Ethos Food
Food Systems Research
& Strategic Advisory
We are committed to the ESG Agenda 2030 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, supporting a shift toward regenerative food systems that improve health, equity, communities, and ecological resilience.
What We Do
We work across the intersections of food, society, culture, health, wellbeing, communities, and the wider food system.
Three Layers of Regenerative Change:
Understanding Systems
We uncover the invisible social, cultural and systemic forces shaping food systems, behaviour and sustainability.
Transforming Systems
We support regenerative transitions, ESG transformation and organisational change across food systems.
Educating Systems
We create learning ecosystems connecting food, culture and sustainability through education and applied learning.
Our Approach
Food systems are cultural systems — shaped by society, organisations, health, and lived experience.
Most approaches focus on policy, technology, or behaviour. We go deeper.
Through qualitative and cultural research, we uncover the insights that drive regenerative food systems — including wellbeing, social determinants of health, and the conditions that shape participation and resilience.
We work beneath the surface: meaning, identity, trust, relationships, and narrative.
This is where systems gain legitimacy — or quietly lose coherence.
Shaping Regenerative food systems change through cultural insight, strategy, and capacity building
Who We Work With
We partner with organisations across sectors, tailoring our approach to context, culture, and local realities.
Food
We work with producers, retailers, innovators, and supply chain actors to understand how people experience and navigate food systems, and where change is possible.
Health
We collaborate with public health bodies, healthcare organisations, and community health partners to connect food systems with wellbeing outcomes, prevention, and the social determinants of health.
Communities & Third Sector
We support local authorities, NGOs, and charities to design interventions grounded in lived experience, culture, and real community needs.
Policy & Innovation
We help policymakers and innovators translate complex cultural, social, and health insights into strategies, programmes, and systems that are legitimate, effective, and resilient.
SELECTED WORK
Case Studies & Real Impact
Explore our case studies to see how we work with organisations to reimagine food systems through cultural insight, regenerative thinking, and place-based sourcing.
Discover the thinking behind our collaborations and how we support the development of healthier communities, stronger local food networks, and long-term social and ecological resilience.