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US blocked breastfeeding protections - I know, I was there

Patti Rundall OBE, policy director of Baby Milk Action, gives an eye-witness account of US government bullying tactics to prevent global efforts to protect breastfeeding and restrict misleaing marketing of breastmilk substitutes. It wasn't "fake news", she says - it really happened - "I know, I was there".  

13/07/2018
Brexit

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SUGAR SMART Celebration Event highlights local success stories one year in

The SUGAR SMART campaign held a successful one year celebration event at London's City Hall, bringing together nearly 100 local campaign leads, organisations, businesses and individuals tackling sugar overconsumption in their communities across the UK.

16/08/2018

Tails of Herring Do

It looks like herring is making a comeback, says Becca Roberts. 

16/08/2018
Jellied Eel

Take part in SUGAR SMART September

Whether you are leading a local campaign, taking action as a participating setting, or an individual, take part in SUGAR SMART September using our free resources and sugar reduction challenge ideas.

15/08/2018
Sugar Smart UK

Love to make good food? Check out London’s first festival for makers

Makemore Festival are bringing five fantastic days of making and doing to Victoria Park this August Bank holiday weekend, with plenty on offer for those who love good food.

14/08/2018
Jellied Eel

Joint Letter to Michael Gove Urges Action to Save Small Abattoirs

Sustain joined thirty-four organisations, reflecting a wide range of food, farming, consumer and nature conservation interests in writing a joint letter to Defra’s Secretary of State, Michael Gove, asking him to take urgent action to save the UK’s network of smaller abattoirs, which are closing at an alarming rate.

13/08/2018
Food and Farming Policy

Up in your grill

The British barbecue can be one dimensional to say the least. At worst it’s a suspect sausage fest or tinfoil insta-grill of blackened, but still raw, caged chicken. It doesn’t have to be that way, says our resident chef, Tom Hunt.

09/08/2018
Jellied Eel

Oxford Hospital Trust bans sugary drinks across its sites

Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust joins the SUGAR SMART Campaign and announces a ban on sugary drinks sales across all its retail sites, including WHSmith and Marks & Spencer.

08/08/2018
Sugar Smart UK

Advertising Standards Authority bans KFC and Kellogg’s adverts from targeting children

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints against a KFC 'Mars Krushem' milkshake outside a primary school and a TV ad for Kellogg's Coco Pops shown on a children's channel, but rules aimed at protecting kids from junk food marketing are still not strong enough, say health campaigners. 

08/08/2018
Children's Food Campaign

Grow, Make, Cook or Save food in London? Get involved in Urban Food Fortnight

London Food Link’s new interactive online map and directory is open, so you can list Urban Food Fortnight events and help promote London’s local larder from 20th September to 7th October 2018. 

08/08/2018
Jellied Eel

NHS: Sourdough is ‘tummy friendly bread’

According to The NHS, ‘some people with wheat sensitivity have no problems when they eat […] sourdough bread […] or any bread from a specialist bakery, rather than a supermarket.’

07/08/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Cities launch campaign to inspire people to eat more veg

14 cities and local areas receive funding from Sustainable Food Cities to run Veg Cities campaigns. Nottingham and Glasgow are the first to launch their campaigns in August, following successful pilots in Cardiff, Brighton & Hove and Birmingham.

03/08/2018
Veg Cities

The Urban Farmer

Kester Muller quizzes Joris Gunawardena, the director of Sutton Community Farm, London’s most productive community food-growing space.

02/08/2018
Jellied Eel

Sustain joins environmental campaign groups rejecting government fishing proposals

Leading marine NGOs have issued a rallying cry: write to Michael Gove now to call for better post-Brexit fishing policy

02/08/2018
Sustainable Fish Cities

Brexit deal or no deal? The impact on our food supplies: Sustain responds

The possibility of the UK crashing out of the EU with ‘no deal’ has raised the spectre of potential food shortages. Sustain comments, urging a fair, measured and well-planned approach to avoid unnecessary food disruption and anxiety, particularly for the 8.4 million people in the UK already living with food insecurity.

02/08/2018
Brexit

New era of green farming schemes as environmental pilot extended by Defra

A popular “Payment by Results” (PBR) pilot farm support scheme has been granted two years of further funding as part of a programme of ‘tests and trials’ for future farm policy.

02/08/2018
Food and Farming Policy

Sustain Brexit Forum, Autumn 2018 - save the date(s)

Save the date(s): This is an extract from the Sustain Brexit Forum newsletter. Sign up to receive regular updates (monthly or bi-monthly) at: www.sustainweb.org/brexit/

31/07/2018
Brexit

New Good Food Map launched for London

London Food Link have launched a new Good Food Map ahead of this year’s Urban Food Fortnight. Dubbed the place to find good food places, it is set to celebrate those championing ethical and sustainable food across the capital.

31/07/2018
Jellied Eel

Sustain Brexit Forum news roundup: Sustainable farming

Farm support, access to farm labour and the future of animal welfare are just some of the issues being addressed in UK farm policy. This is an extract from Sustain's Brexit Forum newsletter, June/July 2018. Sign up to receive news updates monthly or bi-monthly at:  www.sustainweb.org/brexit

31/07/2018
Brexit

Sustain Brexit Forum news roundup: Sustainable fish

The Government's plan for replacing the EU Common Fisheries Policy has at last been published - find out more here. This is an extract from Sustain's Brexit Forum newsletter, June/July 2018. Sign up to receive news updates monthly or bi-monthly at: www.sustainweb.org/brexit

31/07/2018
Brexit

Sustain Brexit Forum news roundup: Environment policy

A new Environment Act, green watchdog and institutions to regulate chemicals are all needed - and must be robust enough to defend our health and the natural environment. Just some of the issues being addressed in UK environment policy. This is an extract from Sustain's Brexit Forum newsletter, June/July 2018. Sign up to receive news updates monthly or bi-monthly at: www.sustainweb.org/brexit

31/07/2018
Brexit

Sustain Brexit Forum news roundup: Food standards and trade

The new UK Trade Bill, preparations for future trade deals, and US food standards have been dominating the media and Parliament. With so much to play for in food, farming and fishing, read more about the latest developments in UK trade policy. This is an extract from Sustain's Brexit Forum newsletter, June/July 2018. Sign up to receive news updates monthly or bi-monthly at: www.sustainweb.org/brexit

31/07/2018
Brexit

Benefits of bread below zero?

Modern Baker in Oxford has secured £100k to explore whether freezing can help make carbohydrates healthier

30/07/2018
Real Bread Campaign

New planning policy framework for England confirms food is a planning issue

Sustain is pleased that the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England touches on food production and access to healthier food.

26/07/2018
Planning Food Cities

Let pigs eat cake

Sustain member Feedback argues that the UK should lift the ban on feeding surplus food to pigs.

26/07/2018
Food and Farming Policy

Genetic engineering is GM decides European Court of Justice

Sustain member GM Freeze welcomes the judgement which states that organisms obtained by mutagenesis are Genetically Modified Organisms and are subject to full GMO regulation.

26/07/2018
Food and Farming Policy

Summer gathering in Tower Hamlets

Sustain member the Women’s Environmental Network host a summer gathering of the Tower Hamlets Food Growing Network.

26/07/2018
London Food Link

Organic September encourages Britain to go organic

Shops, farms and producers are celebrating the return of Organic September from Sustain member the Soil Association.

25/07/2018
Sustainable Food

This little piggy went to Mercato

Nestled between a garage and The Elephant and Castle gyratory is an unlikely location for a food market. But, as Andrea Rasca, the founder and self-titled Chief Executive Dreamer of Mercato Metropolitano, tells Fran Bernhardt, that’s half the point.

23/07/2018
Jellied Eel

Do you live in Newham, Hillingdon, Hammersmith and Fulham or Sutton?

Get your local authority to tell us what it is doing to address food poverty!

20/07/2018
London Food Link

The Eel goes to...Brighton and Hove

We Londoners don’t spend our whole lives in the capital, so as a change to our regular ‘Eel Loves… feature, we sent intrepid traveller Clare Gilbert to brave the trains to explore the good food scene of Bohemian Brighton.

19/07/2018
Jellied Eel

Roots to work: the natural chef

Natural chef, Ceri Jones speaks to the Eel about her work, food heroes and love of straciatella ice cream.

16/07/2018
Jellied Eel

Around Town: Summer 2018

What's new on The ‘Eel’s radar?  Elliot Kett gets us up to date.

09/07/2018
Jellied Eel

The 'Eel goes to...the seaside

Summer’s here so let’s hit the beach! Pack your sun cream / wellies and find where Sally Gurteen says you can do better than unsustainable fish and soggy chips. 

02/07/2018
Jellied Eel

A feast of London festivals

‘Eel readers may do well at making good food choices in their everyday lives. But what happens when we’re having (possibly alcohol-fuelled) fun in the sun, especially at a music festival, asks Kirsten Foster.

28/06/2018
Jellied Eel

On Yer Bike

Benjamin Cullen says ‘velo’ to the new wave of pedal-powered provender peddlers.

14/06/2018
Jellied Eel

Hello, is it meat you're looking for?

There is ever greater awareness of animal agriculture’s impact on the environment, human health and animal welfare, spearheaded by savvy, networked consumers, living under the looming shadow of a projected population of nine billion, says sustainability and social impact consultant Tania Han.

11/06/2018
Jellied Eel

How will supermarket mergers affect London?

The UK supermarkets have seen major disruptions of late, with the rise and rise of Aldi and Lidl alongside the growth in on-line purchases. The revolution ramped up a notch in May with asurprise move by Sainsbury’s, says Vicki Hird.

07/06/2018
Jellied Eel

Food Hunt: Summer's seasonal softies

‘Eel regular columnist, chef Tom Hunt, shares why we should be seeing seasonal strawberries and local loganberries.

01/06/2018
Jellied Eel

How the sugary drinks tax was won

With the introduction of the Government’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy – commonly known as the Sugary Drinks Tax – this report reflects on the campaign and coalition of charities and champions that made it happen. 

05/04/2018
Children's Food Campaign

No Loaf Lost

The surplus reduction guide to help small bakeries save dough.

10/01/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Fishy Business

How well are the UK’s top contract caterers supporting ocean conservation through their sustainable fish buying policies and practices?

18/12/2017
Sustainable Fish Cities

Annual report 2016/17

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

24/11/2017

Good Food for London 2017

The Good Food for London report measures progress and encourages London councils to take action on good food. It measures action on 11 different good food measures, from food growing, encouraging breastfeeding, school food, Fairtrade and fair pay. Scores range from 88 to 13 per cent. The Good Food for London league table 2017 is topped by the London Borough of Greenwich, followed by Islington, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Waltham Forest.

13/10/2017
London Food Link

Beyond the Food Bank London Food Poverty Profile 2017

Beyond the Food Bank 2017 is the third edition of London’s comprehensive food poverty profile. The report looks at what local authorities are doing to reduce food poverty across a range of measures. 

13/10/2017
Food Poverty

Beyond 2020 - New farm policy

Sustain presents principles and policies that would deliver better food and farming when we leave the European Common Agriculture Policy.

31/05/2017
Food and Farming Policy

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