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Download as 540Kb PDFGood 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.
These pages give updates on project activities and progress.
Winter 2010/11
Twenty-two institutions including hospitals, universities and local authorities received GFPP awards on 30 November at City Hall. Around 100 people attended – a good showing, considering the heavy snowfall! Several of the institutions’ caterers remarked on how much they appreciated the recognition and how it inspired them to continue with their good work.
At the Mayor’s Responsible Procurement Awards in December, the GLA announced that its GLA Group has made a commitment to ensuring that all its members purchase sustainable food. Sustain and GFPP have helped with the work needed to enable this to happen. The Group consists of the Metropolitan Police Service, London Fire Brigade, Transport for London and the London Development Agency – as well as City Hall. The commitment will therefore be put into practice in approximately 150 sites across the London.
Barking & Dagenham Council will not now be able to lead on a joint fruit and vegetable contract, but fortunately Havering Council have stepped into the breach. It is unlikely that it will be awarded this financial year but we will be able to shortlist suppliers and complete the paperwork to help make this initiative a success.
The University of Greenwich has formally approved a sustainable food policy. The policy, developed with GFPP, embeds the commitment shown by the University’s Facilities Management team and provides a target-based sustainable food policy including Fairtrade products, sustainable fish, free range eggs and organic dairy.
Spring 2011
Forty-five chefs and catering staff from a wide range of organisations, including Transport for London, Metropolitan Police, the Heart Hospital and some London universities attended a training day at Westminster Kingsway catering college. The day focused on the link between cheap meat, large portions, human health, farm animal welfare and environmental concerns about animal feed. The discussions were backed up by demonstrations on using less but better meat. The day ended with a meal which we had adapted to contain less but better meat.
The meat tender is in its final stages. The last stage in the process prior to supply will be a report and sign off from the lead authority, Havering’s council.
The final report to the Greater London Authority (GLA) for the period April 2010-March 2011 has been submitted, with all our targets met or exceeded. We are awaiting the contract to confirm that the project will continue for a further year, but with funding reduced to allow only one full time member of staff instead of two, as originally envisaged.
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