Summer 2010
Good Food on the Public Plate is supported by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and London Food Board, and continues to work as a flagship project of implementation of the London Food Strategy.
The collective milk tender for the London Cluster is progressing well, with the London Boroughs of Havering, Barking & Dagenham, Enfield, Hounslow and the unitary authority of Thurrock committed. A tender should be issued imminently by Havering. We also hope to have a collective meat tender issued in the near future.
For the Chelsea Cluster, in addition to the Royal Brompton, Imperial College and the Royal Marsden are now purchasing produce from Fresher By Miles. The Royal Marsden used St George’s Day to launch a focus on seasonal food. We designed a poster to advertise it and we are delighted to hear that the response from customers was very positive. Thamesbrook Nursing and Residential Home, a small 52-bed unit which is also part of the cluster, is setting up an account with the commercial local food hub Fresher by Miles as part of the agreement.
Four “Feel Good Food Day” events have taken place at the Royal Brompton, City University, Royal Holloway (University of London) and the London School of Economics. The Royal Holloway event was particularly successful but we have learnt from all of them and will use this knowledge to plan those in future. Several more events are in the planning stages and should take place in the summer and autumn.
We have now written the case study about the South London & Maudsley Trust and Aramark caterers, detailing what has been achieved at Lambeth Hospital and how this could be replicated across the trusts under Aramark’s management.
Spring 2010
Good Food on the Public Plate (GFPP) is supported by the Greater London Authority and London Food Board. We have reached the end of our interim phase of funding and are waiting to hear about extended funding. In the meantime, the project has continued to make good progress in helping public sector institutions in London to buy more sustainable food.
Negotiations are progressing with the London Cluster on a joint milk tender that incorporates sustainability in the contract weighting. The Chelsea Cluster of public sector organisations is also developing well. Imperial College is purchasing Kentish potatoes from the local supplier ‘Fresher By Miles’. All other members of the Chelsea Cluster are now considering stocking some fruit and veg from the same supplier. The Chelsea Cluster is also in the process of putting together a collective tender for sustainable fish.
Preparations for the 2010 Good Food on the Public Plate Awards on 30 November are well underway. The mayor's food advisor and Chair of London Food Rosie Boycott will again host and chair the event. This year we will be accepting applications from institutions that GFPP has not worked with directly, and an application form will be available shortly.
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