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As good today as it’s always been?

Real Bread Campaign coordinator Chris Young looks back on a 2009 Hovis advertisement complaint.

16/04/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Pass it on: Share your good food experience

Would you like to help new food enterprises thrive whilst they support people and planet? Do you have experience of setting up your own business or...

17/04/2019
London Food Link

OXO Tower Brasserie celebrates Earth Day with a Root to Fruit menu

Launching on Earth Day, eco-chef extraordinaire Tom Hunt andKeir Barry, Head Chef at Oxo Tower Brasserie have teamed up to create...

17/04/2019
Jellied Eel

Book now for BATCH: Edinburgh

Join fellow Real Bread Campaign supporters and friends on the evening of Tuesday 18 June at Cafe St Honoré for a farinaceous fundraising...

16/04/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Grow-your-own health and happiness at the Big Dig Day on 27 April

Over 80 gardens across the UK, from Perth to Bournemouth are opening their gates, lining up their spades and getting the kettle on to welcome new...

16/04/2019
Veg Cities

Would you like to contribute to the Jellied Eel?

Are you a writer or photographer with an interest in healthy, sustainable food and those helping to make it happen? Put your skills to good (food)...

15/04/2019
Jellied Eel

London gardens invite you to grow yourself happy

Over 30 gardens across London, from Barnet to Sutton are opening their gates, lining up their spades and getting the kettle on to welcome new growers...

15/04/2019
Jellied Eel

Real Bread: Read (and write) all about it!

The editor of the Real Bread Campaign’s website and True Loaf magazine would like to receive your ideas and offers.

15/04/2019
Real Bread Campaign

3 in 4 parents support a ban on junk food displays at checkouts

The Children's Food Campaign is calling on Government to 'put unhealthy foods back in their place' in its response to the Government...

11/04/2019
Children's Food Campaign

Hospital staff say patient meals not fit to eat

More than half of hospital staff in England wouldn’t eat food served to patients because it’s unhealthy and of poor quality, according to...

11/04/2019
Better Hospital Food

Grow-your-own health and happiness at London’s Big Dig Day on Saturday 27 April

Over 25 gardens across London, from Barnet to Sutton are opening their gates, lining up their spades and getting the kettle on to welcome new growers...

10/04/2019
Capital Growth

Lessons in Loaf for London Schools

The Worshipful Company of Bakers are offering project grants for five schools in London Boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets.

10/04/2019
Jellied Eel

Real Bread: Stay fresh

Real Bread Campaign supporters and friends, it's time to make sure everything's up to date

10/04/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Councils think they should receive money raised from sugary drinks tax

A year on from the introduction of the soft drinks levy, local councils say the money raised from the tax needs to be spent on public health.

09/04/2019
Children's Food Campaign

FoodCycle opens 40th project in Birmingham

Sustain member FoodCycle celebrates its 10 year anniversary and opens its 40th project which serves tasty meals to hungry people.

09/04/2019
Food Poverty

How local government should prepare for Brexit

House of Commons publish their report on how local authorities should prepare for Brexit; including food standards, safety inspections and workforce...

09/04/2019
Brexit

Uganda recognises the Right of Nature

Sustain member the Gaia Foundation has worked with a local partner to protect nature, sacred sites and the indigenous peoples in Uganda through a new...

09/04/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Veg invasion kept at bay in County Durham school

The children at Brooms Roman Catholic Primary School in Leadgate, in the north of the county, have got stuck into the #EatThemToDefeatThem Veg Power...

08/04/2019
Veg Cities

Caterer Caterlink pledges to increase vegetables in recipes

Research has shown that 80 per cent of children and 96 per cent of teenagers aren’t eating enough vegetables. Caterlink – an education...

08/04/2019
Veg Cities

Real Bread news in brief

Sippets harvested from messages recently received at Campaign HQ.

08/04/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Wholemeal sourdough named Britain’s Best Loaf

A loaf created by Real Bread Campaign supporter Lee Smith’s Poppyseed Bakery has taken the crown in the annual baking competition.

08/04/2019
Real Bread Campaign

New report calls for a London College of Food

A new report has highlighted appeal, training, and retention as the key factors behind London’s current skills shortage in the restaurant and...

04/04/2019
Jellied Eel

Could you help us update our microbakery guide?

Eight years after the hugely successful Knead to Know was first published, the Real Bread Campaign wants to pick bakers’ brains to help ferment...

03/04/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Glasgow pupils win competition to find the best veg-themed posters

40 schools competed to design the best poster showing the power of vegetables for a city-wide healthy eating ad campaign in Glasgow. Winners were...

03/04/2019
Veg Cities

The spring issue of the ‘eel is out now

Our latest print mag is hitting the shelves of our 100+ stockists this week – and your doormat if you are a signed up supporter of London Food...

03/04/2019
Jellied Eel

Medical journals will no longer carry adverts for baby formula

Sustain member Baby Milk Action welcomes the move from The BMJ and others to stop running adverts for formula.

02/04/2019
Children's Food Campaign

Organic farming mitigates climate change

New research shows that long-term organically farmed soils emit 40 percent less greenhouse gases per hectare than conventionally farmed soils.

02/04/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Children growing up in poverty endure hunger and shame

New research from the University College of London sheds light on the feelings of children in low-income families

02/04/2019
Food Poverty

Make Brighton pesticide free

Sustain member PAN UK is campaigning for Brighton and Hove council to ban pesticides on all public land.

02/04/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Save Ratty, Mole and Toad

The Wildlife Trusts are campaigning for a Wilder Future to not only protect wildlife but to put it in recovery.

02/04/2019
Food and Farming Policy

The future of English county farms

Join an open event at the Palace of Westminster to explore the decline of county farms and the government’s recent commitment to support...

02/04/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Good Food Nation consultation extended to 18 April

Nourish Scotland are urging more people to take advantage of the extended deadline to get their views across.

02/04/2019
Better Food Britain

First 100% grass fed organic cheddar cheese launched

Sustain member Pasture for Life welcome the first cheddar cheese to be made exclusively from organic milk from grass-fed cows.

02/04/2019
Better Food Britain

Join the mass lobby in Westminster on climate change on 26 June 2019

Climate change is a major issue for the food system and negative impacts are already being felt in the UK and across the globe. Sustain is...

02/04/2019
Better Food Britain

Spring 2019 True Loaf magazine

Issue 39 of the Real Bread Campaign supporters’ magazine is out on 9 April 2019.

01/04/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Try out WWOOFing at a taster day

Sustain member WWOOF UK are holding taster days to show people the worldwide opportunities on organic farms.

31/03/2019
Food and Farming Policy

FOI reveals thousands of tonnes of antibiotics still used in UK farming

A Freedom of Information request submitted by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics has revealed that hundreds of tonnes of ionophore antibiotics are...

31/03/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Overhaul of children’s menus in Cambridge restaurants

The nine restaurants of Cambscuisine restaurant group have done a complete overhaul of their children’s menus to include at least two portions...

27/03/2019
Veg Cities

Cambridge Sustainable Food receives grant to increase uptake of Healthy Start in the city

Cambridge Sustainable Food (CSF) has secured a small grant from the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation to promote Healthy Start to families and...

27/03/2019
Veg Cities

The Big Dig goes national - sign up your garden

The Big Dig Day is back on Saturday 27 April to help food growing gardens across the UK get ready for the growing season. With online registration at...

27/03/2019
Veg Cities

Special offers fuel obese shoppers, says Cancer Research UK

Shoppers who fill their supermarket trolleys with special offers on food and drink have more than a 50% increased chance of being...

27/03/2019
Children's Food Campaign

Half a million food bank parcels given out in Scotland in 18 months

New figures shine light on the scale of food bank parcels given out in Scotland

27/03/2019
Food Poverty

Urban Food Awards winners announced

The winners of this year's Urban Food Awards have been announced at a ceremony at City Hall, shining a spotlight on the enterprises,...

21/03/2019
Jellied Eel

Women in Food celebrated at London's Urban Food Awards

A new addition to this year’s Urban Food Awards, the winners of the Women in Food category were announced at City Hall, honouring...

21/03/2019
Jellied Eel

Urban Food Awards: The women putting good food on London’s plate

Thirty of London’s leading Women in Food are being celebrated as part of the capital’s Urban Food Awards, championed by the Mayor of...

21/03/2019
London Food Link

New Ageing Better funding announced by minister at Capital Growth garden

A new Capital Growth project has been announced as one of five funded by Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Centre for...

21/03/2019
Capital Growth

Planning policies to restrict new takeaways approved in Plymouth

The Inspectors appointed to ensure sound planning policies cover Plymouth have given their blessing to the provision of space for community food...

21/03/2019
Planning Food Cities

Low wages, high pay disparities and unfair trade are a recipe for super market failure

A new research report from Sustain exposes super market failure and argues for better food trading that supports farmers, food workers, consumers and...

20/03/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Meet the new Real Bread Campaign ambassadors

The Real Bread Campaign is proud to reveal a brand new batch of official ambassadors for its work.

20/03/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Souper fun at Middlesbrough primary schools

‘Soup Bag’ is a new initiative being rolled out to primary schools in Middlesbrough. Pupils participate in a fun interactive cooking...

20/03/2019
Veg Cities

Food charities and children's organisations call for school food to be put on Ofsted menu

Over 30 organisations including Children's Food Campaign, Soil Association Food for Life, and School Food Matters along with Jamie Oliver...

20/03/2019
Children's Food Campaign

Plant-based cooking competition reaches a sweet end

As part of Veg Cities Aberdeen, Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE) ran a competition to find the best home-cooked healthy meal creations....

19/03/2019
Veg Cities

Strength in diversity: Capital Growth Survey 2017-18

This survey of Capital Growth members was undertaken during the spring of 2018 and completed by 205 people who represent a London-based food growing...

08/02/2019
Capital Growth

Sustain Briefing: Good Food Retail

Sustain has produced this briefing in response to recent references to Good Food Retail in the London Food Strategy, among other documents. Our aim...

16/01/2019
London Food Link

Annual report 2017/18

Read the review of Sustain’s activities and achievements for this financial year.

13/12/2018
Sustain

Beyond the Food Bank: London Food Poverty Profile 2018

Beyond the Food Bank 2018 is the fourth edition of London’s comprehensive food poverty profile. The report looks at what local authorities...

05/11/2018
Food Poverty

Good Food for London 2018

In our annual London borough league table and series of good food maps, we shine a light on which boroughs are leading the way in creating a better...

05/11/2018
London Food Link

Food Growing in Parks

This guide, co-written with Sustain member Shared Assets, shows how councils can take forward food growing in parks, using public assets to address...

16/10/2018
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