About us
The Food Co-ops and Buying Groups programme is run by Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming and the Soil Association as part of the Making Local Food Work programme.
Sustain advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, promote equity and enrich society and culture. To find out more about our work visit our website http://www.sustainweb.org
Making Local Food Work is funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of the Changing Spaces programme. The objective is to explore community enterprise approaches to: 'reconnecting people and land through local food and increasing access to fresh, healthy, local food with clear, traceable origins'. The Making Local Food Work programme is run by partnership of organisations including Sustain, the Soil Association, Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), Country Markets Ltd, Co-operatives UK, National Farmers' Retail & Markets Association (FARMA) and is managed by the Plunkett Foundation. To find out more about Making Local Food Work visit http://www.makinglocalfoodwork.co.uk/
The first two years of the programme also involved a number of other partner organisations: Somerset Community Food, London Food Link, Food Chain North East, Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency, Newham Food Access Partnership, and f3.
