- For better school food, and food skills, and protecting children from junk food marketing
- Evidence of the contribution of food and farming to climate change
- Highlighting the connections between diet, mental health and behaviour
- How action can protect the environment, enhance social justice and improve health
- Campaigning for a law on healthy and sustainable food for schools, hospitals, care homes…
- Practical help to increase healthy and sustainable food in schools, hospitals, care homes…
- Free training on healthy and sustainable food for public sector caterers
- Local and regional activity that promotes healthy and sustainable food
- Helping producers, consumers, retailers and caterers provide healthy and sustainable food
- Working for sustainable food at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Practical advice for anyone interested in buying and using more sustainable food
- Spreading information about urban food growing in London, the UK and worldwide
- Working in 10 deprived London areas to improve access to affordable and sustainable food
- 2,012 new food growing spaces for London by 2012
- Find or set up a Food Co-op in your area
- Pledge to make our future an organic future
- To increase the enjoyment, production and consumption of bread made with natural ingredients
Metropolitan Police Service praised as “good eggs” by Rosie Boycott - The Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) decision to only buy free range eggs was recognised at the inaugural Good Food on the Public Plate awards at City Hall last night [16 November]. The awards, presented by Rosie Boycott who chairs the London Food Board, went to 15 universities, hospitals and other public sector bodies who have made great strides to make the food they serve more sustainable by serving food that is local, seasonal, Fair Trade or assured by an animal welfare scheme.
Product Placement consultation sham slammed - Leading UK health and education groups, including National Union of Teachers, National Heart Forum, Association of Teachers and Lecturers and the Children’s Food Campaign have written to Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw criticising the government’s arrangements for a consultation on product placement, which was announced last week.
Product placement: stealthy and unhealthy - A coalition of children's food groups attacks the Government's u-turn on secret selling of junk food to children.
Government accused of being a ‘bad egg’ - The government was criticised today for condemning millions of chickens to miserable lives by failing to require high standards of animal welfare for food served in schools, hospitals and care homes.
Response to new obesity figures - Media release from the Children’s Food Campaign responding to the release of the National Heart Forum’s study on obesity trends
Children's Food Campaigners warn Actimel ads are the tip of the iceberg - The Children’s Food Campaign today welcomed the Advertising Standards Authority’s ruling that Danone could not support the claim in their adverts that Actimel is “scientifically proven to help support your kids' defences”.
London convenience stores given fruit and veg makeover - As part of the Buywell project, London Food Link are launching a scheme with 17 stores around London to improve access to healthy affordable food.
Children's Food Campaign to launch product placement campaign - Protect children from TV product placement of junk food.
Children’s Food Campaign welcome new rules for school food - Campaigners at the Children’s Food Campaign today welcomed Government initiatives to improve the quality and take-up of school meals.
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Children's Food Campaign
For better school food, and food skills, and protecting children from junk food marketing
Food and Climate Change
Evidence of the contribution of food and farming to climate change
Food & Mental Health
Highlighting the connections between diet, mental health and behaviour
Food Facts
How action can protect the environment, enhance social justice and improve health
Good Food for Our Money
Campaigning for a law on healthy and sustainable food for schools, hospitals, care homes…
Good Food on the Public Plate
Practical help to increase healthy and sustainable food in schools, hospitals, care homes…
Good Food Training
Free training on healthy and sustainable food for public sector caterers
Local Action on Food Network
Local and regional activity that promotes healthy and sustainable food
London Food Link
Helping producers, consumers, retailers and caterers provide healthy and sustainable food
Olympic Food
Working for sustainable food at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Sustainable Food Guidelines
Practical advice for anyone interested in buying and using more sustainable food
Urban agriculture
Spreading information about urban food growing in London, the UK and worldwide
Well London - Buy Well
Working in 10 deprived London areas to improve access to affordable and sustainable food
Urgent response needed!
The government seem determined to press ahead with product placement, a stealthy and pernicious form of advertising that is likely to result in greater promotion of junk food to young people. We only have 8 weeks to let them know we are against this. Please spare a moment to take action now.
Do you live in the Borough of Islington?
Do you want to start a community food growing project but need a grant? Edible Islington is a new programme from Islington Council and Capital Growth are managing the small grants scheme. If you'd like to apply for between £200-£3,000 then visit the Capital Growth website to find out more about the programme and to download an Edible Islington application form and guidance notes.
Organic UK
Pledge to make our future an organic future
Real Bread Campaign
For better bakers and better bread
Food Co-ops Finder
Find or set up a local Food Co-op
Capital Growth
2,012 new food growing spaces for London by 2012
Building a Sustainable Food Hub
An investigation into the workings of small scale food hubs
Good Food on the Public Plate: What we have done and what we have learned
Water labels on food - Issues and recommendations
Junk food for babies? An investigation into foods marketed for babies and young children
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