Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming

New guide to help councils create edible parks

Sustain has published a new guide to support councils to incorporate edible gardens into parks as a way to tackle social isolation, poor health and diet and childhood obesity.

19/10/2018
Growing Health

Let’s end hunger in London!

No one should have to go to bed hungry, yet food poverty is growing rapidly. So how can we help? End Hunger Week runs from 13-21 October and is an opportunity for people, communities and businesses to unite and campaign for change in the root causes of poverty, as well as work together to respond to offer food lifelines to those in need.

17/10/2018
Jellied Eel

Exposed Again! How adverts get our kids pestering for junk food

A new study from Cancer Research and the University of Liverpool with 2,500 7-11 year olds reveals once again how increased exposure to junk food advertising increases children’s desire for less healthy products.

17/10/2018
Children's Food Campaign

World doughmination

Twelve of the seventeen category winners at this year’s World Bread Awards, including overall champion and special merit award, were loaves baked by Real Bread Campaign supporters.

17/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Real Bread Campaign ambassador review

The Real Bread Campaign is reviewing its official ambassador role and is inviting Campaign supporters and other friends to share their views to help guide this process.

16/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

New research shows London’s struggling young families missing out on £5.6million a year of government funding to help them eat

Over 30% of Healthy Start vouchers are not being claimed in London, which would help low income young families afford a healthy diet. London is below national average, with some local authorities making little attempt to increase update. Over £200K is unclaimed across 13 London boroughs.

16/10/2018
Food Poverty

Quest for best plant-centred dish in Glasgow comes to an end

Six finalists took part in a live cook-off to find the best plant-centred dish made with vegetables grown in and around Glasgow. The winner was head chef of Ox and Finch Aurelien Mourez with a smoked beetroot, lemon sorrel emulsion, potato crisp dish. The judging panel was headed by Gary Maclean, 2016 winner of MasterChef: The Professionals and Scotland’s National Chef.

16/10/2018
Veg Cities

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 local priorities. The guide shows councils not only the many benefits of using parks for food growing, but the different options for working with their local communities to manage these sites.

16/10/2018

The Jackson Pollocks

After receiving a suspended sentence, Francesca Barker, took a Bread Angels course as part of her probation. In spring 2013, she launched The Barker Baker, a social enterprise selling - and teaching people to bake - Real Bread and other bakes.

16/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

The mushroom men

In the latest of our good food jobs features we meet fun guys, Alexandro and Cesar Rizzo.

15/10/2018
Jellied Eel

FEED DARWEN launches #DarwengetsHangry Campaign

Join Blackburn with Darwen Food Alliance on Friday 19 October as young people from the school, along with support of Darwen Vale & Nightsafe, launch their #DarwengetsHangry campaign.

12/10/2018
Food Power

Mayor of London announces new wave of 100 drinking fountains

After a pilot installing 20 fountains this summer, the Mayor has partnered with Thames Water to scale up the scheme with an estimated £5million investment jointly. Sustain welcome the leadership but question whether the ambition measures up to the scale of the problem it is trying to tackle.

12/10/2018
Sugar Smart UK

New look True Loaf out now

The latest issue of the Real Bread Campaign supporters’ magazine has had a makeover but still includes the same mix of features, prize giveaway and even a free poster.

11/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Are Supermarket Bloomers (Still) Pants?

Eight years since publishing its original Are Supermarket Bloomers Pants? report, the Real Bread Campaign believes that what much of supermarket ‘in-store bakery’ still amounts to is little more than in-store theatre.

11/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Urban Food aint just for one Fortnight

London grew, we made, we cooked, we foraged and we saved. We look back at some of our favourite events and ahead to how you can enjoy as urban food all year round.

11/10/2018
Jellied Eel

Parents! Share your views on kids and energy drinks

The Children's Food Campaign has launched a new survey to make sure parents' views are heard in response to government proposals to ban the sale of energy drinks to children. Join our Parents' Jury today if you want to take part. Deadline: Thursday 25 October 2018.

11/10/2018
Children's Food Campaign

We Feed the World to showcase the unseen faces of the world’s smallholders

From 12-26 October, a landmark exhibition on London’s South Bank will celebrate the small, family farmers who produce over 70% of the world’s food.

11/10/2018
Jellied Eel

Roots to Work: The Better Food Trader

Kerry Rankine has worked at the Hackney-based social enterprise Growing Communities for over 17 years and is currently the Dagenham Farm and Farmers’ Market co-ordinator. This involves overseeing the long-established Growing Communities’ Farmers Market as well as their Dagenham Farm, which was set up six years ago and produces four tonnes of food annually sold through their box scheme and to residents and restaurants.

11/10/2018
Jellied Eel

The carbon footprint of agriculture

An open event at Westminster will discuss the effect of agriculture on climate change.

11/10/2018
Food and Farming Policy

Trading with Australia, New Zealand and the US

The Department of Trade wants your views on trade opportunities after Brexit.

11/10/2018
Brexit

The future of Welsh farmland after Brexit

The Welsh Government are seeking views on securing the future of farmland after Brexit.

11/10/2018
Brexit

Petition to clearly label GM foods

Sustain members GM Freeze and Beyond GM have joined together to launch a new petition to protect consumers’ rights in knowing whether they are buying food made from GM ingredients.

11/10/2018
Brexit

A new vegetarian Eatwell guide

Sustain member, the Vegetarian Society, have created their own vegetarian Eatwell guide as an alternative to the government’s meat based plate.

11/10/2018
Sustainable Food

Around Town: October 2018

Here's Francesca Nicol with a round up of the good food openings to cross The 'Eel's radar.

11/10/2018
Jellied Eel

Are Supermarket Bloomers (Still) Pants?

A Real Bread Campaign investigation of in-store bakery and own brand loaf manufacture, labelling and marketing.

10/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Real Bread Campaign rejects Gove's ‘accurate and informative’ loaf labelling assurance

The Campaign believes The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ response to its call for improved loaf labelling and marketing legislation is a failure to protect shoppers and small, independent bakeries.

09/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Marketing year-old baguettes as fresh 'wrong' says Real Bread Campaign

In light of a newspaper front page revelation, the Campaign has renewed its long-standing call for a legal definition, and criteria for use, of 'freshly-baked' and similar marketing claims.

09/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Council Canteen Cauliflower Kimchi

Enfield Council has teamed up with London Food Link supporter Gourmet Goat to become the first in the UK to be awarded a top rating by the Sustainable Restaurant Association for its Civic Centre restaurant.

09/10/2018
Jellied Eel

Experts added to the sold-out BATCH: London

The Real Bread Campaign has added experts to its 10th anniversary networking and fundraising evening on 26 November, which is already fully-booked

08/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

The Eel goes to...Oxford

With a long history of discussion around the politics of food from the Food Climate Research Network at the University, the annual Food Symposium and, of course, the Oxford Farming Conference and its rebellious sister down the road, the Oxford Real Farming Conference, it’s no wonder the city’s food scene has some pretty exciting, sustainable features, says Fran Bernhardt.

07/10/2018
Jellied Eel

The UK Agriculture Bill is a bit 'fishy' – sustainable fish folk need to get involved

The implications of the UK Agriculture Bill go beyond farming. This article sets out the three big areas that sustainable fishing specialists may have missed. Those concerned with sustainable fishing need get involved in the parliamentary process to come.

05/10/2018
Sustainable Fish Cities

Sourdough September: Time to show and tell

As part of the Real Bread Campaign's monitoring and evaluation, we need everyone who got involved around the world to share your stats, stories and snaps.

05/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Real Bread Campaign welcomes Pret labelling pledge

The sandwich retailer Pret a Manger has promised to display full ingredients lists, following the tragic death of teenager Natasha Ednan-Laperouse as the result of her allergic reaction after eating a Pret baguette that she did not know contained sesame.

04/10/2018
Real Bread Campaign

Roots to work Conference 2018 #R2W2018

London Food Link and Capital Growth are inviting those looking for their place in the field of good food, to join them for a day of inspiration, discussion and learning. The Roots to Work conference takes place on Thursday 18 October at the Bargehouse, on the Thames as part of the Gaia Foundation We Feed the World Exhibition.

04/10/2018
Capital Growth

Hedgerow harvest

In today’s world of high-tech food production, constant availability and overwhelming consumer choice, a counterculture of interest in wild, seasonal and hyperlocal food has arisen. Is it just a fad, or does it reflect something deeper? Kester Muller delves into the idiosyncratic world of foraging – a new theme for this year’s Urban Food Fortnight - to find out.

04/10/2018
Jellied Eel

Should takeaways be labelled with calories

The government wants to hear your thoughts on labelling food with information on calories when eating in cafes, restaurants and takeaways - a move welcomed by Sustain member Diabetes UK.

02/10/2018
Children's Food Campaign

US kids are shunning the healthy options at fast food restaurants

More children are eating fast food meals in the US and they are not eating the healthy choices according to new research from the Rudd Centre for Food Policy and Obesity.

02/10/2018
Children's Food Campaign

How ‘lived experience’ could change food culture

An event at the Centre for Food Policy - who are a member of Sustain - uses 20 years of experience of the everyday food habits of children and adults to make a true change to our food culture.

02/10/2018
Food and Farming Policy

What the hell is foodtech and what’s so great about it?

It seems a wave of innovation is coming in food, propelled mainly by web technology and by companies intent on ‘disruption’, says Kester Muller.

29/09/2018
Jellied Eel

London’s biggest celebration of urban food is back

Get ready to dive into everything good about food in London this Urban Food Fortnight. From 20th September to 7th October, Londoners will be treated to the biggest ever menu of good food events, celebrating all that is grown, made, cooked, saved, foraged and – even bigger this year – fermented in the capital.

20/09/2018
Jellied Eel

Farmers: Bradfields Farm Dairy

Only 10 miles from the M25, this is one of the few small farm dairies left around London, and one of the last remaining in Essex. Rebecca Tyers from London Farmers’ Markets catches up with the family.

20/09/2018
Jellied Eel

Parents’ Jury Survey on Junk Food Marketing

Most parents told us they are concerned that junk food advertising is having a significant impact on their children’s food choices. Many reported that their children were regularly being targeted and as a result increasingly associated unhealthy foods with treats and rewards, and asked for the brands they saw, making it harder for them to encourage healthy eating habits.

19/09/2018
Children's Food Campaign

Sustain submits evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee

We have submitted evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee as part of their follow up enquiry into the Sustainable Development Goals in the UK

19/09/2018
Food Poverty

It is time for our Government to measure poverty

New report finds that there are an estimated 14.2 million people living in poverty in the U.K

17/09/2018
Food Poverty

Good food review: The Spread Eagle

Abbi Kent visits the pub that might well be the first and only vegan boozer in the capital.

15/09/2018
Jellied Eel

Talking rubbish

In addition to composting, many of us dutifully separate and put recyclable food and drink packaging out for collection, perhaps with the nagging fear that it all just gets chucked in the same bin and sent to landfill. Sam Sinha rummages around to shed some light on what happens to your lovingly sorted stuff after collection.

27/08/2018
Jellied Eel

The dark side of dark kitchens

Do kitchens set up by delivery companies create choice for diners and opportunities for some restaurants, or will an automated future in fact benefit only shareholders, ask Olly Davy.

20/08/2018
Jellied Eel

Tails of Herring Do

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

16/08/2018
Jellied Eel

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

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

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

@UKsustain

Good Food Map

NewCampaign:Better FoodBritain

Roots to Work Conference

It’s not just Pret

The Agriculture Bill: MPs debate a future farm policy

A ‘no deal’ Brexit will indeed mean shortages – mainly of food and farming jobs, workers, transport and common sense

US blocked breastfeeding protections - I know, I was there

News Publications & Articles

New guide to help councils create edible parks

Let’s end hunger in London!

Exposed Again! How adverts get our kids pestering for junk food

World doughmination

Real Bread Campaign ambassador review

New research shows London’s struggling young families missing out on £5.6million a year of government funding to help them eat

Quest for best plant-centred dish in Glasgow comes to an end

Food Growing in Parks

The Jackson Pollocks

The mushroom men

FEED DARWEN launches #DarwengetsHangry Campaign

Mayor of London announces new wave of 100 drinking fountains

New look True Loaf out now

Are Supermarket Bloomers (Still) Pants?

Urban Food aint just for one Fortnight

Parents! Share your views on kids and energy drinks

We Feed the World to showcase the unseen faces of the world’s smallholders

Roots to Work: The Better Food Trader

The carbon footprint of agriculture

Trading with Australia, New Zealand and the US

The future of Welsh farmland after Brexit

Petition to clearly label GM foods

A new vegetarian Eatwell guide

Around Town: October 2018

Are Supermarket Bloomers (Still) Pants?

Real Bread Campaign rejects Gove's ‘accurate and informative’ loaf labelling assurance

Marketing year-old baguettes as fresh 'wrong' says Real Bread Campaign

Council Canteen Cauliflower Kimchi

Experts added to the sold-out BATCH: London

The Eel goes to...Oxford

The UK Agriculture Bill is a bit 'fishy' – sustainable fish folk need to get involved

Sourdough September: Time to show and tell

Real Bread Campaign welcomes Pret labelling pledge

Roots to work Conference 2018 #R2W2018

Hedgerow harvest

Should takeaways be labelled with calories

US kids are shunning the healthy options at fast food restaurants

How ‘lived experience’ could change food culture

What the hell is foodtech and what’s so great about it?

London’s biggest celebration of urban food is back

Farmers: Bradfields Farm Dairy

Parents’ Jury Survey on Junk Food Marketing

Sustain submits evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee

It is time for our Government to measure poverty

Good food review: The Spread Eagle

Talking rubbish

The dark side of dark kitchens

Tails of Herring Do

Up in your grill

This little piggy went to Mercato

The Eel goes to...Brighton and Hove

Roots to work: the natural chef

Around Town: Summer 2018

The 'Eel goes to...the seaside

A feast of London festivals

On Yer Bike

Hello, is it meat you're looking for?

How will supermarket mergers affect London?

Food Hunt: Summer's seasonal softies

How the sugary drinks tax was won

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