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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

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

Time in nature helps children's mental health and wellbeing

Two thirds of children say "being in nature makes me happy" but the new research from Natural England also shows that the number of...

19/03/2019
Better Food Britain

Celebrate Seed Week

Sustain member the Gaia Foundation is celebrating Seed Week to showcase the incredible efforts of small scale seed producers across the UK and...

19/03/2019
The Big Dig

A pan-global success

The Real Bread Campaign’s 10th annual international celebration of additive-free loaves and people who make them saw thousands of people across...

18/03/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Worries over the return of battery eggs after Brexit

Sustain members Compassion in World Farming have warned that the Government’s plans to reduce tariffs on overseas egg imports to 0% could see...

18/03/2019
Brexit

Tom Watson MP calls McDonald's Monopoly game a 'danger to public health'

Shadow culture, media and sport secretary Tom Watson MP has called on fast food company McDonald's to cancel a Monopoly game which...

18/03/2019
Sustain

Healthier high streets and an end to trojan telephone boxes

Sustain welcomes initiatives announced in the Spring Statement which will contribute toward healthier high streets.

18/03/2019
Sustain

A comprehensive 9pm watershed on junk food advertising is the right thing to support parents

The Children’s Food Campaign welcomes the start of a government consultation on proposals to introduce a 9pm watershed on the advertising...

17/03/2019
Children's Food Campaign

Growing own vegetables gets a boost in Hull

As part of Veg Cities Hull, Hull Food Partnership ran several events during winter 2019 to support and promote the vibrant network of allotments and...

14/03/2019
Veg Cities

DWP Secretary Amber Rudd confirms Government considering food hardship fund in the event of no deal Brexit

DWP Cabinet member Amber Rudd has confirmed that the Government "have been looking at the possibility of having a hardship fund" to help...

14/03/2019
Brexit

Government plans import tariffs on meat, butter, fish and fertiliser in the event of a no deal Brexit

The Government today published details of the tariffs it intends to put on imports in order to protect some UK industry in the event of a no deal...

13/03/2019
Brexit

UK needs to follow EU lead and stop unfair trading practices

A new EU directive will support farmers getting a fairer deal in their trading relationships. Sustain says the UK needs to introduce equivalent...

13/03/2019
Food and Farming Policy

MPs have rejected Theresa May's Brexit deal for a second time - Sustain responds

The Prime Minister told Parliament that MPs would now get a vote on whether the UK should leave the EU without a deal and, if that fails, on whether...

12/03/2019
Brexit

Get your SUGAR SMART gear online today

SUGAR SMART’s online shop is now open for business selling a range of tshirts, mugs and bags

11/03/2019
Sugar Smart UK

Rochdale Children's Centre becomes 1000th setting to go SUGAR SMART

Langley Children’s Centre has become the 1000th organisation in the country to go SUGAR SMART. The children’s centre, based in the...

11/03/2019
Sugar Smart UK

Chester named world’s first Sustainable Palm Oil City

Chester has been declared the first Sustainable Palm Oil City, after a long-running campaign led by conservationists at Chester Zoo. Sustain is proud...

11/03/2019
Food and Farming Policy

End the Cage Age for animals

Sustain member Compassion in World Farming are campaigning for the end of the use of cages on UK farms.

11/03/2019
Food and Farming Policy

A ‘bigger conversation’ on genetic engineering in food and farming

Sustain member Beyond GM is bringing together people with a range of views to try and move past a polarised conversation around genetically modified...

10/03/2019
Food and Farming Policy

5,000th item boards the Ark of Taste

Sustain member Slow Food UK celebrates honey from Burkina Faso as the 5,000th item to become part of the online catalogue of forgotten and endangered...

10/03/2019
Sustainable Food

Big Dig is back - get your garden registered now

Everyone running a garden can register their garden on www.bigdig.org.uk to promote their garden locally to volunteers and other organisations,...

08/03/2019
Veg Cities

Glasgow embraces Veg Power

Schools and several Glasgow organisations are putting Veg Power and the Veg of the Week at the heart of their activities to make vegetables exciting...

08/03/2019
Veg Cities

Charities and public sector demand 'hardship fund' to prevent no deal Brexit food crisis

Sustain, frontline charities, public sector food providers and groups working with local authorities, have sent an open letter, calling on thse Prime...

07/03/2019
Brexit

Adverts for Cadbury Freddo broke junk food marketing rules again, says ASA

The Children's Food Campaign is calling for a serious rethink of junk food advertising regulations, as the Advertising Standards Authority...

05/03/2019
Children's Food Campaign

Food systems within a city region

Sustain member the Centre for Food Policy are hosting an event on the opportunities of thinking regionally about food systems.

05/03/2019
Sustainable Food Cities

Make Brexit a better deal for animals

Sustain member Wildlife and Countryside Link have brought together 36 animal protection groups calling for animals to be protected after Brexit.

05/03/2019
Brexit

Unbolt your farm gate for Open Farm Sunday

With changes to farm subsidies afoot Sustain member Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) is asking even more farmers to welcome visitors for this...

05/03/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Fresh approach to Welsh food and farming after Brexit

A new paper from Sustain member The Centre for Food Policy recommends a Welsh network that supports a conversation about food and agriculture based...

01/03/2019
Brexit

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
Sustain

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Let's keep food sector pay ratios within fair limits

Two reasons why British fishers will do worse out of Brexit than British farmers

Should we scale-up box schemes and CSAs in the UK?

The Mayor’s policy on advertising takes us one stop closer to destination junk free London.