ethnicity, gender, and lifestyle identity. Health and Social Control

  • Aside from having a keen focus on Geography and Sociology, I am also able to offer plenary talks, keynote speeches and Continued Professional Development for professionals. Further information can be requested if you wish to have any of these services.

Ready to put Geography on the table?

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