Please RSVP for the event by Friday 28th August to ensure space and catering. This event will run from 2.30pm-6.30pm and will bring together restaurateurs, fisheries, suppliers and processors to explore MSC certification as a route to meeting the demand for sustainable seafood. The activites are as follows; Welcome and introduction to the MSC, Restaurant session which will run concurrently with fishery/supplier session, Tea and Coffee break, Marketing MSC certified fish – getting the most out of your certification, Fish filleting, Buffet and drinks.

Location: Ship Shape Cafe, 3 Military Road, Ramsgate, CT11 9LG
Contact: Ruth.westcott@msc.org
Organisers: Marine Stewardship Council

The event will be held at 5.30pm and will be attended by celebrated chef and restaurateur Prue Leith OBE, co-founder of Hoxton Apprentice. Part-funded apprenticeships are available to London kitchens. Find out how your restaurant can benefit from government initiatives to promote apprenticeships. Hear the real experiences of restaurateurs who have taken on apprentices. Hear from Prue Leith about the future for professionals in the industry.

Location: Hoxton Apprentice, 16 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NT
Contact: 020 7749 2809 /paula@trainingforlife.org
Organisers: The Sustainable Restaurant Association and Training for Life

"Marketing to the public sector" provides you with an action plan and knowledge to help you address the challenges and perceived barriers to entry to the public sector marketplace. The action plan you produce will help you maximise your chances of winning new business. This workshop is aimed at business owners, managers and business development managers within an organisation and is aimed at helping you understand how to find smaller opportunities typically below £100k. This event will take place between 5.30 – 8.00pm (registration from 5.15)

Location: City Business Library, EC2V 7HH
Contact: 020 3036 0790/Samantha.peart@pera.com/Samantha Peart
Organisers: Supply London
Website: http://www.supplylondon.com

Soil association's organic fortnight returns this year with more ways of getting people to think organic when making everyday purchases. this year would include info on hosting an organic dinner party and how to eating out ethically.

Duration: 14 days
Location: nationwide
Organisers: soil association
Website: www.soilassociation.org

FCFCG celebrates its 30th birthday in 2010. To mark the occasion they are celebrating community farming and gardening in the UK with a 30th anniversary national gathering and conference in Nottingham. This event will include a conference session at the University of Nottingham's Jubilee Campus, workshops and site visits, as well as a civic reception and a celebration ceilidh. Standard FCFCG members fee is £20 per person, or £70 for non-members (these fees include transport between venues, food and entertainment, excludes accommodation).

Duration: 2 days
Location: University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus
Contact: admin@farmgarden.org.uk
Organisers: Federation of city farms and community gardens
Website: www.farmgarden.org.uk/about-us/our-work/30th-anniversary

Due to high demand, Highbury Builders Collective are running two extra courses of their popular "Introduction to Beekeeping" sessions to show members of the public what is involved in becoming a beekeeper. Participants will be given the opportunity to handle live bees. Course Time: 2 - 4pm

Location: Finsbury Park
Contact: info@highburybuilders.co.uk
Organisers: Highbury Builders Collective
Website: http://www.highburybuilders.co.uk/beecourse.htm

If you’ve ever wished you could make your own bread, this is the course for you. Bake your way to success as you learn all about ingredients, kneading, proofing and shaping. Master Baker Emmanuel Hadjiandreou will guide you through this hands-on practical day, which is dedicated to learning every stage of the artisan baking process. No prior baking experience is necessary; just enthusiasm and a desire to make real bread! Emmanuel will discuss the importance of ingredients and explain the journey from flour to finished loaf, as you create white, wholemeal and malt house breads to take home and enjoy. This course includes light refreshments and lunch. All ingredients, equipment and recipes are provided by the School.

Location: The School of Artisan Food, Lower Motor Yard, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire S80 3LR
Contact: 01909 532171/info@schoolofartisanfood.org
Organisers: The School of Artisan Food
Website: www.schoolofartisanfood.org

Explore the simplicity of French baking; discover why artisan bread is such an integral part of day-to-day life in France. Bread shouldn’t just be bought and buttered; it should be lovingly crafted, cared for and devoured; something the French have perfected over the centuries. This practical course puts bread back at the heart of every meal; learn how to bake brioche, artisan pain de campagne and baguettes. From selecting flour to improving your folding, this is for anyone who wants to create their own taste of the Continent and improve their baking skills. This course includes light refreshments and lunch. All ingredients, equipment and recipes are provided by the School

Location: The School of Artisan Food, Lower Motor Yard, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire S80 3LR
Contact: 01909 532171/info@schoolofartisanfood.org
Organisers: The School of Artisan Food
Website: www.schoolofartisanfood.org

Brockwell Bake's third annual friendly real bake off. Entry classes for white, brown, wholemeal, sourdough and non-wheat bread as well as cake and pastry, in pro and home baked categories. Entry form here http://www.brockwell-bake.org.uk/entry.php The day will also include pizza making for kids in our new mobile wood fired oven plus our first public participation threshing, winnowing and milling of Lambeth grown heritage wheat. Many other attractions on the day, see http://www.urbangreenfair.org/

Location: Brockwell Park, Lambeth SE24 9BN
Contact: Andrew Forbes 0207 733 3879 atty@area3.net
Organisers: The Brockwell Bake Association
Website: http://www.brockwell-bake.org.uk/

The definitive trade event for local, regional and artisan food and drink. Nowhere else can you find so many NEW products and suppliers to make your shelves or menus unique and delicious. 1-to-1 free expert advice on running a more profitable business. 550+ regional producers and suppliers. 15 top name chefs giving live demos on great food to drive NEW customers. Countless inspiring individuals to meet. Opening times: Sunday 5th Septemeber: 10.00-17.30. Monday 6th September: 09.30-17.00. Tuesday 7th September: 09.30-17.00.

Duration: 3 days
Location: London Olympia
Contact: 020 7886 3093/Toby Wand
Organisers: Fresh RM
Website: http://www.specialityandfinefoodfairs.co.uk/

The whole event is like a country fayre taking place outdoors on a working allotment site with a wildlife area and pond. There will be a programme of Morris Dancing and The Eastbury Concert Band. These can be enjoyed while sitting on the straw bales and sampling some or all of the following! Strawberries and cream, homemade cakes, ice cream (some suitable for vegetarians and vegans). Wander around the various allotments and talk to the plot holders and maybe buy some fresh produce. We are holding apple tasting and sales of early crop English apples supplied by Crapes Farm, Colchester. Browse the stalls supporting The Wildlife Trust, Wildlife Rescue, Bee keeping, Fox Rescue, Self sufficiency gardening to name but a few. For the children there is face painting and Hopefield Animal Sanctuary. Visit the wildlife conservation area which we are developing.

Location: Goodmayes Lane Allotments, Goodmayes Lane (juction of Mayesbrook Road), Goodmayes, Essex, IG3 9PS
Contact: 02085976685 - susan.grace.1@btinternet.com - Sue Cunningham
Organisers: SK&G Allotment Society
Website: http://www.skgas.org.uk/

The event will run from 10.30am-2.30pm. Paul Gayler will be accompanied by his specialist cheese supplier who will give a brief but insightful look into cheese courses and boards. There will be an oppportunity to taste and comment on styles and combinations. Paul will then demonstrate a number of dishes and cook with this wonderful, versatile ingredient. The session will be followed by a 3 course gourmet lunch with wine. Tickets are available at £125 + VAT.

Location: Cafe Spice Namaste, 16 Prescot St, London, E1 8AZ
Contact: 0207 488 9242/Binay@cafespice.co.uk
Organisers: Adventure Gourmet

Harvest at Jimmy¹s is a festival of music and food with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall¹s River Cottage Canteen, Angela Hartnett, Valentine Warner, Thomasina Miers, Wahaca, Atul Kochhar, The Hairy Bikers, Rachel Allen, Mark Hix and Tom Parker-Bowles. There will be cooking master classes, gardening workshops, woodland crafts, a farmers market and plentiful bars and food stalls showcasing the best of the region.

Duration: 2 days
Location: Jimmy's Farm, nr Ipswich, Suffolk (IP9 2AR)
Contact: info@harvestatjimmys.com
Organisers: Big Wheel Promotions
Website: http://www.harvestatjimmys.com

This one day event brings together the best in sustainable food and drink for a traditional harvest festival on Southwark bridge. music and dancing add to this colourful annual event

Location: Southwark Bridge
Organisers: Mayor of London
Website: www.thamesfestival.org/events

Bristol hosts this annual food festival which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The festival brings together the best organic suppliers from across the country, along with livestock and cooking demos.

Duration: 2 days
Location: Bristol Harbourside
Contact: 020 7244 3993
Organisers: The Soil Association
Website: http://www.organicfoodfestival.co.uk

Brockwell Bake will be present in force at the Feast on the Bridge, the Mayor's Thames Festival. Southwark Bridge is pedestrianised for the day with tables and chairs along its length with free creative food activities from one end to the other http://www.thamesfestival.org/weekend/detail/feast_on_the_bridge3/ . This year this will include Brockwell Bake with Festival visitors of all ages participating in the threshing, winnowing, milling and baking of our first Lambeth grown heritage wheat crops from local allotments, school and community gardens. Three mobile ovens will provide bread baking and kids pizza making. You can also learn about wind and water powered milling and sample their produce with members of the Traditional Cornmillers Guild and the Oxford Bread Group, do some hands on thatching with the Rumpelstiltskin Thatching Company plus corn dolly making and "lip work", including skep making. Real Bread Campaign members very welcome to help with staffing these activities as well as your own stall !

Location: Southwark Bridge
Contact: Andrew Forbes 0207 733 3879 atty@area3.net
Organisers: The Brockwell Bake Association
Website: http://www.brockwell-bake.org.uk/#events

Join the foodie festivities all week long and don't miss the fabulous Sunday Market in Salisbury's historic Market Square. The market will be open between 10am and 5pm, where over 70 stall holders will display their produce ranging from bison to burgers, honey to wine. The market will be intermingled with cookery demonstrations, foodie fun activities for kids, live jazz and the hotly contested waiter's race. It will be a truly great day out for everyone.

Duration: 6 days
Location: Salisbury
Contact: 0845 241 9651
Organisers: Salisbury International Arts Festibal
Website: http://www.salisburyfestival.co.uk

A one day conference to explore some of the possible avenues for food projects and enterprises to become more financially viable. Come along to find out the nitty gritty on • Community Finance- how the community can invest in your venture • Funding- What's out there and how to get it. • Service Delivery and tendering for contracts • Getting Down to business- trading, business planning and marketing • Financial Planning • Governance- an overview of the structure, systems and processes concerned with running a sustainable food enterprise. Experts from funding organisations, service contractors, businesses and community groups will be sharing their experience. Following on from Edible Assets there will be a South West and Bristol focused networking event to hear from local food projects and organisations working to make their local food system more sustainable. Please get in touch with polly@sustainweb.org if you would like to give an informal update on your project.

Location: Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol BS4 3EH
Contact: Suzanne@sustainweb.org
Organisers: Local Action on Food
Website: http://www.sustainweb.org/localactiononfood/local_food_events/

Location to be advised soon. Know a great venue for our Network Do? Let me know: 0207 837 1228 Want to speak? Let me know. See previous Spring Network Do details: http://www.sustainweb.org/londonfoodlink/network_do/

Location: TBA
Contact: 0207 837 1228
Organisers: London Food Link - Georgie

This event will examine some of the practical issues facing care farmers and look at the next steps forward in the evolution of an organisation to support the movement across the UK. Key issues to be discussed include: • UK developments in care farming and the NCFI • Regional experiences • The experiences of new and existing care farmers • Presentations from a commissioning perspective Keynote speakers will include commissioners and care farming practitioners. Delegates will also have the opportunity to network

Location: Harper Adams University College, Shropshire
Organisers: National Care Farming Initiative
Website: http://www.ncfi.org.uk

This course is suitable for budding cooks to masterchefs alike. Caroline, a professional baker who is passionate about bread will guide you through making a series of different styles of bread which you will be able to recreate at home.

Location: New Farm Catering Ltd Knightsfield Road Hanbury Burton on Trent Staffordshire DE13 8TH
Contact: 01283 810275 Clare tetley clare@seasonedcourses.com
Organisers: Seasoned Cookery School
Website: http://www.seasonedcourses.com/

Capture the taste of freshly baked bread and discover the wonders of wood-fired ovens with this three day course for existing artisan bakers. This in-depth practical course has been designed to provide professional bakers with the fundamental techniques for using wood-fired ovens. With the guidance of master bakers Roman Kucharski of the Welbeck Bakehouse and Emmanuel Hadjiandreou learn everything from fuel choice and firing, to maintenance and oven management. This course will also explore every stage of the baking process as Roman and Emmanuel share their decades of experience and help you create a selection of breads using a wild yeast starter; from the French favourites of fougasse and baguettes, to Italian inspired ciabatta, focaccia, olive breads and more. This course will take place in the Welbeck Bakehouse which is a working artisan bakery located in the same building as The School of Artisan Food. This course includes refreshments and informal lunches. All ingredients, equipment and recipes are provided by the School.

Duration: 3 days
Location: The School of Artisan Food, Lower Motor Yard, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire S80 3LR
Contact: 01909 532171/info@schoolofartisanfood.org
Organisers: The School of Artisan Food
Website: www.schoolofartisanfood.org

*Special rate for Sustainweb Members of only £80*. Tel Fiona on 01463 667318 to secure your place. Book Now! An exceptional opportunity to hear from a panel of leading experts, researchers and practitioners about how nutrition affects behaviour, learning and mood. - What are the real consequences of 'junk food diets'? Find out the truth about the food we consume and what research shows it's doing to our brains as well as our bodies - Could better nutrition really reduce anti-social behaviour, boost children's learning or reduce stress and depression? Can diet help parents and professionals manage conditions such as dyslexia, ADHD or autism? - How can you encourage healthy food choices at home, school and at work? - Learn how to deal effectively with 'fussy eating', poor food choices and food cravings - Could simple dietary changes help resolve problems that face policy-makers in health, education, social services and criminal justice? Book today! Last year's Oxford event was sold out four weeks beforehand.

Location: The Said Business School, Park End St., Oxford (next door to Oxford railway station)
Contact: 01463 667318 email: admin@fabresearch.org Contact person: Fiona O'Fee
Organisers: Food and Behaviour Research
Website: www.fabresearch.org

This annual event highlights the best food producers in the county and has an extensive programme of events, including cookery and children's events.

Duration: 3 days
Location: Festival Marquee, Lemon Quay, Truro
Organisers: Cornwall Food and Drink Festival
Website: http://www.cornwallfoodanddrinkfestival.com/

The Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival is a ten day celebration of the abundance of good local food and drink to be found in East Suffolk. The Festival takes place in the beautiful surroundings of Snape Maltings, near Aldeburgh on the Suffolk Coast.

Duration: 10 days
Location: Snape Maltings, Suffolk
Contact: jenny@aldeburghfoodandrink.co.uk; 01473 734017
Organisers: Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival
Website: http://www.aldeburghfoodanddrink.co.uk

The Handmade Bakery is one of the first Community Supported Bakeries in the UK and the subscription bakery model has enabled the project to start from virtually zero capital and build a sustainable bakery which engages and enlists the local community, giving them a say in where their bread comes from and a relationship with us the bakers. This 1 day course will explore setting up and running a community supported bakery. It will look at the practical, technical and community aspects of community supported baking.

Location: 14 Carr Lane, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, HD7 5AN
Contact: 07894 036742 / info@thehandmadebakery.coop / Dan McTiernan
Organisers: The Handmade Bakery
Website: www.thehandmadebakery.coop

We will also be cooking up a feast using fresh produce from the garden - in particular we will be teaming up with The Real Bread Campaign to make tasty veggie pizzas. The will also be experts from The Royal Parks Guild on site to answer your horticultural questions. Allotment Garden open 10am – 4pm.

Location: The Allotment Garden, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, NW1 4NR
Contact: Amy Solomons amy.capitalgrowth@gmail.com
Organisers: Capital Growth and the Real Bread Campaign at The Regent's Park
Website: www.capitalgrowth.org

This event will examine London 2012’s catering strategy and its vision to host a tastier, healthier and greener Olympic Games, whilst delivering on its commitment to support the UK Food, Drinks and Hospitality sector, and ensure access to supply chain opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises. Due to expected high demand, registration for this event is limited to one person per organisation.

Location: Central Hall Westminster, Storey’s Gate, London, SW1H 9NH
Contact: events@londonbusinessnetwork.com
Organisers: London Business Network
Website: http://www.londonbusinessnetwork.com/events

The Ethical Eats Restaurant Ramble, during British Food Fortnight, will showcase seasonal British ingredients through a dinner of four courses, each course at one of four top venues. Participants will also sample great British wines, beers and ciders that have been expertly matched with each dish. Two sittings - 6:30 or 7:30. Call Kirsty to reserve your seats. Cost is £45 per head, which includes a 4 course meal with matching drinks and Pedicabs.

Location: Start at Duke of Cambridge Organic Pub 30 St Peter's St Islington N1 8 JT
Contact: Kirsty Balmer, 020 7837 1228, kirsty@sustainweb.org
Organisers: Ethical Eats
Website: http://www.sustainweb.org/londonfoodlink/ethical_eats_event/

Britains best mixologist meet at Billingsgate to compete for the coverted best smoothie maker 2010. The competition is part of the Lunch! exibition which is the UK's premier trade show for the food to go industry.

Location: Old Billingsgate, London
Website: http://www.dbctestsite.co.uk/