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News: Sustain members celebrate European Union vote to ban neonicotinoids

Following pressure from campaigners EU member states have voted in favour of an almost complete ban of the use of neonicotinoid insecticides.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Friday 27 April 2018

Events: Food Power: Beyond the food bank

This Food Power webinar introduced models to help move local responses to food poverty beyond the food bank.
Food Poverty | Thursday 26 April 2018

News: US farmers say their meat is safe - Sustain raises questions

The president of the American National Farmer’s Union says chlorine-washed chicken and hormone injected beef is “perfectly safe” and there has been a lot of “fear-mongering.”
Good Food Trade Campaign | Thursday 26 April 2018

News: Sustain gives oral and written evidence to MP committee on future farm policy

Sustain provided written and oral evidence to the MPs' Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committeei Inquiry into the Government’s consultation: ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit.’
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Thursday 26 April 2018

News: New network for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners with an interest in food poverty

The UK’s first Food and Poverty conference was recently held at King’s College and the new ENUF network has been launched for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners with an interest in food poverty.
Sustain | Thursday 26 April 2018

News: Save the date - Open Farm Sunday 10 June

The Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) Open Farm Sunday is approaching. The annual event opens up the farming industry to get the public to see how their food is grown.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Thursday 26 April 2018

News: Plans for 20 new drinking fountains in London

A new drinking water fund is working with landowners to install drinking water fountains across the capital.
London Food Link | Thursday 26 April 2018

Page: Sustain provides evidence to Efra committee on Health & Harmony, April 2018

Sustain provided written and oral evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Government’s consultation: ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit.’
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Page: Briefings for MPs on farming, fishing, food standards and trade

In April 2018, Sustain has written to all MPs to provide with briefings on four major areas of policy. These topics are covered in a number of Defra and Department for International Trade white papers or command papers, expected shortly, or which are currently out for consultation. Bills are due to be brought before Parliament in this session.
Brexit

News: Sharp rise in food bank use as cost of living outstrips benefits, reports Trussell Trust

The number of three day food supplies given out in the UK rose 13% from 2017-2018, more than double the growth from the previous period. Sustain urges more action ‘beyond the food bank’ in response.
Food Power | Tuesday 24 April 2018