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Sustain produces a number of quarterly magazines. Please follow the links below for more information.

Digest
Sustain’s magazine covers a wide range of current food and farming policy initiatives and developments. More information

The Jellied Eel
London Food Link's magazine for Sustainable Food in London. More information

Let Us Eat Cake!
This is the magazine of the Food Access Network. More information
Recipe for a Greener Curry: how London's ethnic business can celebrate sustainable food
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Contents

Recipe for a greener curry - report coverForeword 
Sir Gulam Noon
Murad Qureshi AM

Summary and recommendations 

1. Introduction 
Why produce this report? 
Sustain's London Food Link project 

2. Why ‘green’, why ‘curry’? 
‘Green’ 
     What we mean by sustainable food and farming, and why it is important  
     The growing market for sustainable food   
     Government policies to support sustainable food and farming 
‘Curry’  
     What we mean by ethnic food  
     The importance of ethnic food  
     Government policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises, and black and ethnic
minority businesses 

3. What we did 
Literature search 
Interviews  
     Individual businesses  
     Events 
Limitations 

4. What we found 
Problems  
     Lack of knowledge about and skills for implementing sustainable business practices  
     Higher cost of sustainable food, and lack of money to invest in change  
     Inappropriate help available  
     Lack of suppliers of suitable sustainable food  
     Inadequate supply infrastructure  
     Uncertain demand for ‘greener’ curry 
Opportunities  
     Small is beautiful  
     Some specialist infrastructure still exists  
     Some practical support is already available  
     Sustainability is already part of many cultures 

5. What we think should happen now 
Stimulate demand for 'greener curry'  
     In the public sector  
     Reinvesting money in the community  
     In black and ethnic minority communities  
     In the market in general 
Support sustainable food suppliers 
Invest in infrastructure  
     Joined-up accreditation  
     Marketing  
     Distribution 
Provide tailored business support 

6. Recommendations 
Marketing sustainability 
Support services for ethnic food businesses 
Support from national and local authorities 
London Sustainable Food Hubs 
Development of standards 
And finally… 

Case studies 
By Chaat House 
Bronek's Deli  
Caterers International Ltd  
FudCo Quality Products  
Gazebo Fine Foods  
The London Tea Company  
M&R Superfresh  
NamaYasai  
Oasis Catering  
Organic India  
Port Royal Patties  
Ummah Foods Ltd  
Willowbrook Farm  
Winner Foods  

Appendices 
I Faith and ecology 
II Where to get more help  
III Contact details of case studies 

Acknowledgements