Fork delivers on purpose to help places, people, and food systems thrive by design, not by accident.
We start with food because food reveals how places, systems and decisions really work. It helps us see the connections between people, business, health, infrastructure, public value and the conditions that shape everyday life.
That perspective allows us to support clients on food-related work and the wider complex challenges around it — bringing clarity, direction and practical ways forward.
What we do
Our work starts with a belief: that food matters, and decisions matter.
Clients come to us when they want to do things better.
A council seeking a food strategy it can actually deliver.
A community venue rethinking how food can sustain its mission.
A project that has lost direction.
An organisation trying to understand what it really needs next.
We meet clients where they are — with curiosity, clarity and purpose. Sometimes that means strategy, sometimes delivery, sometimes building capacity, and sometimes helping define the problem before the right solution can follow.
Always, it’s on purpose.
Our service areas
Our service areas reflect the different ways we support clients to shape better outcomes through food, place and systems thinking.
Problem Diagnosis & Strategic Scoping
Helping organisations make sense of complex challenges,
define the real issue and shape a practical way forward.
Collaboration and facilitation
Helping people think well together and move forward with shared intent.
Learning and impact
Capturing insight, testing progress and strengthening what comes next.
Casestudies
Projects in focus
The Old Fire Station - Salford
Fork’s knowledge of placemaking, design and build, food production, catering and hospitality have helped weave the Old Fire Station into Salford’s contemporary fabric.
Projects in focus
Children’s Health and Food – Impact on Urban Health
Fork support the Children’s Health and Food team who, in turn, offer funding and expertise to local, borough, national and international partners as part of a 10-year, £35 million programme.
Projects in focus
Manchester Food Strategy
Fork designed, developed and delivered 5 workshops on behalf of Manchester City Council to enable the Council to raise awareness, build commitment and action the Manchester Food Strategy.
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About Fork
Led by Jemma Hynes, the visionary founder of FoodSync CIC, the Fork team is a catalyst for change, advancing positive transformations in food systems management by delivering impactful projects and sustainable solutions. With extensive experience, the team offers comprehensive multidisciplinary consultancy, integrating regeneration, economic development, food technology, nutrition, strategic planning, policy formulation, and the facilitation of best practices in food-related fields.
